Global Performance Encounters Prague Quadrennial

Oksana Zarzhevskaya-Kravchenko has been working with IZOLYATSIA, the Platform for Cultural Initiatives, on different cultural and social projects since 2010, and in 2016 she became IZOLYATSIA's director. In the talk with Marketa Fantová, Oksana introduces us to the cruelty and inhumanity of war in Donetsk where the IZOLYATSIA was formerly located. How important is memory of the place and how does it reframe the identity of citizens?

How to archive and exhibit theatrical art so that its ability to communicate with the audience is preserved and used? Markéta Fantová, the PQ Artistic Director, talks not only about that with Kate Bailey who is the Senior Curator and Producer in the Theatre and Performance Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Kate has over 20 years long experience of working extensively on the design and content development of new museums and exhibitions in UK, Europe, Middle East and Russia, seeking innovative and theatrical interpretative and display solutions to complex and challenging subjects.

Why be interested in every team member to not only clearly understand the artistic concept but love it at least as its creator? In the eighth episode, Markéta Fantová talks to writer and director Michel Laprise about crossing the arrogant ego and questioning the authorship of a theatrical performance, which is ultimately a joint work of various professions, without which there would be no.

What is scenography, and how can help us to learn something about themselves? Barbora Prihodova, co-curator of PQ Talks, talked about it with scenographer and designer Natta Thapparat who was a curator of the Thai exhibition Same Same But Different at Prague Quadrennial 2019.

Gender, political, ethnic and national inclusiveness and exclusivity. It is about finding a balance between local and global, between individuality and colonialism. How does this topic resonate in the field of scenography that depends on team collaboration? Barbora Prihodova, co-curator of PQ Talks, discuss it with stage, light and costume designer Tamara Figueroa who is a professor in Theatre Design at the University of Valparaiso in Chile and founder of the research platform Escenotécnica. 

Creative, cultural or entertainment industry. Regardless of the term, those were one of the first industries worldwide to be closed by the coronavirus pandemic. And they will probably be one of the last to open. But suppose you want to continue organizing events. Then this situation can become a challenge as well as an excellent opportunity to change your thinking about the theatre and scenography and forms of connections. Michaela Buriánková talked to David Grindle, the executive director of USITT, about how these changes are reflected in USITT's activities.