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Intimacy and Spectacle: 2009-2012

Intersection: Intimacy and Spectacle is a special international project of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2011 that explores space as creator of the audience/viewer and visual art/theatre relationship and performance as an important element of different art and cultural disciplines, focusing on performance design and scenography as an interdisciplinary field. The project consists of two important parts: theoretical symposia as well as artistic, interactive installations and performances. Intersection also functions as a collaborative network since the project is organized by some of the major European cultural institutions and organizations who are working together over the course of three years.

THE RESEARCH PHASE IN 2009/2010
Theoretical symposia have been held in Zurich, Riga, Amsterdam, Belgrade, and Évora, where leading theorists and artists have been brought together to explore contemporary performance design in relation to various artistic and cultural disciplines from three points of view: of audience, artists, and curators. 

THE MAIN EVENT IN PRAGUE IN JUNE 2011
The main event – the boxes – interactive installation/performance - will take place during the Prague Quadrennial in 2011, and will present thirty projects working with performance and performance design in an architectural environment/installation created for the outdoor public space between the National Theatre of Prague and the ex-Laterna Magika theatre.  These projects will encompass a wide variety of forms and disciplines housed in thirty white cubes / black boxes. The event will showcase scenographers, installation artists, theatre companies, video artists, fashion designers, photographers, and choreographers from all over the world.

Performances in public spaces will also be part of this event and will illuminate the contrast between the intimate relationship of spectators and art inside the cubes and the spectacle in public realm outside the cubes.  Accompanying these events will be panel discussions, presentations, lectures, and workshops.

Intersection also includes Scenofest, an educational project organized by OISTAT and the Prague Quadrennial, including workshops, lectures, and performances. Open Laboratory is another educational part of Intersection, exploring contemporary spaces for performance in a workshop for post-graduate students. And Light and Sound is a special project focusing on lighting and sound design presentations and workshops as well as installations and an exhibition.

AFTER PRAGUE: TRAVELING BOXES
The interactive installation/performance in Prague, the labyrinth, is not the final product. As one of the main goals of the project is research - questioning and creation of new contexts – the individual projects from the boxes as well as the ‘spectacles’ will be shown in major European festivals, galleries, and venues in Hungary, Serbia, Latvia, Norway, Great Britain, Italy, Estonia, Finland, and Portugal during 2011 and 2012.

This project is made possible with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.