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Beyond Everydayness, Exhibition of Theater Architecture in Central Europe

Is the Czech National Theater representative of Czech architecture?
What about the iconic theaters in Prague, Ljubljana, Warsaw, and Bratislava?
Is there still such a thing as national theater at the beginning of the 21st century? And how is it to be represented in modern architecture if it is to look different from shopping centers or casinos?
And is there any such thing as national architecture or an exclusively global style?

 

These and other questions are addressed in the large-scale exhibition projectBeyond Everydayness', an exhibition of dozens of theater buildings. The evolution of styles of theater buildings and theater spaces in general in Central Europe is an interesting topic owing to the multicultural composition of the region. Defining a comprehensible pattern of architectural activity in the region is one of the objectives of this exhibition. The curators divided the exhibition along two axes: according to the given contemporary state system and chronologically. This concept is reflected in the imaginative architectural design of the exhibition, reminiscent of a musical staff.

 

The creators of the exhibition also reflected that fact theater tends to be regarded as the pillar of national culture and language. It seems that even architecture is not immune to the influence of national or nationalistic attributes. Is this a good or bad thing?

 

Wide public interested in theatre, architecture or history, students and experts in the fields of architecture or theater were confronted with an extraordinary exhibition which included architectural development in the CE region ranging from the 18th century up to the present.

 

From hundreds of materials (photos, plans, models, videos, etc.) collected in all participating countries, the curators selected those which give the most concise and attractive picture of each building. The exhibition in its original size encompassed more than 70 most important buildings from the CE region and presented them on an exhibition area of approximately 500 square meters.

 

The exhibition introduced various media (models, videos, texts, plans, photos, etc.) to present architecture and its history in the highest possible attractive and informative manner in order to involve the wide public.

 

Curator of the exhibition: Igor Kovacevic

The exhibition is realized in the framework of the TACE project (Theatre Architecture in Central Europe). The project is organized by The National Theater Prague in cooperation with theater institutes and museums from Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary. The project was initiated by The Theater Institute Prague.

 

With the support of the Culture 2000 Program of the European Union and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

 

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