PQ2015: Shared Space: Music, Weather and Politics
June 2015
Held once every four years in Prague, Czech Republic, the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space is the world's largest performance design event – a presentation of contemporary work in a variety of performance design disciplines and genres including costume, stage, lighting, sound design, and theatre architecture for dance, opera, drama, site-specific, multi-media performances, and performance art. I was fortunate to be part of the 11 days in 2015. The links at left document the various parts of the PQ event in 2015, as well as images of Prague.
Founded in 1967, the Prague Quadrennial has presented work 
from 78 countries on 5 continents. The exhibition draws thousands of performance and theatre professionals, students, and spectators from all over the world. At the Quadrennial in 2015, over 6,000 accredited professionals from 90 countries came to enjoy installations, photos, videos, and live performances of work ranging between theatre and visual arts, as well as more than 500 events, workshops, performances, presentations, lectures, and discussions.
The 2015 event gathered around the theme of Shared Space: Music, Weather and Politics. The 13th edition of the Prague Quadrennial presented a record number of 78 participating countries to the traditional competitive world exhibition of performance design and architecture. Additionally, a large number of projects took place in public spaces throu
ghout the city – a unique occasion to discover Prague through the eyes of the world’s contemporary arts. Visitors were also able to explore various disciplines essential to the performing arts thanks to projects focused on lighting and sound design, architecture, and costumes, as well as talks with personalities such as Andris Freibergs, Robert Wilson, Robert Lepage, Julie Taymor, Bianca Casady, Mike Pearson Adrianne Lobel and many more. Visitors from all over the world attended, making Prague the center of the performance world for those very special 11 days, from June 18-28, 2015.
Enjoy!