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Prague Quadrennial Resources

The following links will lead you to more photos, websites, and newsletters introducing you to the activities and experiences of the 2007 Prague Quadrennial

MORE PQ PHOTOS

What you see on the right is but a small taste of the photos online in Richard's Picasa Web Album. Click the link above, or one of the MORE links after the photos displayed on this page.

PQ OFFICIAL WEB PAGE

PQ DAILY NEWSPAPERS

These publications are chock-full of amazing articles and materials chronicling the Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest.  If you want to see something really fun, view the first of the PQ video commercials aired on Czech TV.

SCENOFEST WEBSITE

SCENO:GRAPHY / SCENOFEST

SCENO:GRAPHY  GALLERY


News Media Articles

New York Times

ABC News (June 19, 2007)

Article from Czech Radio

Prague Post

 

The following is a collection of photographs of The 2007 Prague Quadrennial, Scenofest, and views of people and images around Prague from June, 2007. All photos are taken by and c. by Richard Finkelstein, 2007. Comments are welcome to Richard at: rfinkels@msn.com
 
Industrial Palace at Výstaviště, Prague, central hall of The Prague Quadrennial

The Industrial Palace at Výstaviště, Prague, central hall of The Prague Quadrennial. This photo was taken behind the building one night at the cite of the gigantic illuminated fountain during a performance by one of the state ballet companies of Swan Lake. MORE

 

The Industrial Palace at Výstaviště, Prague, central hall of The Prague Quadrennial.

The Industrial Palace at Výstaviště, Prague, central hall of The Prague Quadrennial. Here is the Industrial Palace at the opening of the Prague Quadrennial as participants get led in by a brass band over a red carpet. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - Inside the Exposition

Prague Quadrennial - Inside the Exposition - This photo is a wide angle view of one of the side halls at the Industrial Palace at the Prague Quadrennial. The two side halls held the main national exhibits of the 60 or so countries participating in the Prague Quadrennial. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - United States Exhibition - This is an overall view of the USA Exhibit in one of the side halls at the Industrial Palace of Výstavište.

Prague Quadrennial - United States Exhibition - This is an overall view of the USA Exhibit in one of the side halls at the Industrial Palace of Výstavište. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - United States Exhibition - This is an overall view of the USA Exhibit in one of the side halls at the Industrial Palace of Výstavište.

Prague Quadrennial - United States Exhibition - This is another view of the USA Exhibit in one of the side halls at the Industrial Palace of Výstavište. On the large video screen is depicted my design for Hamlet Variations at James Madison University. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - United States Student Exhibition

Prague Quadrennial - United States Student Exhibition - In a connected exhibition hall, also quite large, student work from universities around the world were displayed in country exhibits parallel to the exhibits in the main halls of the country professional designers. Depicted here is a view of the USA Student exhibit.  MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - Belgium Student Exhibition

Prague Quadrennial - Belgium Student Exhibition - Each country exhibit had its own theme and character. This one I thought to be quite cleverly designed. Each of the rings could rotate 360 degrees to reveal new designs as the visitor would walk through the rings. In the picture you can see some of the student visitors having a theatrical moment. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - Czech National Exhibition

Prague Quadrennial - Czech National Exhibition - This was one of the most unique approaches. It was designed by the Foreman Brothers (Sons of Milos Foreman) and was a totally interactive recreation of a rural 19th century carnival. Here you see a magic mirror that applies makeup to those who sit before it. This exhibit was voted "best" by the children visitors to PQ MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - Another Foreman Brothers Project

Prague Quadrennial - Another Foreman Brothers Project - This whimsical display was in honor of the Foreman Brothers' "Mystery Boat Theatre" moored on the river nearby. The figures all animate by levers and wheels that exhibit visitors operate themselves. What fun! MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial - Taiwan Day Celebration

Prague Quadrennial - Taiwan Day Celebration - Each day a few of the countries would celebrate their culture with all sorts of great activities. This photo depicts part of the Taiwan Day Celebration. MORE

 

Anne Bogart Pays a Visit to The Prague Quadrennial

Anne Bogart Pays a Visit to The Prague Quadrennial - There were of course scores of dignitaries, many presenting workshops and signing books. MORE

 

Ralph Koltai at the Prague Quadrennial

Ralph Koltai, Legendary Designer of the British and World Stage enjoys his visit to the Prague Quadrennial   MORE

 

Jean Guy Lecat at Prague Quadrennial

Jean Guy Lecat, Legendary Designer of the French and World Stage enjoys his Prague Quadrennial stay as well.  MORE

 

Peter Schumann, Founder of The Bread and Puppet Theatre presents a workshop at Scenofest, a part of the Prague Quadrennial

Peter Schumann, Founder of The Bread and Puppet Theatre presents a workshop at Scenofest, a part of the Prague Quadrennial  MORE

 

Bird Parade Through Prague. Prague Quadrennial Scenofest

The Bird Parade Through Prague - This was one of the most exciting activities where participants of the Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest paraded in elaborate costume through the streets of Prague. Here the parade passes in front of The Estates Theatre where Mozart premiered the opera, Don Giovanni  MORE

 

Stilt Walker at the Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest Bird Parade - Stilt walkers of all types were all over the place actually but had a particularly great time in the parade, though how they managed on the mostly coble-stone paving is a mystery to me. MORE

 

Lighting up the City for the Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest - Cindy Limauro and architectural lighting

Lighting up the City for the Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest - Cindy Limauro and her team of Architectural Lighting Workshop Participants "lit up" various parts of the city. Here you see their treatment of one of Pragues's many magnificent bridges.  MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest Performance in the PQ Tower of Babel

Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest Performance in the PQ Tower of Babel - This was one of the most fun performance spaces ever and featured flying by ZFX, automated lighting, and more fun things to play with. MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest Performance in the PQ Tower of Babel - This

Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest Performance in the PQ Tower of Babel - This photo, as the audience was assembling, shows the bottom half of the structure. MORE

 

Tower of Babel at the Prague Quadrennial / Scenofest - This view looking up shows the magnificence of the structure. Meyerhold would have been proud! MORE

 

Street Theatre in Prague as part of the 2007 Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest

Street Theatre in Prague as part of the 2007 Prague Quadrennial and Scenofest - There were parformances all over the city as part of PQ, both formal and informal, reflecting all the various cultures of the participants. MORE

 

Creative Site Design at the Prague Quadrennial

Creative Site Design at the Prague Quadrennial - Indeed the Prague Quadrennial itself was an astonishingly clever playground of design. Here you see the facade of the bar area carved out of one of the side (country) halls. MORE

 

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One of the Seating Areas in the Bar at the Prague Quadrennial 2007 MORE

 

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Fun Surprises at the Prague Quadrennial - Yes there were surprises around every corner for kids of all ages. Here you see some children mesmerized by the flight helmet attached to the floor in the Prague Quadrennial bar area. MORE

 

Soundscape at the Prague Quadrennial

Soundscape at the Prague Quadrennial - As surprises go, this was one of my favorites. Speak into any one of a number of holes in the boxes and out will come your words/sounds in incredibly transmogrified ways!  Kids loved it, as did older kids. MORE

 

Scenofest Workshop at the Prague Quadrennial

Scenofest Workshop at the Prague Quadrennial - Workshops were ongoing throughout the Prague Quadrennial  MORE

 

Scenofest Workshop at the Prague Quadrennial

Scenofest Workshop at the Prague Quadrennial - This photo was taken at a puppetry workshop MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial Snack Bar

Prague Quadrennial Snack Bar - Yet another ironical use of materials and design MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial Russian Country Exhibit

Prague Quadrennial Russian Country Exhibit - This amazing construction required that the viewer wade through a pool of water to view the exhibited models perched atop of precarious piles of objects from dishes to books to chairs.  MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial Russian Student Exhibit

Prague Quadrennial Russian Student Exhibit - Another example of some fine design work MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial 2007

Another of the Many Performances Presented in and Around the Prague Quadrennial - This was presented by a Czech street circus/comedia company presenting "A Clown's Funeral. Here they enter from a Noah's Arc perched atop a flatbed truck! MORE

 

Scenofest Exhibit on The Birds - Depicted here is work from students at The National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, Australia MORE

 

Sound Sculpture at Prague Quadrennial

Sound Sculpture at Prague Quadrennial - These group of sculptures were created by theatre students in London for the Prague Quadrennial  MORE

 

Estates Theatre, Prague. Prague Quadrennial Mozart

Magnificent Architecture in Prague - Of Course Prague itself is so very beautiful. Here is a view of The Estates Theatre where Mozart premiered his opera Don Gioviani (shown here without an elephant) MORE

 

Theatre Architecture in Prague - Depicted here is The Laterna Magica Theatre developed by Josef Svoboda

Theatre Architecture in Prague - Depicted here is The Laterna Magica Theatre developed by Josef Svoboda MORE

 

Prague Quadrennial

Prague - A shoe-in for great places to travel! - Actually while the Prague Quadrennial was going on, Prague was also decorated with sculpture from all over the world as part of a biennial exhibition. MORE