In preparation for its 60th anniversary edition in 2027, Prague Quadrennial hosted an international symposium: Performing Exhibitions, Curating Scenographies.
Focusing on the rich interconnections between contemporary scenographic practices, curating, and exhibiting, the symposium will featured a wide-ranging line-up of more than 70 speakers from all over the world.
Discussions addressed situated practices across global contexts, and will include working with “living” archives, lighting as a curatorial methodology, and new approaches to exhibiting scenographic heritage and national representation in the context of the Prague Quadrennial. Further topics explored the use of digital technologies, multisensory and embodied exhibition practices, and perspectives that move beyond the human.
April 13–15, 2026
ARCHA+ theatre, Na Poříčí 26, 110 00, Prague
Monday, April 13
8:30 | Registration opens
9:30–9:45 | Opening of the Symposium
9:45–10:45 | Keynote by Clémence Farrell: Immersion in the Exhibition Space
11:00–12:15 | Panel 1: The Living Archive: memory and transmission
13:45–15:15 | Flash Talks 1
15:30–17:00 | Panel 2: Situated scenographies in a global context
17:25–18:45 | Flash Talks 2
19:00–20:00 | Performance lecture: Flesh, Face, and Fire
21:00–22:30 | DJ ŠatySVlečkou
Tuesday, April 14
8:30 | Registration opens
9:00–10:30 | Panel 3: Between Past and Future: performing scenographic heritage
10:45–12:05 | Flash Talks 3
13:20–14:35 | Panel 4: Expanded Practices of Light
14:50–16:10 | Flash Talks 4
16:25–17:40 | Panel 5: More than human ecologies
18:00–19:00 | Roundtable with PQ’s Curatorial Team
Wednesday, April 15
8:30 | Registration opens
9:00–10:10 | Flash Talks 5
10:35–11:45 | Flash Talks 6
13:10–14:10 | Flash Talks 7
14:30–16:30 | Practical Q&A Session with PQ’s Organizing Team
17:00–18:00 | Music performance by Dominik Sosnovec
