Participants:
Marcus Lobbes / DE, theatre director and set designer
Matěj Nytra/CZ, theatre dramaturgist, HaDivadlo Brno
Krzystof Garbaczewski/PL, theatre director and set desginer, with focus on VR Technology
Moderator:
Ondřej Škrabal / CZ, writer and theatre director
There’s much more to digital culture than the mere recording of theatre productions. Globalisation and the internet have already transformed our perception of “being together.” In the digital boom, people share not only the physical spaces in which they find themselves, but the entire online space. How do European theatre artists and theorists work with digitality? Is it enough for twenty-first-century theatre to think globally and act locally? Join us for a discussion of all things digital, from everyday tools like Zoom through the use of VR and technology in contemporary productions to theatre as a site of informed resistance to corporate techno-optimism.
Working Encounters by Create to Connect -> Create to Impact
Working Encounters is a joint activity of all partners of CtC -> CtI project, led by the partner organisation United Artist Labour. As this year is a special year, we have decided for to prepare the edition of Working Encounters 2020 online. During the creative process artist talks are open to public, so we would like to invite you to join us online!
Public online events:
Online public talks with Rabih Mroué, Barbi Marković and Želimir Žilnik September 15, 2020, 7 p.m.; September 17, 2020, 7 p.m. and September 19, 2020, 6 p.m.
Online artistic presentations: 1st – 3rd October, 2020
Cultural and media space is a terrain of proliferation as well as dispute and struggle regarding these topics: heroes and superheroes are everywhere, but whose heroes are they and for whom? From mythology, to antifascist and anti-colonial struggles and all the way to pop culture and media celebrities, the notions of hero and heroine carry many references and possible readings. But who gets to be seen as a “villain”, who as a “hero” and why? …
24.9, 22.10, 26.11, 17.12, always from 15:00-17:00 CET, online.
The Show Must Go On/Off-line is the title of a series of international online discussions with Czech and foreign guests from the field of performing arts.
Individual episodes, featuring moderators Martina Pecková Černá, Ondřej Škrabal, Alice Koubová, Katarína Figula, Jiří Šimek, and guests ranging from dance and theatre artists to curators, cultural managers and theorists, will address the common theme of sustainability and the performing arts from many perspectives. One of these is the performing arts’ sensitivity and response to the state of the environment and discussions around our potential to ensure that the quality of life we enjoy today is maintained for future generations.
Here is an overview of the help of the contemporary theatre scene as compensation for the lock downtime in Hungary. You can read about the subsidies for umbrella institutions, so-called „National Cultural Strategy Institutions“, about the subsidies (aid packages) for individual artists/ freelancers who do not have a regular income, the ongoing discussions about the subsidies for the city theatres and also about two ongoing scandals involving the cultural field.
Evaluation of the investigation into the current needs of the Czech performing arts scene as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in relation to ATI’s open calls and programmes.
A survey on the current needs of the Czech performing arts scene as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in connection with ATI’s open calls and programmes was distributed to respondents on 7 April 2020. The evaluation will take into account responses received by 11 May 2020. The goal of the survey was to map the needs of the performing arts sector in relation to the calls and programmes of ATI.
The Slovak National Theatre opened its doors in March 1920, so in 2020 we commemorate a unique jubilee: the 100th anniversary of its founding. An important milestone in the history of theatre, national culture and cultural identity, it can also be considered a milestone of national significance. The establishment of its first professional theatre ushered in a new era in the history of theatre in Slovakia.
Another key date for Slovak theatre is 22 August 1830, when Ján Chalupka’s comedy Kocúrkovo debuted in the town of Liptovský Mikuláš. At the centre of this event was its organiser, Gašpar Féjerpataky-Belopotocký – an enlightened innovator and national revivalist, who strongly advocated for the development of Slovak culture. Thus, 2020 also marks the 190th anniversary of the first amateur theatre production in Slovakia. Amateur theatre played a fundamental role in the founding of the Slovak nation and simultaneously laid the groundwork for the establishment of the country’s professional theatre.