Sympozium PQ: Performing Exhibitions, Curating Scenographies
Focusing on the rich interconnections between contemporary scenographic practices, curating, and exhibiting, the symposium will feature a wide-ranging line-up of more than 60 speakers from all over the world. Discussions will address silence as a curatorial condition, working with “living” archives, and new approaches to exhibiting the scenographic heritage and national representation in the context of Prague Quadrennial. Further topics include the use of digital technologies, multisensory and embodied exhibition practices, and perspectives that move beyond the human.
The symposium is free to attend with a valid accreditation.
Keynote: Clémence Farrell
Clémence Farrell, scenographer, designer, and exhibition architect working in France and internationally, will present in Czechia for the first time. After studying at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD Paris), she worked as a set designer in film and television production. In 2008, she founded her own studio specializing in exhibition architecture, scenography, and the design of interactive elements and multimedia solutions for museum and gallery displays as well as cultural events.
Clémence Farrell has contributed to more than 70 exhibition projects, including the architectural concept for the recently concluded 36th São Paulo Art Biennial, or the scenography of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar (2024). Her work has been presented, among other venues, at Louvre Abu Dhabi, Paris’s Grand Palais, Mémorial de la Shoah, Versailles Palace, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Paris Philharmonie, Institut du monde arabe, and the SOMETHING gallery in Abidjan. In 2016, she received the European Educational Program Award for the exhibition Natur Detektive, created for the Stuttgart Natural History Museum.
In her keynote presentation, Immersion in the Exhibition Space, Clémence Farrell draws on her extensive exhibition-making practice —from the Biennale in Dakar to collaborations with the Musée du Louvre Abu Dhabi—to reflect on immersion as a dynamic scenographic strategy that shapes the social and political engagement of audiences.
Monday, April 13
8:30 a.m. | Registration opens
9:30–9:45 a.m. | Symposium opening
9:45–10:45 a.m. | Keynote Clémence Farrell: Immersion in the Exhibition Space
11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Presentation blocks and discussion panels
5:30 p.m. | Performance and networking party
Tuesday, April 14
8:30 a.m. | Registration opens
9:00 a.m.–5:40 p.m. | Presentation blocks and discussion panels
6:00–7:00 p.m. | Debate with the PQ international curatorial team
Wednesday, April 15
8:30 a.m. | Registration opens
9:00 a.m.–2:20 p.m. | Presentation blocks and discussion panels
2:30–4:30 p.m. | Practical Q&A debate with the PQ organizational team
The detailed program will be published in March.
Please note that the program is subject to change.
The event is free to attend. Accreditations are now available via the Eventival platform.
- Please note that you will be asked to create an Eventival account before accrediting.
- Venue: ARCHA+ Theatre
- Address: Na Poříčí 26, Prague
- Nearest tram stop: Bílá labuť (2-minute walk to ARCHA+)
- Nearest Metro station: Náměstí republiky, line B; or Florenc, line B and C (10-minute walk to ARCHA+)
Barbora Příhodová, Artistic Director of PQ and Curator of PQ Talks
Rachel Hann, Curator of PQ Talks
Renato Bolelli Rebouças, Curator of PQ Talk
- The main symposium language is English. Automatic transcription and translation into several languages will be provided.
- ARCHA+ spaces have step-free access.
- If you require any support to fully participate in the event, please contact us at call@pq.cz.
- You can review the original call for proposals here.
- Please direct any questions to call@pq.cz.
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The Symposium is organized by the Prague Quadrennial team at the Czech Cultural Institute, a contributory organization of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
The event is supported by the Prague City Hall (City of Prague).