PQMMXV Prague quadrennial 2015

Abstract

It is a great pleasure for the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico to participate in the 13th edition of the Prague Quadrennial, the most important scenic design exhibition in the world. This year the Mexican Pavilion brings together a selection of renowned Mexican artists and designers to demonstrate a wide range of scenographic practices, from the architectural planning of stages, costume design, lighting, and sound design, to processes inspired by the notion of an expanded stage. The pavilion also includes a multidisciplinary scenographic installation, which works as a theatrical act in itself. Through these elements the Mexican representatives are participating in the interesting discussion opened by the Quadrenelle with its categories of climate, music and politics, in its call for proposals. This edition, curated by Jesús Hernández and Eduardo Bernal, includes contributions to the PQ15 by established artists, Philippe Amand, Jorge Ballina, Jerildy Bosch, Auda Caraza and Atenea Chávez, Gloria Carrasco, Xóchitl González, Alain Kerriou, Mario Martín del Río, Mónica Raya, Edyta Rzewska, Iker Vicente and Teatro Ojo, it also promotes the work of Damián Cervantes, Ángel Hernández, Ricardo Loyola, Tenzing Ortega, Aris Pretelin and Julia Reyes Retana as representatives of a new generation of national scenic artists. We, the collaborators on this project, truly hope that this catalogue is more than just a compilation of artist’s work, that it also fulfills the objective of contributing to the development of Mexican scenic arts, its spaces for creation, investigation and dissemination.