„TACE is not just an overview of the history, but a journey

rediscovering central European nature.“

Igor Kovačević chief curator of TACE Exhibition

TACE project is co-financed by European Union under the Culture 2000 program.

organizersproject leader:  • National Theatre Prague

co-organizers:

• Theatre Institute Bratislava

• Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute

• Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute

• National Theatre Museum of Slovenia

goals to collect and present information and

documents about theatre architecture

to support mobility within European theatre culture

to support education and training in theatre architecture

to connect experts and institutions interested in theatre architecture

to present theatre architecture as an important part of cultural heritage

traditionalSPACE

• web museum – database of theatre architecture

• publication

• exhibition

• workshop – Reconstruction and Preservation

activities

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• workshop - Visions and Possibilities

• exhibition

• symposium - Experimental Theatre space of 2nd half of 20th century

• publication

experimentalSPACE

electronic archives of theatre architecture in all participating institutions and their joint presentation on the internet. The database will be in English and national languages (CZ, SK, SI, PL, HU).

will cover not only information about history of each building, but also present state of it – technical equipment, size of stage and auditorium etc…

will be opened in june 09

internet museumdatabase

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structured story telling focused on crucial fenomenons of TACE (the baroque model, theatre defining a town, communist cultural project, conversions, etc.)

cca 80 buildings, 500 pages in cooperation with Slovart publishing house released in february 2010

History of Theatre Space in CEpublication

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chronological (X axis) and geographical (Y axis) spacial structure

contemporary plans, video, original plans sections and drawings

cca 70 buildings treated

vernissage in february 2010 in Prague, then each 2 months shift to each participant country

Visions and Possibilities

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student workshop utopistic project of

The New Theatre for the 21st Century

8 universities from all countries

students work during 2008/09 year

exhibition best student works october 2009

Lubljana

Experimental space of 2nd half of 20th century

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symposium experts on theatre following of simmilar

symposium in Prague (october 08)

october 09 – Ljubljana - with vernissage of Visions and Possibilities exhibition

publication contributors of

symposium october 2009 Ljubljana

Realized events:• Lectures – Objects and

Projects

• Exhibition – Theatre Architecture in Slovakia

• International symposium – Arts in Experimental, Industrial and Non-traditional Space – october 08, Prague, CZ

• more on the way…

FURTHER OUTPUTSgroup of smaller activities created during work on the main actions

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www.theatre-architecture.eu