A unique artistic experiment at the Prague Quadrennial

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The participants will move into the Právo printing house on 9 June and will live there together full time until 24 June. Participants will be confined together in Právo for 15 days, eating, drinking, sleeping together, and becoming both the creators of the art piece and the art piece in itself. Those that stay through this extreme experiment will live through an exploration that will include creating a performative community art piece, connected to a film and an installation. The experiment also includes a public presentation for international audiences during three days – June 22 – 24 – as part of the Intersection project of the Prague Quadrennial in the 2011 European Year of Volunteering.

Required:
●        Age between 20 and 40 years
●        Good knowledge of English (conversational level)
●        Commitment to two full weeks of artistic experiment – night and day – June 9 – 24, 2011
●        Good physical condition (with regard to the bleak conditions in the printing press building)
●        Capability to undergo 14 days of intensive artistic experimentation
●        Being prepared to be both the subject and the object of an art piece and an art action
●        Basic Internet knowledge
Not required:
●        Previous art or theatre education (on the contrary)
●        Czech nationality
●        Knowing anything about Krétakör or the Prague Quadrennial

Krétakör (ChalkCircle) is an artistic group founded in 1995 by director Árpád Schilling. Until 2008 it was known for its theatre performances. The company has participated in many international theatre festivals over the years and won prizes such as Grand Prix on Bitef, plans festival d´Angers, Stanislavsky Award and New Theatrical Realities Prize (for director Árpád Schilling), among others. Since 2008, Krétakör has focused on creating creative community games involving placing civil volunteers in dramatic games. One of the most recent works of Krétakör was the May Day within the Program of Pécs 2010 – European Capital of Culture, joining the different civil communities of the city.