Acts of Assembly: the Performance Space Exhibition at PQ 2023

The Performance Space Exhibition at the 2023 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space presented a broad spectrum of contemporary theatre and performance spaces through the conceptual lens of assembly. Responding to PQ Artistic Director Markéta Fantová’s artistic concept of ‘Rare’, the exhibition focused on how theatres and performance spaces operate as sites of assembly and spaces for community. The exhibition expressed a vision of the diversity and dynamism of
contemporary performance spaces and their responsiveness to the contingencies of locality, culture, and community. It also explored the productive continuities and antagonisms that exist between more traditional theatre architectures and the broader emergent qualities of performance spaces.