Resumen:
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.