„ TACE is not just an overview of the history, but a journey rediscovering central European nature. “ Igor Kovačević ch

5. „TACE is not just an overview of the history, buta journey rediscovering central European nature.“ Igor Kovačević chief curator of TACE Exhibition

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

7. organizers project leader:   • National Theatre Prague co-organizers: • Theatre Institute Bratislava • Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute • Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute • National Theatre Museum of Slovenia

8. goals • to support education and training intheatre architecture to connect experts and institutions interested in theatre architecture to present theatre architecture as an important part of cultural heritage to support mobility within Europeantheatre culture to collect and present information anddocuments about theatre architecture

9. activities SPACE traditional • web museum – database of theatre architecture • publication • exhibition • workshop– Reconstruction and Preservation

10. activities SPACE experimental • workshop- Visions and Possibilities • exhibition • symposium- Experimental Theatre space of 2nd half of 20th century • publication

11. main activities internet museum database • 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

12. main activities History of Theatre Space in CE publication • 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

13. exhibition main activities • 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

14. Visions and Possibilities experimental 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

15. Experimental space of 2nd half of 20th century experimental 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

16. activities FURTHER OUTPUTS group of smaller activities created during work on the main actions 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…

17. www.theatre-architecture.eu