The symposium consists of permanent installations built during the preparatory weeks in the entrance hall and temporary actions and workshops will run throughout the symposium when it is open to public. These will be predominantly taking place in the theatre space -1 and some of the temporary projects will also take place in the entrance hall and the toilets. The symposium offers the possibilities of including audience participation and combining pictorial and performing arts, literature, music and modern media, for research and further development. The following artistic media will be used in the symposium:

  • New Media
  • Interactive workshops
  • Performance art
  • Installations
  • Music: classical, experimental, rap, electronic, acoustic, a cappella, live DJ sets.
  • Internet and TV streaming
  • Theatre


Aims of the symposium


The idea of bringing the experienced group of Zürich artists to Prague is to introduce their form of working and collaboration to a new audience and a small circle of local artists. The whole Symposium is a non commercial project its aim is not to generate any money. The idea is to bring performances for Czech public at an affordable price. The whole project would create a basis for various possibilities for exchange between different artists, musicians and performers from different countries.

This would work as a cultural platform for exchanging ideas between different social and cultural spheres, as well as art, its diverse branches and age groups. Local and international networks could develop here a unique combination of artistic cooperation and its presentation.



PERMANENT

The inhabited sculpture


During the preparation days all invited artistst will lay the foundations for the interactive, inhabited sculpture. The sculpture consists of a series of installations connected to each other. Each of these installations will have seating and a workspace, so that each part of the space can be used as a stage or workshop. Works of other artists will also be displayed within these installations so that the exhibition moves away from a conventional art show and becomes a "gesamtkunstwerk", incorporating as many stand points and approaches to art as possible. The team of artists involved in the initial buildup has worked together at many occasions.

Installation, inhabited sculpture consists of different environments created by the artists. Majority of the installations are interactive providing artistic backdrop fro discussions and happenings.
Installations are mainly created on the site, partly from recycled materials and basic art materials as cardboard, paper and paint these will be supplied by the organization of Proces.

Within the inhabited sculpture the “Sammlung Häuser und wir”, a collection of found objects and pieces of art put together by Mark Divo since 1995. For the Proces Symposium the sammlung will present a Number of Swiss and international artists which have worked together with Mark Divo over the past 10 years. Guggisber/Lutz, Kerim Seiler, the Bluenosesgroup and many artists will be present in this unique mix of contemporary art and trash.