Prague Quadrennial of stage design and stage space 2019 – The Applause Institute

01 Name of author/applicant:

Institut Za Aplauz/IZA (The Applause Institute)

02 Role/category:

Intervention in public space

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03 Project title:

Song

04 Description (not exceeding 50 words):

The work Song represents site-specific poetry created in response to the restriction of movement and standing in a particular urban context in which such poetry was later performed. The objective of this work was to present poetry as a performative experience. Poetry is performed by a member of the collective on a pedestrian crossing within a specific time frame which is defined by the change of light at the traffic light.

05 Impressum (production, place, year, other authors of the team):

The Applause Institute, public space, Belgrade, 2018

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03 Project title:

Protest (about Everything, except about “Something”)

04 Description (not exceeding 50 words):

1. Surface of a protest sign is a gallery.
2. Take a blank cardboard and attach it to a handle.
3. Use anything you have in hand to write a statement.
4. Be sure to make it unusual.
5. Hit the streets, go to a supermarket, catch a bus.
6. Carry a sign in such a way that everybody can see it.
7. You made a protest (a protest about everything, except about “something”).
8. You fought the subversive-oppressive system using subversive method.
9. You won/You lost.
10. (laughter)

05 Impressum (production, place, year, other authors of the team):

The Applause Institute, public space, Belgrade, 2018

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03 Project title:

Image

04 Description (not exceeding 50 words):

The work Image consists of five instructional units, i.e. performances. Image is created and exists solely in its interaction with the viewer, and it represents the study of the image and its synthesis in the textual form. With its clear instructions, the Image creates a personalised and unique mental perception.

05 Impressum (production, place, year, other authors of the team):

The Applause Institute, public space, Belgrade, 2018

06 Photography:

The Applause Institute

06 Photography:

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06 Photography:

The Applause Institute (IZA) is a collective that uses an experimental approach in order to re-examine the ways of artistic (re)presentation, comprehension of art, communication with the audience and their potential participation. It was established in March, 2018, in response to the need of young artists, curators and cultural workers to gather around certain association. The IZA members are: Stevan Beljić, Luka Cvetković, Stefan Knežević, Katarina Kostandinović, Milan Nasković, Kristina Nikolić, Jakov Ponjavić, Dušan Savić, Vanja Seferović and Tamara Spalajković. The IZA’s current research deals with the field of art in public space, and is aimed at examining the role that art has in the public sphere, and exploring the temporality of the artwork, the character of ephemeral artistic event/action and the public space as a specific factor.