Prague Quadrennial of stage design and stage space 2019 – Broken light

01 Name of author/applicant:

Team of authors: Sonja Jankov (Serbia), Đina Prnjat (Montenegro), Janž Ormezu (Slovenia), Nemanja Mitrović (Montenegro)

02 Category:

Intervention in public space

03 Project title:

Broken Light

04 Description (not exceeding 50 words):

A hundred and fifty metres of rope is designed so as to “radiate light” from the bars of each of the six detached prison cells. These 25 lines composing a system meet at one point on the wall – the only “view” that each of the cells have, symbolising otherwise impossible exchange of the prisoners and the entry of sunlight into the cell space. The sharp and precise geometry of the installation is dynamised by changing the light position and by the visitor’s movement.

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

Kotor Architecture Prison School, Kotor, an Austrian prison dating back to the 19^th century, 2017

06 Photography:

Luka Bošković

07 Biography (not exceeding 100 words):

Sonja Jankov works as an independent artist, researcher, curator and interior design technician. She has exhibited her works at nine solo exhibitions in Serbia, Croatia and Romania, and three authorial/curatorial exhibitions (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMSU), Rijeka; Cultural Centre, Belgrade; Remont, Belgrade). She participated in the project entitled Future Architecture Platform (2016). She authored numerous art critiques, research papers in the field of contemporary art and architecture, as well as texts for exhibition catalogues.

Đina Prnjat and Nemanja Mitrović have received their Master’s Degree in Architecture in Montenegro. They participated in a number of architectural competitions and international workshops.

Janž Ormezu is an architect from Slovenia. He collaborated with several teams of authors and architecture studios.