tutors: doc. Imrich Vaško, akad. arch., as. mgr. art. Martin Gsandtner

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN IN BRATISLAVA, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

TH_c.M_                                             ( THEATRE_city.MESSAGES_ )
... Immaterial “tactile”, spatial  and temporal levels are revealed by mapping Ljubljana. They appear as symbols like the dragon, or like the unique arrangements of Plečnik’s buildings, always mirroring their environment. The geometry of the dragon curve is manipulated and interpreted by Plečnik’s genocodes. The starting points are derived from the positions of the Three Bridges and the locations of the three buildings at Žale cemetery. The dragon curve is rewritten by measured angles between Trnovo Bridge, the Sluice and Cobbler’s Bridge and by the ratio of interleaving spaces. Theatre is conceived as an ingenuous interconnection with the city. Three main aspects evoke desire for an experimental form: perception, time and participation.

The essential attention between the actor and the spectator has its metaphoric meaning.

What happens at a specific place at a specific time in a city? “Theatre” happens at that moment when exploring entities perform impulses and structures react on them ... Every city-space has its own stories, images, atmosphere, mistery ...

Exploring entities are capturing the physical-movement ..., the mental-emotions, feelings ..., visible/invisible activities. They no longer have to be carried out in a sequence, they can be simultaneous in many aspects or even mixed with each other. All reflect ephemeral moods and events of the city. This sense of the momentary activity and circulating, re-creates structure of theatrical space. Through different media and as a consequence of this process, they are demonstrated by changing its intensity and colour of lighting, it is density, or by the multiplicity of forms responding to received suggestion. ... It expresses the connection between the individual and the public realm. The structure itself is public. People, their meeting and activities are behavioural factors. The differentiated colour layers simply immediate movements.

 All  is  acting in  reciprocal “imitation”. All in simultaneous perception. ...