RAMA ŞI CADRUL – INSTRUMENTE ALE EXPUNERII SCENOGRAFICE
FRAME AND FRAMING - SCENOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION INSTRUMENTS

Summary/Abstract: Since 1967 the Prague Quadrennial is framing performance design through its scenographic pavilions,large hall exhibitions, performances and urban interventions. This approach to theatre through the dramaturgy of space creates an opportunity for professionals, students and audiences to experience the making of contemporary theatre culture. During the last fifty years, displaying theatre at the Prague Quadrennial defined a new path in the life of a performance, generating further knowledge and attitudes. Just like a painting needs a frame that enhances its presence in the exhibition space, theatre is searching for a way to channel its quests and achievements towards different contemporary contexts of reception. Exhibiting theatre is thus a process that cannot avoid the understanding of the art frame as a mean of communication. Painters like Peale, Whistler, Van Gogh and Degas to Hockney, Hodgkin and Rothko have designed frames for their own works in an attempt to better relate the medium of their art to the viewer’s environment, engaging the latter in a focused state of appreciation. But what defines a frame and what makes it so necessary? This makes the subject of this article.

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