Curator

All the information relevant for curators of national exhibitions (organizational manual, maps and plans of Prague Exhibition Grounds, etc.) are available in the Info for Curators section.

PQ organizers are now going through concepts of countries and regions and will contact curators with any questions individually.

Deadlines
31 May 2018 Allocation of PQ Exhibition Spaces for Exhibition of Countries and Regions and Student Exhibition.
30 June 2018 Detailed exhibition plans will be sent to curators including other technical information pertaining to the selected exhibition space.
30 November 2018 Deadline for curators to provide PQ Organizer with the ground plan of the exposition including electrical sockets, entrances and all necessary details with sketches and/or photos.
30 November 2018 PQ will announce the list of recommended suppliers and transport companies.
31 December 2018 PQ Organizers will send contracts to curators specifying all the conditions for participating in the PQ 2019 by this date.
31 January 2019 PQ will send the invoice for payment for exhibition spaces until by this date.
03 June 2019, 8 AM The installation of exhibits begins.
05 June 2019, 5 PM The installation of exhibits must be completed.
16 June 2019, 7 PM The dismantling of exhibitions begins.

All technical information and schedule are available in the organizational manual.

From 1 September 2018, the industry system my.pq.cz will be launch for curators of national exhibitions that will simplify the communication regarding exhiobitions preparations, will facilitate your trip to PQ 2019 (transport, accommodation, …),and will make the PQ 2019 more transparent for both, you and visitors. Guidelines how to work with the system will come during summer.

Student

PQ is excited to have several projects dedicated to students and emerging designers (though all projects are open to participation and representation from artists at any stage of their career). PQ Studio (formerly the PQ Student Section, Scenofest or SpaceLab) will include the performance festival, common design project, workshops, and masterclasses.

We have two Open Calls that are oriented on students and young professionals:

PQ Studio: Studentský divadelní festival
Deadline: 31 June 2018.

PQ Studio: Common Design Project
Call Published: 29 June 2018

Students will be offered accreditations for reduced fee. The pre-sale will start in December 2018.

Performer

There are performance festivals– Formations and the Site Specific Performance Festival. Open Calls for both projects were closed on 28 February 2018.

Formations
PQ organizers are going through submitted applications. Selected projects will be announced in summer 2018.

Site Specific Performance Festival
PQ organizers have contacted short listed proposals and a final selection will be announced in June 2018.

In autumn 2018, the industry system my.pq.cz will be launch for curators of national exhibitions that will simplify the communication regarding exhiobitions preparations, will facilitate your trip to PQ 2019 (transport, accommodation, …),and will make the PQ 2019 more transparent for both, you and visitors. Guidelines how to work with the system will come during summer.

Speaker

PQ 2019 will offer series of interesting and expert lectures, talks and workshops. We have the Open Calls for those interested in presenting at PQ:

PQ Talks
Deadline: 31 August 2018
More info: 2019.pq.cz/open-calls/