Programme of the Archa Theatre for November 2001
Thursday, November 1
8 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Marius von Mayenburg: Fireface
A new performance which premiered on September 28th of this year - and become an overnight success. Marius von Mayenburg is one of a new generation of writers in their thirties that have taken oven the world stage. He uses clean, clear language in describing the barrenness of our world and human relationships: the family as a battlefield, sibling incest, the ritual murder of parents, and self-destruction. Young people trying to define themselves against a world into which they were thrown against their will. Directed by: Jiří Pokorný. Prague premiere.
Friday, November 2
8 p.m.
Vizita Theatre
Moon Is Getting Closer to the Earth
Hallucination or fiction? An optical illusion, or real-life delusion? Examined by: Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Zbrožek. Electrics by: Viktor Zborník. The presence of others (R. Uhlíř, Z. Konopásek) onstage entirely possible .
Saturday, November 3
5 p.m.: Step across the Border / Krok přes hranici
8 p.m.: Middle of the Moment / Uprostřed okamžiku
A screening of two films by Nicolas Humbert (Switzerland) and Werner Penzel (Germany) with the filmmakers in attendance. Step across the Border follows the travels of experimental musician Fred Frith and his gatherings with artistic colleagues (Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt, John Zorn and others.) Middle of the Moment is a filmic poem about nomadic life, following the travels of the Tuaregs in the southern mountains of the Sahara, the French circus Cirque O, and American poet Robert Lax. Musician Pavel Fajt will play before each film. Part of the Galerie Rudolfinum's Three Windows - Hommage a Robert Lax project.
Tuesday, November 6
8 p.m.
Searching for Firm Ground
The Stars of November a Dozen Years Later
For twelve years a film crew has been following the fate of four Czechs who became public figures during the dramatic events of November 1989: musician Michael Kocáb, dissident Jan Ruml, young demonstrator Kryštof Rimský and student leader Martin Mejstřík. This unique film project documents their searching, wandering, convictions and doubts as they make their way towards their various goals through the rough waters of a society in transformation. This film premiere will be attended by film's creators and subjects. Concept, script and direction by: Pavel Koutecký. In cooperation with the Association of Film & Sociology and Czech Television.
Novemeber 8 - 11
FAMU Festival 2001
An annual showcase of work by students of Prague's film academy, this year under the theme "Static Image". Four days of festival representing four periods in history: the start of the 20th century (The Time of Rises and Falls), the Fifties (The Time of Sweet Lives), the Seventies and Eighties (The Time of Norms - and Normalization), and the present (The Time of the Absent Present). Each day will bring a diffent atmosphere, a different music, a different ancillary program, and a different host: Ondřej Štindl.
Tuesday, November 13
7 p.m.
Staatsschauspiel, Dresden (BRD)
Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov: The Celebration
The whole family gets together for father's birthday.. A family trauma boils over into real drama… The audience is drawn to participate as a famous Danish film turns into an exciting theatrical event hailed as the "most intense experience" of last year's prestigious Berliner Theatertreffen festival. Directed by: Michael Thalheimer. Part of the Prague German Language Theatre Festival.
Wednesday, November 14
7 p.m.
Staatsschauspiel, Dresden (BRD): Oslava
Thursday, November 15
6 p.m.
Street exhibition opening
Part of the Datatransfer cyberculture fesival. Free entry.
New Music Marathon 2001
The 8th annual festival of contemporary music.
Friday, November 16
7 p.m. - 12 p.m.
Agon Orchestra & Petr Kofroň - conductor (Praha), Wolfgang Heisig - pianola (Dresden), Steffen Schleiermacher - piano (Leipzig)
Program: the 20th Century American avant guarde (G. Antheil, J. Cage, H. Cowell, C. Nancarrow, L. Ornstein, D. Rudhyar, C. Ruggles), Czech premieres (P. Graham, M. Smolka).
Saturday, November 17
4 p.m. - 12 p.m.
Ensemble Damian (Olomouc), Opera Aperta Ensemble (Bratislava), Nora Škutová, Mikuláš Škuta - pianos (Bratislava), Tuning Metronoms (Prague), Günther Müller - drums, electronics (Zürich), Vapori del Cuore (Bratislava)
Program: V. Godár, O. Messiaen, G. Ligeti, G. Müller & Vapori del Cuore (L. Burgr, M. Burlas, D. Matej, M. Piaček, R. Šebesta, P. Zagar, V. Zouhar).
Sunday, November 18
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Forum and discussion with composers and musicians.
Monday, November 19
8 p.m.
Lower House of Parliament:
Czechs in Times of Terror
A new evening forum played out by audience members/citizens. This is a first attempt at a new form of public discussion inspired by the Dutch TV program "People's Parliament". Based on parliamental principles the audience members will get to express its arguments. A live exchange of opinions, a battle of arguments, and a stand-off of differing views. In cooperation with Agora Central Europe, the Association of Film&Sociology.
3 x Vizita Theatre
Tuesday, November 20
8 p.m.
A Great Eater Holds Back
Martin Zbrožek holds Jaroslav Dušek back from eating under the lights of Viktor Zborník. Other players may join them.
Wednesday, November 21
8 p.m.
Really Mean Swordsmen
Deft swordplay armed with swordfish. An examination of fragility at the breaking point of coherence. Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Zbrožek, Viktor Zborník and others.
Thursday, November 22
8 p.m.
To Be a Quail Against Ones Will
A sensitive look into the unfathomed depths of the avian kingdom. Beak by: Jaroslav Dušek. Talon by: Martin Zbrožek. Eyes by: Viktor Zborník. The rest of the animal by: the others.
Live Broadcast: http://archa.inway.cz
During each of these three evenings some or all of the following may also perform: A. Vitouš, J. Štolba and J. Honzák.
Datatransfer
First annual International Festival of Cyberculture: internet, digital film, design, and performance.
Friday, November 23
16.00 a 17.30 wow flutter 01 onedotzero a wavelength 01 onedotzero - a screening of short films and animated videoclips from London's Onedotzero festival of digital film.
20.00 No Maps for These Territories (USA, UK)
A screening an extraordinary documentary about William Gibson - an important science fiction writer, whose novel Neuromancer (1984) defined cyberspace.
Saturday, November 24
14.00 panel discussion: Views from the Street - How to Survive the 21st century
15.00 a 16.30 screening of wow flutter 01 onedotzero a wavelength 01 onedotzero
20.00 Scanner (UK)
A performormance by London ambient composer and media theorist Robin Rimbaud AKA Scannera, an experimental artist working with modern telecommunications technology. The performance will be accompanied by images engineered by eminent VJ group D-FUSE (UK).
Live Broadcast: http://archa.inway.cz
Both days free 14.00-20.00: A showing of the most interesting international films in the field of digital images on DVD. In the foyer: an internet gallery, which introduces this year's most progressive developments in the field of web design and CD-ROM art.
Monday, November 26
8 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Pete Dexter: Deadwood
A brutal western on the last days of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickock in the company of other famous figures of the Wild West (Calamity Jane, Charley Utter). Featuring A. Geislerova as the Chinese prostitute. Directed by: J.A. Pitínský. Prague premiere.
Tuesday, November 27
8 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Pete Dexter: Deadwood
Encounters with Gertrude Stein
Wednesday, November 29
8 p.m.
Ensemble We Are We - Tanztheater Eva Weissmann (BRD)
Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights
In this dance performance Eva Weissmann transcribes Gertrude Stein's writing technique - from her most famous dramatic text - into movement and expression on stage. Music, dance, and song are accompanied by unusual stage actions such as painting, reading, and sculpting. Gertruda Stein chooses and changes, or rather choreographs her words. obdobně choreografuje předměty na scéně do nových kompozicí Similarly, Eva Weissmann re-arranges objects onstage to create new compositions of movement and sound. Eva Weissman's artists have completely different artistic backgrounds: musicians, singers, speakers, painters, sculptors, actors and of course, dancers. The unifying factor is their desire to question traditional genre divisions. (B, E, R)
Thursday, November 30
8 p.m.
Ensemble We Are We - Tanztheater Eva Weissmann (BRD)
Doctor Faustus Lights The Lights
Exhibition in the foyer:
until November 7
Petr Zhoř - photographs
November 8-11
FAMU - competitive exhibition of student
November 15 - December 8
Datatransfer - Street
A selection of the best of poster design since 1989. The artists are for the most part young designers, art school students, and computer graphics designers.