Krétakör
Krétakör (German: Kreidekreis ) is a production office and center for contemporary art that organizes creative community games - based on social science findings. The different projects combine the performing arts and new media. Árpád Schilling as artistic director and Márton Gulyás as executive director are responsible for the Budapest-based organization .
The organization
"... that what is there should belong to those who are good for it." - Bertolt Brecht : The Caucasian Chalk Circle . Krétakör is organized as a foundation and is divided into three departments: a production office and the performing arts and new media areas.
Krétakör emerged from the Krétakör Theater ( Krétakör Színház ) founded by Schilling in 1995 , which celebrated numerous international successes, especially in the years around and after 2000. In 2008 Schilling decided to dissolve the ensemble and founded the current production office under the name Krétakör . Instead of an extensive ensemble (with up to forty employees before 2008), Krétakör is characterized by a flexibly deployable team and diverse collaborations.
The method
Krétakör describes his method as “creative community games”. The following aspects are highlighted:
Creative : Krétakör encounters social issues in a new, creative way. It conveys current knowledge for the participants, arouses their activity and prompts them to make decisions.
Collective : Krétakör sees fellow players and partners as collaborators. The task of strengthening civil self-determination and promoting grassroots democratic initiatives is emphasized.
Game : Krétakör describes the event to be created in one word: game; accordingly, the experiential gathering of experience alone is a constructive pedagogical method.
Projects
- The Apology of the Escape Artist ( A szabadulóművész apológiája ). Budapest March 8th to May 1st, 2009
A series of installation actions and exhibitions in public space, two of which were initially held in the urban space ( Overture in Budapest and Gap in Gödör), the others in the theater ( Lab Hotel ). Another three actions with the active participation of the public ( Oxitocin, 18plusminus, everwalk ) were held in parallel, all three grouped under the title: Artproletarz . The entire event ended with a May Day celebration ( final ). The event was captured with several hundred participants in Gábor Péter Németh's documentary, which u. a. 2010 was shown as part of the Hungarian Film Week .
- Hurdles ( Akadályverseny ). October 2009
The workshop in schools is based on theater pedagogical methods from Káva, Association for Theater / Drama and Education . In certain situations, the class is involved in the game that Krétakör and Káva have developed together, with the teacher and pupil having a decisive influence on the game.
- The analogy of the escape artist ( A szabadulóművész analógiája ). October 2009 to January 2010
A series of events like The Apology of the Escape Artist 2009, based on a concert series by Marcell Dargay.
- URBANRABBITs . Châlons-en-Champagne, France December 9, 2009.
Circus theater with advanced students from the Center National des Arts du Cirque , staged by Árpád Schilling . It is a joint production by Krétakör and the Center National des Arts du Cirque .
- The mother analogy ( Anyalógia ). January 2010
The idea of the project is related to the apology from 2009 - in total the production was performed three times, director Árpád Schilling hired the following actors: Zsolt Nagy, Lilla Sárosdi and Lawrence Williams, who was also involved as a musician and composer.
- Krétakör Maifest ( Krétakör Majális ). Pécs April 30th to May 2nd, 2010.
In 2010 in Pécs, as part of the cultural program of the European Capital of Culture , Krétakör organized a three-day series of events together with independent local organizations. The mining past in Pécs was thematized in the various actions.
- Where is the limit? ( Hol a határ? ). June – July 2010
An experiment: Krétakör used documentary short film projects to investigate the relationship between excessive alcohol consumption and marketing for beer - as part of an advertising campaign by Heineken Hungary .
- New viewer ( Új Néző ). August 2010
In two villages in Borsod county (Ároktő and Szomolyá) Krétakör invited the organization Káva and the theater educator and anthropologist AnBlokk to do theater together, in which the audience can participate. Krétakör and Gábor Péter Németh recorded the results of the project in documentaries, and they also shot a feature film with young Roma on site with the title: This is how it works in showbiz ( Ilyen a popszakma ).
- Trilogy Crisis ( Krízis ). June – October 2011
A story about the failure of three family members - presented in three different genres: The first part as a film: jp.co.de ( jp.co.de ) is based on films, installations and live actions that were held at the Prague Quadrennial . The second part: Ingrateful Beasts ( Hálátlan dögök ), was premiered as a chamber opera at the Opera Festival of the Bavarian State Opera. The third part was created in theater workshops with young people from Transylvania: The Priestess ( A papnő ). The piece was premiered in Budapest, with improvisations and the participation of the audience, and professional actors were also involved on stage in addition to the 15 young people.
- Mobile phone ( mobile ). January 2012
In collaboration with Káva , Krétakör developed a creative community game aimed at young people between 16 and 18 years of age. Teachers and students take an active part, discussing the abuse and opportunities of new communication technologies.
- illumiNation . May 2012
As part of the Berlin Biennale, Krétakör organized a competition for socially committed projects: A shortlist of applicants will be presented who will be publicly presented to a jury in Berlin and compete for prize money. The aim of the project applications is to renew the national identity of Hungary.
Individual evidence
- ↑ hu: Schilling Árpád (rendező)
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ hu: Krétakör Színház
- ↑ Tamás Jászay: The Grand Communicator: New Projects of Árpád Schilling and The Krétakör (2008–2011) , in Critical Stages on June 11, 2011 Archived copy ( memento of the original of November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ^ Ungrateful beasts , program for the Munich premiere, editor: Márton Gulyás. Krétakör Alapítvány 2011, p. 4
- ↑ a b c d e f Krétakör Portfolio, DVD, Krétakör Alapítvány 2011
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ http://www.urbanrabbits.eu/?tag=english (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ Balázs Zsedényi: How to handle it? Krétakör's jp.co.de installation on the Prague Quadrennial Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Original source in 7óra7 on June 27, 2011 [1] (accessed April 20, 2012)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 20, 2012)
- ↑ http://www.berlinbiennale.de/
