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PQ&A

PQ&A is USITT’s Companion Podcast to the US Exhibition at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial. On this podcast, lead curator Ian Garrett, talks with the Featured designers in the Exhibition about their background, inspirations, and what gives them their unique world view. 

In the exhibition for 2019 we wanted to recognize that the United States is a nation of immigrants, and celebrate our diversity… most people in the US can identify immigrant roots. Those immigrant roots, together with the people that can trace their ancestry back to more than 500 Native American tribes, we refer to as this the cultural DNA of the artists who create the work in our  diverse communities. 

This rich cultural diversity and wisdom contributes to the creativity, ingenuity, and knowledge that we find inspirational. So, In addition to the selected work, the exhibition incorporates the oral history of the designers, positioning them in relationship to the field and their own work. 

For this podcast, I talk to the designers about their background, their connection to performance design, their mentors and influencers, who they have mentored and influenced, and how these factors have affected their approach to design and scenography. 

Excerpts from the interviews from podcasts can be heard in the exhibition in short videos on each featured designer’s profile.

Where can you find it?

PQ&A lives online with the rest of the exhibition at: pq19.usitt.org/professional/

You can also find PQ&A on most podcasting platforms. It is available in iTunes and whatever podcasting application you prefer.

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