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Theater Project Orpheus and Eurydice (2014)

PQ 2015 student section from Croatia The exhibition is organized by ULUPUH (Croatian Association of Applied Arts Artists) in cooperation with the costume design graduate course at the Faculty of Textile Technology’s Department of Fashion Design. In the 2008/2009 academic year, the Department of Fashion Design set up a costume design graduate course, thus ending more than half a century of no formal education for costume designers in Croatia. Since then, costume design students have taken part in numerous smaller costume design projects, as well several more significant ones such as the joint project of four Zagreb University faculties and art academies – the Academy of Music, the Academy of Dramatic Art, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Textile Technology. Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orpheus and Eurydice The theater project “Orpheus and Eurydice” (2014) jointly carried out by the four mentioned institutions from the University of Zagreb – the Academy of Dramatic Art, the Academy of Music, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Textile Technology – is the result of an inter-academic collaboration held for the fourth time in a row. The opening night, held on 29 March 2014 at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, was broadcast live on Croatian television. The production was created by set design students from the Academy of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Architecture, costume design students from the Faculty of Textile Technology, lighting design and lighting pre-vizualization students from the Academy of Dramatic Art, and animated film and new media students from the Animated Film and New Media Department at the Academy of Fine Arts. The stage director is student of the Academy of Dramatic Arts, Marina Pejnović, and the production is performed by students at the Academy of Music (singers, chorus, and symphony orchestra) and by contemporary dance students from the Academy of Dramatic Art under the supervision of associate professor, Petra Hrašćanec. The performance was produced by production students from the Academy of Dramatic Art, mentored by professor, Darko Lukić and associate professor, Tatjana Aćimović. The “making-of” the documentary was produced by the Academy of Dramatic Art and created by students Igor Husak, Petra Jagušić, Toni Renaud, Martin Šatović, Denis Golenja and Luka Gamulin, mentored by professor Snježana Tribuson, professor Arsen Anton Ostojić, professor Silvestar Kolbas, and associate professor Sandra Botica Brešan. Costume designs: Thirty-six students from the costume design graduate course at the Faculty of Textile Technology’s Department of Fashion Design created costumes starting with the first costume sketches to the final product. Their work included costume sketches, cutting, sewing, artistic embellishment, dying, printing the textiles, mask-making, headgears, the creation and production of spirals for the sculptures, costume maintenance, make-up and hair styling, and dressing-room supervision. All the costumes were designed, cut and sewn by the students themselves. The students also made headgear – bowler hats, masks, hair extensions, and all the necessary accessories. They also applied painting techniques to embellish the costumes and participated in the production process as make-up artist and dressers. Guided by Bauhaus principals, the students showed artistic excellence during their sketch-making, as well as skillfulness and resourcefulness during costume-making. The costume designs were also functional, which is necessary when dealing with so many stage pictures and costume changes. To view the “making-of” video and a recording of the performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” in March 2014, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfHlImOrtc&feature=share The costume design for “Orpheus and Eurydice” is an excellent example of a superior visual concept and diligent student teamwork in the process of costume realization. The costumes are of a quality comparable to that of the best costume and sculpting workshops at professional Croatian theatres. The costume design students’ valuable teamwork resulted in a high-quality public project lavishly praised by audiences and critics alike. It wasn’t easy to bring together various costume design approaches and styles, but the students’ excellent teamwork resulted in balanced creations and innovative approaches to costume design. That is why the sketches are not signed individually but collectively – as a team. All the costumes were designed, cut and sewn by the students themselves. The students also made the headgear – bowler hats, masks, hair extensions, and all the necessary accessories. They also applied painting techniques to embellish the costumes, and participated in the production process as make-up artist and dressers. The costume design workshops were busy even on weekends and holidays, often late into the night. The enthusiasm of the costume design students, teamed with their creativity and wit, resulted in outstanding costume designs, additionally marked by the functionality necessary when dealing with so many stage pictures and costume changes. The project won a Chancellor’s Award, and the costume design students also received a special Chancellor’s Award for costume design. Produced by the Universtiy of Zagreb: Academy of Dramatic Art (ADA), Academy of Music (AM), Academy of Fine Arts (AFA) and Faculty of Textile Technology (FTT). Conductor: professor Mladen Tarbuk (AM) Stage director: Marina Pejnović, BA, Theatre directing and radiophony (ADU) Theatre directing mentors: professor Ozren Prohić (ADA), lecturer Dora Ruždjak Podolski (AM) Mentor and choreographer: associate professor Petra Hrašćanec, contemporary dance department (ADA) Authors of scenography: AFA: Pietro Boban Nikola Vudrag, Ana Grgos,Tai Pušić FA (Faculty of Architecture): Ana Oršolić, Domagoj Knežević, Ana Horvat, Robert Barbir Scenography mentors: professor Zlatko Kauzlarić-Atač, painting department (AFA) associate professor Tanja Lacko, theatre directing and radiophony department (ADA) Authors of costume design: Graduate students from the costume design graduate course: Sanja Jakupec, Jelena Matas, Barbara Bursać, Graduate student from the textile design graduate course Matea Vrban Second-year students from the costume design graduate course: Ozana Gabriel, Daniela Supić, Lora Vran, Aleksandra Koluder, Anja Vrančić, Lorena Podolski, Anamarija Bevandić, Barbara Milovac, Slađana Buljan, Josipa Georgina, Rebeka Čupić, Martina Ivanković First-year students from the first costume design graduate course: Diana Mihalić, Ana Bujak, Matea Matejaš, Irena Stolla, Julijana Mašina, Tonia Vukušić, Marina Horvat, Maja Augustinović, Iva Šuman, Toni Carić, Marina Novoselić, Tea Gregl, Anre - Michell Jovanović, Tiana Pivčević, Marina Gaurina First-year student from the textile design graduate course / applied costume design: Irena Kljajić First-year student from the undergraduate textile design course: Slađana Tomić Undergraduate students from the undergraduate textile design course: Davor Ivanec, Nika Wenzinger, Mateja Presečki Mirna Marcelić, volunteer Costume design mentors at the FTT: Head of the Costume Design Department: professor Nina Režek-Wilson Costume design mentor: associate professor Ivana Bakal (FTT) Assistants: Đurđica Kocijančić, Sandra Škaro, and academic painter Marin Sovar (FTT) Lighting design ADA: Petar Strmečki, Assistant lighting designer: Elvis Butković, Mentor: associate professor Deni Šesnić, cinematography department (ADA) Lighting pre-vizualization ADA: Petar Strmečki, Elvis Butković Mentor of lighting pre-vizualization: professor Boris Popović, cinematography department (ADA) Video (Animated Film and New Media Department, Academy of Fine Arts): Katerina Duda, Luana Lojnić, Roko Crnić, Jana Fantov, Valentina Butumović, Video mentor: associate professor Ana Hušman Abbreviations ADA = Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb FA = Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb AFA = Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb VLCH = Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall AM = Academy of Music, University of Zagreb FTT = Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb As mentors, we are immensely proud of the costume design students whose creativity, skills and great passion contributed to the great project of the University of Zagreb and the Faculty of Textile Technology. The costume design students’ successful projects are also an affirmation of the quality of the college programme’s creative workshops and the many generations of top costume designers it has produced. Images: Sketches: students of costume design from the Faculty of Textile Technology’s Department of Fashion Design Photo: Sanja Jakupec, Stela Horvat, Jurica Marković “Orpheus and Eurydice” has been supported by the University of Zagreb and TTF. The project’s presentation at the PQ 2015 Student Section has been made possible by support from the Republic of Croatia’s Ministry of Culture. Curator and mentor (costume design): associate professor Ivana Bakal