2011 » Serbia » Architecture Section

The Empty Space

The selected location, whose morphology the exhibit explores, offers an intriguing narrative for possible discussions on the ideal performing arts space: It is the construction site of the as-yet unfinished new building of the National Theatre of Subotica, as well as the resting place of its historical predecessor. The interwoven, evocative remains of the old theatre and the dynamic, concrete body of the future building lay silently together. Enveloped in this almost symbiotic coexistence, we find subtle voices of the past and an energetic exaltation of the future. It is in this space of mutual trespass – and not in either of the individual architectures or spaces that constitute it – that we looked for direction. Formatted as a stereoscopic 3D video tour across the site, the exhibition offers a dissection of two architectural structures in one single space. Both structures aspire at being the perfect architecture for the performing arts, each in its own right; one in the past and the other in the future, amalgamated into architectural meta-space. Standing in this space, in its unintended “now, ” we begin to question whether such a thing as the perfect architecture for performing arts can ever exist.

Authors of theme: Mia David, Dorijan Kolundžija, Radivoje Dinulović, Milan Tvrdišić Production: Galerija 12 Building architects: Radivoje Dinulović, Ranko Radović, Zorica Savičić, Ištvan Hupko