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Meyrink, Kubák, Týmal, Kanhäuserová et al.: GOLEM Cube

Gustav Meyrink, Ivo Kristián Kubák, František Týmal, Ivana Kanhäuserová et al. GOLEM Cube Come explore the mystical mood of the Prague Jewish ghetto before it undergoes urban redevelopment! Length: 15 minutes Venue: VILA Štvanice, č. p. 858, Ostrov Štvanice, Prague 7 GOLEM Cube is a unique multimedia interactive video installation utilizing four screens. It is inextricably linked to the GOLEM Štvanice theatre production, held on the eponymous island in Prague. The successful, highly-rated project, which took place in an originally abandoned villa, house number 858 on Štvanice island, was the first in the Czech Republic to use the immersive theatre staging method, which entirely surrounds the spectator. The twenty-strong creative team transformed three floors of the Classicist villa and its surroundings into the venue of the mystical detective novel 'Der Golem' by Prague-German writer Gustav Meyrink. The entire area came to life during the three-hour play - an alternative reality in which parallel stories evolved and a complex net of relationships was spun. The spectator had to take on the role of a detective and a voyeur in order to figure out situations on their own and put together their own, unique story. The theatre production was launched in September 2013 and 30 actors returned to the venue in April 2014, when the event was transformed into its own exhibition. The interconnection of audiovisual recording, theatre and film direction, dramatic art, scenography, design, and the polyekran installation conveys the original theatre experience via an all-encompassing projection. Thanks to GOLEM Cube it is possible to holistically observe complete dramatic situations, as well as the most subtle dramatic gestures and scenographic details, as well as the incomparable atmosphere, space and creative form of the original theatre production. The installation is being exhibited in the newly opened cultural venue VILA Štvanice, which was discovered, acquired and reconstructed thanks to the GOLEM Štvanice theatre production. “…it is a strange, provocatively untidy and difficult to watch theatre-non-theatre, and this is its precise charm.” (Vladimír Mikulka, 7.9.2013). EVENTS: 19th June - 19:00 – OFFICIAL VERNISSAGE 20th June - 10:00 - 18:00 Workshop: Immersive Theatre and Film: Dostoyevsky 27th June 16:00 DERNISSAGE AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CREATIVE TEAM Information about the Golem Cube installation: www.golemcu.be Information about the Golem Štvanice theatre production: www.golemstvanice.cz Information about the VILA Štvanice venue: www.vilastvanice.cz

autoři projektu: G. Meyrink - I. K. Kubák - F. Týmal - I. Kanhäuserová a kol.: GOLEM Cube CONCEPT, SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION: Ivo Kristián Kubák FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, EDITOR: František Týmal INSTALLATION ARCHITECT: Ivana Kanhäuserová DRAMATURGY: Marie Nováková COSTUME DESIGNER: Anna Hrušková DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Marek Brožek CAMERA: Patrik Arslanian SOUND: Martin Kuhn LOCATION MANAGER: Radka Josková SCENOGRAPHY: Vladimir Benderski, Dorota Březinová, Anna Hrušková, Radka Josková, Ivana Kanhäuserová, Mariana Kuchařová, Jakub Myslín, Marek Špitálský, Petr Vítek MUSIC: Jan Hovorka LIGHT DESIGN: Ondřej Růžička PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Kristýna Lišková LINE PRODUCERS: Jana Kimlová, Klotylda Marková, Kristýna Šrolová CAST Aaron Wassertrum - Jaroslav Achab Haidler Šemaja Hillel - Kajetán Písařovic Golem - Vladimir Benderski Inocenc Charousek - Tomáš Havlínek Amadeus Laponder - Vladimír Polívka Dr. Savioli - Petr Šmíd Angelina - Kristina Sitková Mirjam Hillelová - Magdalena Hniličková Count Ferri Athenstädt - Jáchym Kučera Rosina - Denisa Pfauserová Lojza - Michal Lurie Jaromír - Vojtěch Fülep Vrieslander - Akram Staněk Zwakh - Antonín Týmal Prokop - Filip Šebšajevič Police officer - Jacob Erftemeijer Innkeeper - Hana Müllerová, Anežka Rusevová Dancers, dragoons, mystical and other characters: Jan Hovorka, Kamila Mottlová, Eva Zápotocká, Klára Kočárková, Sandra Danielová, Pavel Neškudla, Kateřina Císařová, Michal Kolínek, Lucie Palonciová, Bára Purmová, Vendy Skalická, Tom Levecchia, William Valerián Information about the installation: www.golemcu.be Information about the theatre production: www.golemstvanice.cz Information about the venue: www.vilastvanice.cz

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Ivana Kanhäuserová

* 1982, Praha
Education: Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts
Additional information: She has collaborated with a number of artists and directors, including Jiří Adámek (Say Something, 2013), Spitfire Company (The Voice of Anne Frank, NoD, 2007), Jan Frič and Jan Nebeský.
• Ivo Kristián  Kubák

* 1977, Plzeň
Education: Graduate in Theory and Criticism and Directing at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). He is a student of Jan Nebeský, PhD at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre (DAMU)
Teaching activities: Alternative and Puppet Theatre (DAMU)
Awards: Nominated for the 2013 Alfréd Radok Award and 2014 Josef Balvín Award for Best Theatre Production based on a German-Language Text
Additional information: Graduate of Theory and Criticism and Directing, PhD at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre (DAMU, Prague), programmer, publicist and artistic director of Tygr v tísni independent theatre group.
• František Týmal (František  Týmal)

* 1987, Jindřichův Hradec
Education: Audiovisual Studies at FAMU, Prague
Additional information: František Týmal is an experimental filmmaker whose work lies midway between the silver screen and the theatre stage. His work is dedicated to light and sound, which becomes more than a common, natural feeling, but immanent matter.