Eloquent landscapes: some questions about curatorship and scenography through the experience of Catalonia’s participation in PQ19

Abstract

ABSTRACT Scenographic activity involves composing complex landscapes that, beyond being evocative due to their possible visual impact, are powerful because of their inherent eloquent capacity. Thus, the scenographer is, somehow, a dramaturge by definition. It is this nature that is worth exploring in the context of the PQ, a space in which to share scenographic research work developed through artistic practice to question the profession and enrich it. In doing so, it explores its critical and transformative capacity in society and thereby makes sense of it. Our aim in this article is to reflect on these themes by revisiting all our ideas as curators of one of the participating countries in PQ19.