About the project
Please ASK! consists in sharing knowledge and artistic practices for creation of Art and Science theatre performances, raising the competence and building the capacity of the organizations implementing the project. After an initial stage of sharing artistic know-how and laboratory for trying out different approaches for art and science collaborations, each partner will create a science theatre performance in their respectful country. The theme and the target audience of each of these performances will be different as every project partner will have a local science partner for better realization of the project:
Arte Urbana Collectif – project coordinator (theme: astrobiology; local partners: Astronomy Department of Sofia University & Municipal Centre for Extracurricular Activities – Baykal village, audience: adults)
Pro Progressione – project partner (theme: evolutionary biology, local partner: Hungarian Bird Association, audience: family audience)
Dafa Puppet Theatre – project partner (theme: quantum physics; local partners: Technical University of Prague & QWorld – QCzech, audience: young audience)
As a final stage of the project all three performances will be internationally showcased during the Theatre of Wonder, festival for art and science, in Sofia in 2025, accompanied by a conference and international dissemination of the project and its methodology.
project goals
exchanging and generating
innovative performing arts and science good practices and ideas.
building the partner organisations’ capacity
to produce and promote such practices and ideas and then share this know-how and ideas with the national and international artistic, scientific, and educational communities.
creating ground-breaking art science theatre productions
connecting artists, scientists, and audiences.
Timeline
october
Official start of the project
february
First in-person meeting of the partners in Budapest
September
Summer School in Bulgaria
MarcH – April
Open call for artists
September
Starting of the artistic residencies in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary
March – April
Creation of the performances in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary
October
International showcase of the performances at Theatre of Wonder Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria
April – May
Local premieres
December
The project closes