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STUDENTS WHO FORM OUR PRODUCTION STAFF. SOME OF

U

THESE STUDENTS, UNFORTU ATELY

MOST WISE AND ADROIT DECISIO

OT ALL, WILL ALSO BE

ITED STATES CATALOG FOR PQ'87, I WROTE THAT "MY
AS PROJECT 'SHEPHERD'

OUR "RUNNING CREW" A 0 WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE

WAS TO INVOLVE AS MY COLEADERS THE PEOPLE WHO HAD

VARIOUS EXHIBIT VENUES, STARTING IN PRAGUE.

THE REAL K OWLEDGE, LEADERSHIP ABILITY, A 0 CREATIVITY TO BRI

WE ARE PLEASED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE
UNITED STATES IS ABLE TO ENTER THE "SCHOOLS OF

REMAI

SCENOGRAPHY" EXHIBIT. OUR PARTICIPATIO

IS DUE TO

CAROLY

THE PERSISTE CE AND HARD WORK OF Ro

AVERSE,

(SOUTHER

ILLI

OIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE) AND

CAROLYN LA CET (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN).
THEY DEALT WITH WELL OVER 200 TEACH I G
INSTITUTIO S IN ORDER TO WI
SUBMISSIONS TO THE WORK OF

OW DOW

24

DESIG

ALL STUDENT

ERS. WHILE MOST

OF THE SCHOOLS WITH EXTENSIVE CURRICULUM II

DESIG

T

G THIS EXHIBIT OFF." FOR PQ'91 I HAVE

ED WISE I

HAVI G AS ASSOCIATES LEON BRAUNER,

LA CET, ROl
OPPI

NAVERSE

,AND STEVE PARKS.

G THIS LIST AS PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE A 0

THE DESIG

ER OF OUR "MOZART II AMERICA"

EXHIBITIO

IS ERIC FIELDI

G. ERIC IS A

ENORMOUSLY TALENTED SCE OGRAPHER TUR ED
II TER ATIO TALIST. WHILE CO TINUI G HIS FREELA, CE
DESIGN CAREER, HE HAS SERVED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL

FOR THE THEATRE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THIS

YEARS AS ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF OUR U

EXHIBIT, OUR SELECTION PROCESS HAS DISCOVERED SOME

CENTER OF OISTAT A 0 HAS JUST RECENTLY ASSUMED

OUTSTANDING TALENT AT SCHOOLS LESS WELL KNOW

THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF OISTAT's I TERNATIO AL

FOR

ITED STATES

DESIGN. CAROLYN AND RON HAVE CO TRIBUTED MASSIVE

COMMISSION 0

NUMBERS OF HOURS OF THEIR TIME I

ALSO THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE US ITT PERIODICALS,

COLLECTIO

A 0

PUBLICATIONS A 0 I

&

PREPARATION OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES E TRY I TO

THEATRE DESIGN

THE "SCHOOLS" EXHIBITIO

MIDST OF THESE CONTINUI

AT PQ'91. PARTICULARLY

PLEASING TO US IS THAT MORE THA

HALF OF THE

FORMATION. HE IS

TECHNOLOGY A 0 SIGHTLINES. IN THE

SOMEHOW HAD NOT 0

G ACTIVITIES ERIC HAS

LY THE COMMITME T BUT FOUND

STUDE TS WITH WORK IN THIS EXHIBIT WILL BE IN PRAGUE

THE E ERGY TO MAKE "MOZART I

AS MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES DELEGATIO

HAPPE T. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT ERIC HAS

.

THIS LAST SMALL MIRACLE HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF

AMERICA" REALLY

CONTRIBUTED FAR MORE TIME A 0 RESOURCES TO THIS

THE COORDINATION EFFORTS OF OUR DELEGATION

PROJECT THA

ORGANIZER A 0 LEADER LEO

START. I HOPE HE WILL REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THIS HAS

UNIVERSITY AT BLOOMI

H. BRAU

GTO ). LEO

DONE A BRILLIA T JOB OF ORGANIZI

ER (INDIANA

HAS NOT 0

LY

BEE

G THE LARGE SE lOR

HE EVER COULD HAVE E TVISIO

ED AT THE

PURPOSEFUL. ERIC HAS ACHIEVED THE GOALS OF THE

EXHIBITIO

QUITE BRILLIA TLY A 0 DESERVES OUR

DELEGATION BUT HE HAS USED RATHER LIMITED RESOURCES

APPRECIATION, OUR GRATITUDE, A 0 OUR RESPECTFUL

COMMANDINGLY TO ENABLE THE LARGEST

THA KS.~

UMBER OF

STUDENTS WE HAVE EVER HAD AT A QUADRENNIAL TO BE
WITH US IN OUR DELEGATIO

.

DR. JOEL E. RUBIN, COMMISSIONER GENERAL

IN MY PRODUCER'S REMARKS WHICH APPEARED IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL

1991

DESIGNER'S INTRODUCTION

W

HEN IT WAS AN

OU CEO THAT THE SPECIAL

I TAMERICA" DOES PROVIDE A REASONABLE TASTE OF

THEME FOR THE 1991 PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL

BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIO

OF THAT GREAT COMPOSER AS

A MEANS OF FOCUSING THE AMERICA

E TRY FOR PQ'91.

THE RESULTI G EXHIBIT SEEMS SOMEHOW U IQUELY
"AMERICA ." I

ADDITION TO FEATURI

OPERA COMPA IES THAT SPA
YORK CITY TO Los A

THE COU, TRY FROM

WORK FOR I

TERNATIO AL OPERA CaMPA

DESIGNERS WHO HAVE SI

IES;

PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL

OPERA

1991

FULLY EVIDE T THAT DESIG

IN THE HECTIC BUSI

CE AGAI

GETTI

G

BECAME

ERS WHO ARE I VOLVED

ESS OF MAKING ART AND A LIVI 'G ARE

RARELY CONCERNED ABOUT DOCUME TI

GAD

PRESERVING THEIR ART WORK. THERE ARE ALSO VERY FEW
OPERA COMPANIES WHO REALIZE THE VALUE A 0
TRULY DOCUMENTS THE TOTAL REALITY OF THE
PERFORMA CE AND NOT JUST THE STAR PERFORMERS.
NONETHELESS, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOI
0 THE WORLD I

I G
THIS CELE-

BRATION OF THE PERFORM I G ARTS AND HOPE THAT YOU
WILL E JOY THE WORK SHOW

I

"MOZART I

AMERICA.~

CITIZE S.

'T COMPLETELY DEMOCRATIC OR

ENTIRELY REPRESENTATIVE, THE WORK SHOW

PAl

LY FRUSTRATIONS 11

MOU TED: IT 0

THEATRE PEOPLE FROM AROU

DFUL OF FOREIGN-BOR

CE BECOME AMERICA

THE EXHIBITIO

IMPORTA CE OF MAKING A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD THAT
E

DESIGNERS'

INTERNATIONAL DESIGI ERS' WORK FOR AMERICA,
COMPANIES; AND EVEN A HA

UI

DESIGNERS' WORK

OPERA COMPANIES; AMERICA

ALTHOUGH IT IS

EW

ERS REPRESE T A GE

G POT." WE HAVE AMERICA

FOR AMERICA

G DESIGNS FROM

GELES A 0 FROM SEATTLE TO

MIAMI, THE FEATURED DESIG

4*

THERE WERE CERTAI

WOULD BE DESIG S FOR OPERAS OF WOLFGANG

AMADEUS MOZART, IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO USE THE

"MELTI

AMERICAN OPERA Al 0 DESIGN.

IN "MOZART

ERIC FIELDING, DESIGNER & COORDINATOR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL

1991
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