Who's who? Hard to tell at the PQ: a global vocabulary emerges at the world's most prestigious design event.(connections, 10th Prague Quadrennial of stage design and theatre architecture)

During World War I, Gertrude Stein, observing the camouflage of the various armies at the front, noted that the whole history of art could be seen in the patterns used by each adversary: Cultural identity was manifested through visual forms and color schemes.

Stein's perception came to mind amidst the sweltering heat of Prague this past June at the 10th Prague Quadrennial of stage design and theatre architecture. Any international exhibition, of course, raises questions of national identity (i.e., the even more sweltering concurrent Venice Biennale), but the idea seemed ...

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