5,000 m2 for Art
PLATO opens up Bauhaus to the public
11/4/2018 – 18/4/2018

Wed 11/4
18.00
Con-temporary Structures 1 (library, bistro, shop, decor)
We are building the institution’s back offices together with artists
Opening of the exhibitions

Artists: Julia Gryboś & Barbora Zentková, Milan Houser, Dominika Olszowy, Johana Pošová and Jan Šerých

Laureates of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award from the Magnus Art Collection: Jiří Černický, David Černý, Michal Gabriel, Vladimír Houdek, Matyáš Chochola, Barbora Kleinhamplová, Barbora Klímová, Martin Kohout, Vladimír Kokolia, Eva Koťátková, Radim Labuda, Dominik Lang, Martin Mainer, Ján Mančuška, Michal Nesázal, Petr Nikl, Markéta Othová, Michal Pěchouček, Jiří Příhoda, Lukáš Rittstein, František Skála, Jiří Skála, Kateřina Šedá, Roman Štětina, Mark Ther, Tomáš Vaněk and Kateřina Vincourová

Curators: Jakub Adamec, Daniela and Linda Dostálková, Marek Pokorný

An area of almost 5000 m2 in an empty hobbymarket that we will use only temporarily. These are the initial conditions that directly challenge us to make an experiment in which the artists themselves will co-operate. Instead of traditional exhibitions we will present to you the basic facilities for operating a gallery – such as a library, a bistro, a shop, a cinema, even a garden, all of which can be used for at least a couple of years. We invited artists from the Czech Republic and the world to take part in our experiment and to help us build PLATO’s infrastructure in this year – gradually, in four cycles of the Con-temporary Structures project. The first to start with are the library, the bistro and the shop. Their interior will be additionally decorated with works by the laureates of the most important Czech award for artists.

20.00
Afterparty_opening
DJ set of contemporary experimental music played by the Gin & Platonic platform.

Thu 12/4
10.00 – 12.30
The Public and Contemporary Art
Panel discussion

Representatives of institutions from the Czech Republic whose principal task is to present and disseminate contemporary visual art discuss the positions of the public.

Guests:
Karina Kottová, director of the Jindřich Chalupecký Society
Denisa Kujelová, art director of the Fait Gallery
Eva Mráziková, director and chief curator of the Emil Filla Gallery in Ústí nad Labem
Marek Pokorný, director and curator of the PLATO gallery in Ostrava
Tereza Stejskalová, art critic and curator of tranzit.cz
The moderator is the curator and gallery lecturer Ondřej Horák.

Thu 12/4
10.00 – 20.00
Dominika Olszowy
Performance

A day-long performance by the Polish artist Dominika Olszowy.

Thu 12/4
13.00 – 15.00, 17.00 – 18.00
Films about Almost Anything
Screening

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou. We introduce the phenomenon of amateur film-makers and their original statement on attitudes to their own lives, mass culture and the media. The block of video films will be screened in a loop.

Thu 12/4
15.00
Adam Szymczyk: documenta 14 – A Public Institution
Discussion

A meeting with the art director of documenta 14 (2017, Kassel, Athens) Adam Szymczyk. The moderator is Michal Novotný, the director of the Futura Center for Contemporary Art, Prague.

Thu 12/4
18.00
Defending Our and Others’ Rights
Discussion

An evening with judge of the Constitutional Court Kateřina Šimáčková and the politologist Ondřej Slačálek. The moderator is the psychologist, social worker and activist Jakub Černý.

Fri 13/4
21.00
Paints//Varnishes\\Sounds: Genot Centre & Radio Wave
Concert

Contemporary experimental and underground electronica in collaboration with Genot Centre and Radio Wave. Programme: YlangYlang (CA), Jakub Lemiszewski (PL), Wrong Dials (PL), Ida Elastic (CZ), Ida Elastic (CZ), Barbora Polcerová (CZ) + Wim Dehaen (BE) with the project open_secrets_2000.

Sat 14/4
10.00 – 12.00
Deductive Method
Workshop for adults

Meet the sculptors Anna Ročňová and Jan Boháč and try out their creative methods. An important role in one of them is played by a radio detective play. PLATO’s programme premiere. Reservations at info@plato-ostrava.cz.

Sat 14/4
13.00
From Here To Eternity! Ask the Director of PLATO
Presentation and debate

A meeting with PLATO director Marek Pokorný. What food for thought will PLATO bring you this year? Until when will PLATO reside in the former hobby-market? Come and ask!

Sat 14/4
13.00 – 15.00
Films about Almost Anything
Screening

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou. We introduce the phenomenon of amateur film-makers and their original statement on attitudes to their own lives, mass culture and the media. The block of video films will be screened in a loop.

Sat 14/4
15.00 – 19.00
Ploughing the Field (situation of the local art scene)
Panel discussion

Debate with leading figures of the Ostrava independent scene on the current situation on the art and music scene.

Guests:
Tomáš Knoflíček, Kukačka festival of public space interventions and Galerie Lauby
Jakub Orechovský, Banquet electronic dance cycle
Martin Režný, organiser of concerts mainly in the Fiducia club
Jiří Surůvka, Malamut festival performance, Jáma 10 gallery
Zuzana Šrámková, Chee Chaak festival and concerts mainly in the Jeden Tag club room
Michal Zych, Kalerie Saigon
The moderators are the curator Jiří Ptáček and the artist and teacher Pavel Pernický.

Sun 15/4
10.00 – 11.30
Saigon Pic Nic
Workshop for children

Workshop for children only (7–12 years) with the artists Ivo Škuta and Michal Zych from Ostrava’s Saigon, an allied “fine art gallery a la Vietnamese”. The themes are food, recycling and ecology. Reservations at info@plato-ostrava.cz.

Sun 15/4
14.30 – 16.00
A Book? After an Hour and a Half
Workshop for families

A book in an untraditional way! A family workshop  led by the lecturers and artists Lucie Petrošová and Lucie Otisková. Reservations at info@plato-ostrava.cz.

Sun 15/4
17.00 – 18.00
The Kingdom. A Flower Musical not only for Children
Theatre

The most successful original play by the Anička a letadýlko theatre for children and their (grand)parents. A fairy-tale cabaret with original songs and lightning-speed costume changes.
Actors: Anna Duchaňová and Michal Němec (Jablkoň)

Tue 17/4
15.00 – 18.00
Films Almost About Anything
Screening

A series of short video films by the Rebels of Lemešany and a group of young Romani YouTubers from Vranov nad Topľou. We introduce the phenomenon of amateur film-makers and their original statement on attitudes to their own lives, mass culture and the media. The block of video films will be screened in a loop.

Wed 18/4
19.00
Space Dissonance
Concert

Compositional procedures for working with sound in space. The first of this year’s cycle of concerts of contemporary music selected by the Polish music critic Daniel Brożek. Composers: Lucio Capece, Hubert Zemler, Teoniki Rożynek and Claudio Jacomucci. Accordion players and flying loudspeakers.

Performers: Lucio Capece, saxophone, electronics; Hubert Zempler, percussion/drums, electronics; Jędrzej Jarocki, Dawid Rydz, Przemysław Wojciechowski – accordion

Program is subject to change

Admission
Exhibitions, panel debates, screenings 30 CZK
Workshops 30–50 CZK
Concerts 60–80–100 CZK
Theatre 60 CZK