Public House

Summer never ends! Extend your summer holidays through the September edition of Public House at MeetFactory. Buzzing with energy, this multi-genre party will take you through the labyrinth of contemporary art. Art Openings? Two. Theater? Hot topic! Music? Shake your legs. Residential studios? Open all night just for you. We are starting on Thursday, September 8 at 7 p.m., free entry.  

LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING
MeetFactory Gallery will open a group exhibition inspired by Milan Kundera´s work. Laughter and Forgetting explores the malleability of memory, pain of laughter, the interrelationship between public and private life, and the deception of human relationships. Their works will present: Esther Shalev-Gerz, Dor Guez, Clemens Von Wedemeyer, Agnieszka Polska, Sarah Sweeney, Nedko Solakov, Himali Singh Soin, Sophie Calle, Kateřina Šedá, Hito Steyerl, Dorothy Iannone, Dread Scott, Adam Vačkář and Dan Acostioaei.  

Curator's guided tour featuring in-person presentations by Sarah Sweeney, Dan Acostioaei and Adam Vackar will take place on 9 Sept. at 7 p.m.
MONUMENT OF OBSERVATION
The Kostka Gallery will open a solo exhibition of Radka Salzmannová called Monument of Observation reflecting the process of psychological transformation of a person living between two different continents.

NOMAD + VŠECHNA TEMNOTA SVĚTA NEDOKÁŽE UHASIT SVĚTLO JEDINÉ MALÉ SVÍČKY
The theatre will present in Theatre Hall a staging of musical  performance Nomad, directed by Lucie Ferenzová, which looks at the theme of pilgrimage and the related fears and taboos. In the theatre studio will be held the performance titled Všechna temnota světa nemůže uhasit světlo jediné male svíčky, based on the text inspired by the novel of Petr Šabach Zvláštní problém Františka S.

SHAPE music
The main music hall will feature shows of  young European contemporary electro-experimental scene led by the Swedish sound magician Klara Lewis with her expressive and intuitive collage from the found sounds, field recordings and electronic textures and Berlin-based Venezuelan producer Ana Laura Rincón a.k.a. Hyperaktivist who mixes different styles of electronic music (dub, bass, electro, techno) to generate a suggestive and contrast music forms. The local scene will be represented by NEORU. DJ and radio host Veronika Ruppert.

Klara Lewis and Hyperaktivist are supported in 2016 by the SHAPE platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. 

OPEN STUDIOS
Throughout the whole night, you get a chance to visit the studios of our current artists-in-residence. Their works will present: Khalifa Dieng (SEN), Gaëlle Crescent (FR), Ben Landau (AU), Jakub Roček (CZ), Mark Dorf (US), Viktor Valášek (CZ) a Urban Space Epics (US).

LE RENOUVEAU
For our backyard we prepared the open-air screening of a new document titled Le Renouveau about the people  from the Paris suburbs who decided to take the things into their own hands and organize their own community-oriented parties.

FREE ENTRY