• City Gallery of Contemporary Art

PLATO

csen

Exhibition opening:

bauhausTWINS

Location:
  1. PLATO, Porážková 26

Admission free

 

A spatial installation by the Berlin architect Robert K. Huber and the zukunftsgeraeusche. We are launching a programme marking the centenary of the Bauhaus.

bauhausTWINS
16/5 – 5/1/2020
Opening 15/5
Author: zukunftsgerauesche
Concept: Robert K. Huber
Curators: Robert K. Huber and Marek Pokorný

The bauhausTWINS installation recycles the preserved elements from the reconstructed façade of the building of the legendary Bauhaus in Dessau and redesigns them into the form of a monumental spatial structure.

Afterparty:
Jan Franek spins vinyl from his collection

The opening is followed on the next day by a panel discussion: The Weimar Constitution. A Century Full of Questions (16/5).

The exhibition is part of re:bauhaus festival organised on the occasion of the Bauhaus school’s 100th anniversary.

Main supporters:
Federal Foundation of Baukultur, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

Cooperation partners:
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Competence Center for Sustainable Building in Cottbus, Technical University of Berlin

Supporters:
DLW Gerflor, Dr. Schutz Group, MAPEI, RSB Rudolstädter Systembau, SWT Stahlwerk Thüringen Zinkpower / Industrieverband Feuerverzinken

re:bauhaus – modern emancipation, education, exchange – is a transnational festival exploring the origins of Functionalism and Bauhaus in Central Europe, the political and societal conditions that gave rise to the movements, and how these are perceived today. The festival is a joint initiative of Goethe-Institut in cooperation with bauhaus reuse, curatorial collaborative, National Gallery in Prague, PLATO Ostrava and zukunftsgeraeusche. Supporters include the Czech-German Future Fund, German Federal Agency for Civic Education, Federal Foundation of Baukultur, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the city of Ostrava.