Join historian Petr Lexa Přendík, author of Ostrava Trails (Ostravské pěšiny), alongside a gallery staff member for a guided walk through the sites where PLATO first started, evolved, and ultimately found its permanent home in Ostrava.

Since 2022, we have been based in the reconstructed former city slaughterhouse, but our journey here was paved with several temporary stops. During this guided walk, we will visit each of these locations, explore their historical context, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the entire project evolved.

We will discover how a gasholder was converted into an exhibition space, how a tiny shop managed to host a gallery, and how contemporary art settled into a 5,000 m² glassfront home improvement store. Buildings you would hardly expect became fully-fledged gallery venues. We will highlight how the unique character of these places shaped the workings of an institution whose activities have never been limited to exhibitions alone.

Petr Lexa Přendík (*1991) is a chronicler, historian, and author of publications on the history of Ostrava. He was born in Ostrava-Vítkovice and has spent his entire life in Ostrava-Jih, where he currently lives in the Jubilejní kolonie neighborhood. He studied Czech language and literature and history at the University of Ostrava. Since 2017, he has served as the chronicler of the Ostrava-Jih district. He is the author and co-author of a number of books on the history of Ostrava and the initiator of a series of local chronicles. In his work, he focuses on popularizing regional history and leading guided walking tours of the city. You can follow his work on the website Ostravské pěšiny.