City Gallery of Contemporary Art

PLATO

Concept:
Daniela and Linda Dostálková, Marek Pokorný

Curators:
Nadja Argyropoulou, Daniela and Linda Dostálková, Jakub Adamec and Pavel Sterec

Program:
Jan Lichý (music), Zuzana Blochová (food and drinks), Aleš Stuchlý (film), Jiří Šimáček (constellations), Marek Pokorný (pilgrimage), Jakub Adamec and Pavel Sterec (activism), Iveta Horáková and Alice Sovadinová (school programmes)

Without thinking, we label almost everything that’s going on with us and in our world as “intense”. We dedicate ourselves intensely to work, we long for intense experiences, we are intensely interested in politics, ecology, and fashion. But what is this intensity? Do extremities of energy and feeling truly exist in our world and lives?

In its year-long project PLATO attempts to answer such questions through three exhibitions and various programmes. This year’s lineup offers a number of perspectives and examples from the world of contemporary art, music, film, gastronomy, and social activism all of which draw on critical approaches to investigate utopian demands for intensity.

Related exhibitions

Archive

Tue 18/2/2020–Fri 21/2/2020

Tue 18/2/2020 at 10.00 am–Tue 18/2/2020 at 7.00 pm
Food and drinks:

Cuisine of Intensity: Comfort Food
Zuzana Blochová and David Fesl present a case study of the bistro in a cultural institution where food and drink become a legitimate medium of communication and education.

Wed 19/2/2020

Wed 19/2/2020 at 6.00 pm
Opening:

Skɪz(ə)m
This photography exhibition inaugurates our 2020 theme Intensities.

Sun 23/2/2020

Sun 23/2/2020 at 10.00 am–Sun 23/2/2020 at 12.00 pm
Reservation
Workshop for families:

I Photograph, Cut, and Glue sold out
You cut, glue, and photograph; we glue, photograph, cut, and copy. Photography workshop with the artist Imrich Veber.

Thu 27/2/2020

Thu 27/2/2020 at 6.00 pm
Presentation:

Cindy Kerberová – Present-day Trends in Skincare
An evening with the fashion and beauty editor of VOGUE CS.

Wed 4/3/2020

Wed 4/3/2020 at 7.00 pm
Cinema:

Ghost Town Anthology (CAN, 2019)
Film selection and commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Screening in partnership with Edison FilmHub.

Sat 7/3/2020

Sat 7/3/2020 at 5.00 pm
Reservation
Guided tour:

Curators’ tour of the Skɪz(ə)m exhibition
Tour of the Skɪz(ə)m photography exhibition with Daniela and Linda Dostálková.

Wed 11/3/2020

Wed 11/3/2020 at 8.00 pm
Concert:

Joshua Sabin (Subtext/Edinburgh)
Joshua Sabin translates the compositional methods of Latvian folk songs into contemporary electronic music. Concert with introduction by Jan Lichý.

Sun 19/4/2020

Sun 19/4/2020 at 10.00 am–Sun 19/4/2020 at 12.00 pm
Reservation
Workshop for children:

Are the photos past or future? cancelled
Photographs enable us to “freeze” certain moments and twist them nicely by means of collage. A workshop with photographer Martin Netočný.

Fri 24/4/2020

Fri 24/4/2020 at 5.30 pm
Reservation
Guided tour:

Curators’ tour of the Skɪz(ə)m exhibition cancelled
Tour of the Skɪz(ə)m photography exhibition with Daniela and Linda Dostálková.

Wed 17/6/2020

Wed 17/6/2020 at 4.00 pm–Wed 17/6/2020 at 9.00 pm
Opening:

Sand in the Gears
The second exhibition from the Intensities cycle discusses the essence of intensity by attempting to speed up the process of slowing down. The exhibition also includes a four-day retreat A Heap Made of a Grain of Sand.

Thu 18/6/2020–Sun 21/6/2020

Thu 18/6/2020
Retreat:

A Heap Made of a Grain of Sand
A four-day programme on non-growth strategies and deceleration processes. The retreat is part of the Sand in the Gears exhibition.

Thu 18/6/2020

Fri 19/6/2020

Sat 20/6/2020

Sun 21/6/2020

Tue 23/6/2020

Tue 23/6/2020 at 7.00 pm
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Cinema:

Long Day's Journey Into Night (China, 2018)
Film selection and commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Programme from cycle Intensities. Screening in partnership with Edison Filmhub.

Mon 27/7/2020–Fri 31/7/2020

Mon 27/7/2020
City camp for children (age 6–12):

Džuláj Kemp 2020
Summer camp for children with the subtitle Intensive Remembering. Newly added camp as helping to reduce the summer holiday load to families.

Sat 1/8/2020

Sat 1/8/2020 at 11.00 am–Sat 1/8/2020 at 6.00 pm
Constellations of intensities:

Where am I?
Constellation seminar led by Jiří Šimáček.

Mon 10/8/2020–Fri 14/8/2020

Mon 10/8/2020
City camp for children (age 12–14):

Art Kemp 2020 sold out
Summer camp for older children. This year with the subtitle Thickened Intensity.

Mon 17/8/2020–Fri 21/8/2020

Mon 17/8/2020
City camp for children (age 7–11):

Kreativ Kemp 2020 sold out
Summer camp for younger children. This year with the subtitle Intense Reality.

Wed 26/8/2020–Thu 27/8/2020

Wed 26/8/2020
Educational Project:

Summer Academy of Contemporary Art for Teachers 2020
A two-day educational programme for kindergarden, primary and secondary school teachers and students on the phenomenon of memory and related issues of archiving, history, collective memory and its transformation, especially through the eyes of contemporary visual art.

Wed 26/8/2020

Wed 26/8/2020 at 5.00 pm
Reservation
Guided tour:

Curators’ tour of the Skɪz(ə)m exhibition
Tour of the Skɪz(ə)m photography exhibition with Daniela and Linda Dostálková.

Wed 16/9/2020

Wed 16/9/2020 at 6.00 pm
Opening:

Sand in the Air, Dune in PLATO
The second part of the exhibition expands the online presentation launched during the quarantine period. Artists from PLATO environs during the (post-)covid period.

Tue 22/9/2020–Sun 27/9/2020

Tue 22/9/2020
Food and drinks:

Cuisine of Intensity: Water & Re-discovered Traditions cancelled
We regret to inform you that the programme has been rescheduled for 2021 due to health reasons.

Wed 23/9/2020

Wed 23/9/2020 at 5.00 pm
Reservation
Participatory performance:

Karolina Brzuzan: Long Pork
With the Polish artist Karolina Brzuzan we will reconstruct several dishes from her “Starvation cookbook” and will come close to the daily experience of millions of people.

Sun 27/9/2020

Sun 27/9/2020 at 10.00 am–Sun 27/9/2020 at 12.00 pm
Reservation
Workshop for children:

Empathy design for children and parents sold out
Empathy as a human-centered design tool. Creative workshop with artist Marius Konvoj about listening and interest in others.

Wed 30/9/2020

Wed 30/9/2020 at 5.00 pm–Wed 30/9/2020 at 8.00 pm
Lecture and Presentation:

Nina Gažovičová and Markus Dressen (Spector Books) cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the program is canceled due to hygienic restrictions.

Wed 21/10/2020

Wed 21/10/2020 at 7.00 pm
Reservation
Live performance:

Jessica Ekomane (France) and 9T Antiope (Iran) cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the program is canceled due to the latest government measures.

Sun 25/10/2020

Sun 25/10/2020 at 10.00 am–Sun 25/10/2020 at 12.00 pm
Reservation
Workshop for families:

Children of the Sand cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the program is canceled due to the latest government measures.

Thu 29/10/2020

Thu 29/10/2020 at 5.00 pm–Thu 29/10/2020 at 8.00 pm
Event:

Reconstruction of art project and exhibition closing event cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the program is canceled due to the latest government measures.

Tue 15/12/2020

Tue 15/12/2020 at 3.00 pm
Reservation
Exterior guided tour:

Jakub Adamec tour of the Sand in the Gears – Piekło kobiet exhibition
Tour of the Sand in the Gears – Piekło kobiet exhibition on gallery’s building with one of the curators.

Thu 17/12/2020

Thu 17/12/2020 at 8.00 pm
Online Cinema of Intensities:

Milky Way (Hungary, 2007)
Film selection and online commentary by film critic Aleš Stuchlý. Online screening in partnership with Edison FilmHub. The third and the last cinema of the Intensities cycle.

Wed 28/4/2021–Wed 5/5/2021

Wed 28/4/2021
Online screening:

Follow Them
The film essay Follow Them (2020) by Evi Kalogiropoulou is a prologue to the [TRYPA]((https://plato-ostrava.cz/cs/Vystavy/2020/Dira) exhibition which has been waiting for its opening since December 2020.

The project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Moravian-Silesian Region.

This page was last updated on Mon 2/11/2020