SUMMER WORKSHOPS

KRAVÍN

PROGRAM

Tuesday 24/8 Opening of Kravín

        7 pm Opening of Kravín

        We'd like to invite you to visit the old cow-house which used to be part of the    

        Maleč manor. We will present our project of transformation of the buildings

        and their environs into a new ecological art centre and present the program of

        the workshops. There will be a small refreshment on the spot.

        8 pm CONCERT: Bago Víska band

       The local country band Bago, associated with the tavern U Fajmanů in Víska

        will perform their traditional repertoire for the opening of Kravín.

Wednesday 25/8

 

From 10 am – Wind clock workshop (introduction to the Wind time: Gívan Belá and Michal Kindernay).

From 10 am – Amplion workshop (Amplion = communal Public Address system) meeting with the workshop facilitator Johana Švarcová.

        7 pm PRESENTATION: Wind clock makers

        Presentation of artists facilitating the wind-clock workshop (Gert Aertsen, 

        Marcio Domingues, Hannes Hoelzl), explaining how you can construct your 

        own wind mill/clock.

        8.30 pm SCREENING: Kravín (film directed by Viola Ježková)

        Film documentary about the fate of one Czech cow-house, preceded by the

        introduction of the author, student of Prague Film Academy.

        9 pm SCREENING: Collection of Hungarian films

         Selection of Hungarian films with rural subject matter, curated and introduced

         by Lívia Rózsás.

Thursday 26/8

From 10 am – workshops Wind clock and Amplion.

        4 pm EXCURSION to Nasavrky:

        Tour of arboretum and of apicultural education centre

Friday 27/8

od From 10 am – workshops Wind clock, Amplion and Diafilm Sound Robots.

        4 pm DISCUSSION: Meeting of beekeepers

        Come to the discussion with the local beekeepers, with a lecture by the head 

        of Czech Beekeepers Union Luďka Sojky. 

       7 pm PRESENTATION: Artists – beekeepers from Brussels

        Belgian artist Annemie Maes will talk about her experience with the city 

        beehives on the roofs of Brussels and will present possibilities of artistic 

        experimentation with bee communities.

        8 pm LECTURE: Miloš Sládek – Changes of Czech countryside in the second 

        half of the 20th century

        Lecture of historian M. Sládek about the changes of the Czech countryside,

        the agricultural cooperatives, state-owned estates, about the holiday houses 

        and their beneficial but also devastating effects. Why the Czech countryside is

        different than the German, the Polish or the South Moravian.

        9 pm LIVE SCREENING: Diafilm Sound Robots (Wir sind die Roboter)

        Screening of slide films accompanied by the soundtracks prepared during the 

        micro-workshop led by Barbary Huber.

        The list of dia-films, which will be available:  diafilmy.pdf

        10 pm SCREENING: Villages and Other Islands

        Villages and islands are both closed microcosms of existence. In her film

        presentation, Barbara Huber will show and discuss exemplary movies of such        

        microcosms. Screening will be in English, with Czech subtitles.

Saturday 28/8

From 10 am workshops Wind clocks and Amplion.

       7 pm CONCERT / SHOWCASE: Wind clocks

        Facilitators and participants of the Wind clock workshop will give a “concert

        of the wind clocks”.

        8 pm RADIO PLAY: Amplion

        Participants of the Amplion workshop, together with their facilitator Johana    

        Švarcová, will present and play the final outcome of their work.

        9 pm CONCERT: Hugo a Zoe

        Fresh music band from Brno combines the sounds of old video games with    

        singing, clarinet and other essentials.

        Followed by an Improvised garden jam session, which you can join with your

        own instruments.

Another information: http://yo-yo-yo.org

Address: Starý kravín (Old cow-house), Hranice u Malče 6 (Vysočina, Czech Republic)