Mill Island | opening ceremony
› Fri 29/9/2023 16:00

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Mill Island | opening ceremony

We cordially invite you to the three-day celebration of the opening of the reconstructed Automatic Mills in Pardubice, including our new GAMPA building and the first Mill Island exhibition!


MLÝNSKÝ OSTROV › MILL ISLAND › MØLLEØY | September 29, from 4pm & the entire following weekend


The opening program will include guided tours, a program for children and their parents, artistic performances, concerts, etc.


You can book for guided tours through the reservation system at www.automatickemlyny.eu.


participating artists: David Böhm & Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus & co. (Tereza Bínová, Milan Děžinský, Alžběta Stančáková), Kateřina Jirsová, Kristina Fingerlandová, Artur Magrot, Ian Mikyska, Tomáš Moravec, and others

curators: Kjetil Detroit Kristensen (NO), Šárka Zahálková

guests: Agnieszka Foltyn (CA/NO), Sayed Sattar Hasan (GB/NO), Alessandro Marchi (IT/NO), Araiz Mesanza (ES/NO), and others

The multi-layered project with which GAMPA enters into a new phase of its existence explores the possibilities of time-space narration in the context of one of the most iconic structures in Pardubice: the Automatic Mills. More than an exhibition, this is an artistic environment – architecture inside architecture. The narrative is focused into three chapters: reverbation, shift, transformation. 

The reverbation chapter explores changed urban acoustics in the context of the transformation of cities, as well as voices of the public and various communities in public spaces. Shift is a chapter about work, its transformation, changes in priorities – it is about labour in the context of factory shifts as well as about the value and valuation of artistic labour. The transformation chapter addresses not only the transformation of the site itself, but especially the transformation of institutions.


financial support: Fondy EHP – Norské fondy, Ministerstvo kultury ČR, statutární město Pardubice

media partners: Artikl, Artmap, Artalk.cz, Artyčok.tv, FlashArt

partners: Detroit Kunsthalle (NO) & partners at the Automatic Mills: Gočárova galerie, Nadace Automatické mlýny, Sféra

we would also like to thank: CIDEM Hranice – CETRIS division, Cukrovar Vrbátky a.s., KOH-I-NOOR HARDTMUTH – factory 1 Městec Králové, Karel Mařík – DASIS, Aeroklub Chrudim

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Mill Island | opening ceremony

Mill Island | opening ceremony
› Fri 29/9/2023 16:00

GAMPA | vernissage

We cordially invite you to the three-day celebration of the opening of the reconstructed Automatic Mills in Pardubice, including our new GAMPA building and the first Mill Island exhibition!

Film & architecture: Big Ears Listen with Feet

Film & architecture: Big Ears Listen with Feet
› Tue 3/10/2023 18:00

GAMPA | projekce

Screening of a film documentary on the occasion of the festival Film and Architecture.