Pub U hada in Gallery VI PER

Pub U Hada

Gallery VI PER, 1st–31st October 2017

Opening 1st October 2017, 19:00

Concept: MAK! (Kateřina Vídenová, Adam Wlazel)



Pub U Hada is an exhibition project by the architects from the MAK! studio. The theme is a reflection on the gradual transformation of urban districts like Karlín, and a reminder of traditional local businesses, bars, and pubs that are rapidly disappearing. In October, the gallery will turn into a local pub, a temporary community space for local residents and visitors to meet. Beer, soda, utopenci, mariáš, darts, table football, and a daily program – discussions, concerts, theater, readings, exhibitions, debates, lectures, screenings, and every Sunday a neighborhood feast where you can also bring your own culinary treats for a shared table. During the last week of September, interested parties can participate directly in the establishment of the pub through a workshop with the architects.


Gathering and lounging in pubs has been a regular part of life for centuries and represents a significant social phenomenon. Public opinion was formed in pubs, politics was discussed, resistance was born, and culture thrived. In recent years, the pub environment has been changing relatively quickly. Places where people go to talk, express their opinions, or listen have started to differentiate significantly by price, generation, or social status. The traditional regular and his local pub are often looked upon today with a degree of disdain and inappropriateness. The disappearance of classic pubs from urban districts and peripheries goes hand in hand with dramatic transformations that many places – and Karlín is no exception – are currently undergoing. Quality development and its related quality of life, good distance and accessibility to the center, maintained public space, vacant building plots, all create pressure on property and land prices. In this environment, the classic pub has little chance of surviving with affordable beer.



The pub will be open daily from 17:00 to 22:00 throughout October 2017.



MAK! – Mobile Architectural Office is the name of the project by architects Kateřina Vídenová and Adam Wlazel. Their ideas and activities always directly address the current possibilities of urban life. They co-founded the initiative Letná Sobě!, whose activities triggered a wave of civic “sobě!” initiatives across the country. In 2013, they decided to venture out with a caravan to the countryside to explore the situation of the contemporary Czech village and attempt to collaborate with local residents. In 2016, they reached as far as Scotland with their caravan.

Program for the exhibition project Pub U Hada:


28th Sept – 1st Oct public workshop / the making of the pub

1st Oct festive opening + Milan Mikuláštík / vernissage, 19:00

2nd Oct Libuše Jarcoviaková / photography vernissage, 18:00

3rd Oct Vágus.cz / presentation of Prague's nádražka, 19:00

4th Oct U Fandy / meeting

5th Oct Honza Kačena / theater, 20:00

6th Oct U Zpěváčků / meeting

7th Oct Kouř / film screening, 19:00

8th Oct neighborhood feast, 18:00

9th Oct Vilém Balej / performance, wall drawings, 18:00

10th Oct Štvanice / film screening and discussion, 17:30 + hockey Sparta – Litvínov, 18:30

11th Oct Richard Biegel / lecture Prague's Suburbs, 18:00

12th Oct Karel Altman / lecture on regulars, 19:00

13th Oct S.d.CH / author reading, 20:00 + Zpěváčci / meeting

14th Oct Football Sparta – Plzeň + concert, 17:00

15th Oct neighborhood feast + Pavla Šnajdarová animation workshop for children and adults, 17:00

16th Oct Petr Urban / vernissage, 19:00

17th Oct Česká pohoda / theater, 20:00

18th Oct Table football tournament, team registration 17:00, start 18:00

19th Oct Debate on the transformation of Karlín / moderated by Igor Kovačević

20th Oct U Zpěváčků / NON-SPORTING EVENTS

21st Oct U Zpěváčků / NON-SPORTING EVENTS

22nd Oct neighborhood feast, 18:00

23rd Oct mariáš tournament, start 19:00

24th Oct Let's meet at Eurocamp / film screening, 20:00

25th Oct Debate with Karlín associations, 19:00

26th Oct Emil Hakl / reading, 19:00

28th Oct And it will get worse... / film screening, 19:00

29th Oct neighborhood feast + lecture by MAK!, 18:00

31st Oct closing + Fetch, concert, 19:00

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