KASÁRNE/KULTURPARK
Kasárne/Kulturpark is one of the two key projects of the Košice INTERFACCE 2013. It is a transformation of former army barracks warehouses of Cpt. Jaroš in Kukučínova Street in Košice into a creative district.
Kasárne/Kulturpark is a purpose-made building complex from the end of 19th century with industrial nature, which is set in the environment of a historical park and is located in the close vicinity of the city center (5 minutes - walking distance).
Kasárne/Kulturpark began its activities in the 2008 during the pilot phase of the preparations of the project Košice INTERFACE 2013 and after a partial reconstruction it was reopened in the second half of 2009.
Kasárne/Kulturpark comprises: cultural centre, centre for creative economics and city exhibition area, out of which only the cultural centre Kasárne/Kulturpark is presently actively carrying out its mission.
The centre for creative economics (concentration of subjects that focus on creative economics in one place) and city exhibition area will be opened after the overall reconstruction in the year 2013.
The mission
The objective of the independent centre Kasárne/Kulturpark is to introduce, support and connect the best of music, visual art, literature, theatre and contemporary dance. The primary vision of Kasárne/Kulturpark is the ambition to become a unique central-European centre for art which presents, supports and develops high quality, progressive art and makes it available for the broad general public.
Cultural Centre
Creates an area of opportunity for meeting, production, connecting and presentation of various types and genres of modern art, for the international exchange stays of artists. It is a location for presentation areas (grey hall, black hall and exhibition area), ateliers, creative studios, spaces for organization of workshops, offices of the administration centre and an open air cinema.
Program of the independent cultural centre is attempting to enclose all the diverse forms of art and is therefore built on very precise dramaturgic lines.
In the building of Kasárne/Kulturpark you can find:
Grey Hall
Multifunction hall with industrial nature, with the area of 300 m2 and capacity of approximately 500 people (230 sitting) therefore providing the space for larger productions. ( theatre, concerts).
Black Hall
Smaller hall with the area of 150 m2 and capacity of 150 people - ideal space for club scene, lectures and It also hosts the film club.
Gallery
Consists of the so called Great Gallery, which fulfils the European standards and is mainly used for large installations and the Small Gallery, which serves the smaller installations or multimedia presentations.
Coffee shop
A place where people meet, it is opened during the various events, but it is also possible to make reservations at other times if necessary.
If interested in renting this place, contact us at prenajom@kulturpark.sk. The adjacent areas both in interior and exterior are also available for rental (Park area)
Program, art projects
Kasárne/Kulturpark during its existence hosted a large number of concerts (Skinny Puppy, Nadeah - voice of Nouvelle Vague, Vidiek, Lavagance, Cartonnage, Laibach), theatres (Cirque Garuda, Divadlo z Pasáže), dance projects (Tanec Butoh, Joanna Zimemczyk a Yaniv Mintzer), festivals (Nuform, NouveauNu, Konvergencie, International Film Festival, Documentary Film Festival DOC, Literiáda), exhibitions (Podebal - Košický program, Tomáš Džadoň - Nová tradícia, Kruhy), programs for families with children (Leto v parku, Haliganda, Kidlab), exhibitions of contemporary visual art, presentations of students art (Videoarkt Match Vol. 5, Nové média v Kasárňach, Design), workshops (Psie srdce - Stanislav Bilý, Pišta Kráľovič - . children creative workshops...), presentations of literature (Author readings, Irealita - platform for presentation of literature novelties).
Many of successful productions had its origins in Kasárne/Kulturpark (Theatre Ystfud - Exyt Víchod, festival Leto v parku (Summer in the park), theater play Psie srdce (Dog´s Heart) - Stanislav Bílý, City Light Gallery, or a series of lectures What the Hell (Čo do pekla je...?).
Testimonies:
„The atmosphere in Kulturpark was always great. It is a perfect place that really thrilled us. There is a possibility for great things to happen, and they do." (The band MIDI LIDI)
„This is the best sound system that we had in recent years, excellent sound. " (Singer Janko Kuric - VIDIEK)
„The area of Kasárne/Kulturpark is amazing. They would drool all over such a place in Prague. It even fulfills all European standards. It is an ideal place for contemporary art exhibitions. (Tomáš Džadoň - painter)
„This was the greatest audience we ever played for. I really mean it - so much joy and intensity it radiated. I hope that we will come back one day. That is why the only thing I can tell this audience is - thank you." (NADEAH, voice of Nouvelle Vague)
