Programme

 

19/1
MISSING Talks

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event

Additional talks on contemporary art.

 

21/1
Offcity LAB: Architecture

  • Dialogue
  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Meetup

An open discussion about what goes on behind the scenes of architectural practice, the realities of working in Liberec, and starting out in an architecture studio after graduation.

 

28/1
EDUcage: Changes to Kindergarten and Primary School Enrolment

  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion

Regular meetings for people involved in education. This time: Is This the End of Delayed Entry into Year One?

 

11/2
PechaKucha Night: A Breath

  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion

Regular encounters with inspiring people in the 20×20 format.

 

20/2
Design and Art Talks: Anna Marešová

  • Dialogue
  • Lecture and Discussion

A leading Czech designer presents her work.

 

24/2
EDUcage: Inclusive Education

  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion

An open discussion about inclusion in schools: experiences from everyday practice, what is working, the biggest challenges, and the steps that could help schools, parents and children.

 

28/2
LVL: Introduction to the Games Industry and Development

  • Gaming
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Networking
  • Community Event

Your first step into game development

 

3/3
Luboš Palata: Elbe – The Great River

  • Dialogue
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event

A book, a river and contemporary Central European inspiration.

 

4/3
Offcity LAB: UX, UI and Website Design

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event
  • Meetup

What are UX and UI, and why do they matter? Offcity LAB takes you behind the scenes of website design.

 

17/3
Design and Art Talks: Kateřina Šedá

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Dialogue

Meet a distinctive figure in contemporary Czech art. How can art affect life beyond the gallery, and what can serve as the “material” for a project?

 

26/3
Pavel Klusák: Electric Woman

  • Lecture and Discussion

The overlooked stories of women who shaped electronic music.

 

31/3
Offcity LAB: Branding

  • Community Event
  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion
 

7/4
Where I Feel You – Talk: “Trends in Contemporary Art”

  • Lecture and Discussion

The project “Where I Feel You” explores questions of space, perception and memory. It challenges the idea of a place as a fixed point, presenting it instead as a shifting field shaped by our experiences and emotions.

 

9/4
One World – Festival Opening Ceremony

  • Dialogue
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Festival
 

13/4
Where I Feel You – Talk: “What Is Performance Art, and Why Does It Matter?”

  • Lecture and Discussion

The project “Where I Feel You” explores questions of space, perception and memory. It challenges the idea of place as a fixed point and presents it as a shifting field shaped by our experiences and emotions.

 

21/4
FUA TUL International Workshop – Art Talk

  • Lecture and Discussion
 

25/4
LVL: How to Make a Game

  • Networking
  • Gaming
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Workshop

From the first idea to a world of your own

 

28/4
EDUcage: Grades or Written Feedback?

  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion

An open discussion with representatives of Liberec City Hall’s Department of Culture, Education and Tourism on how to assess pupils – and what best supports their development, motivation and understanding of their own learning.

 

29/4
Offcity LAB: Design

  • Community Event
  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion

Step behind the scenes of an interior designer’s work – from concept to completion.

 

6/5
MoonshotX Liberec: What if we get it right?

  • Festival
  • Project Presentation
  • Dialogue
  • Lecture and Discussion
 

13/5
Offcity LAB: My city

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event
  • Meetup
 

20/5
PechaKucha Night Liberec / Taste

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event

Regular gatherings with inspiring people in the 20×20 format

 

26/5
EDUcage: School maps – how is your school doing?

  • Meetup
  • Lecture and Discussion
 

16/6
HROM #1 - Pavla Benešová

  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion
 

18/6
Ještěd F Kleci

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Movie

A conversation with the jury of the FUA TUL student competition

 

22/6
EDUcage: School Mergers

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Meetup

A public discussion about how school mergers affect children, parents and teachers.

 

23/6
OffCity LAB #25: S, M, L, XL

  • Lecture and Discussion
 

24/6
Upcycling Day with úTULka

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Workshop
  • Family

Explore recycling and upcycling through talks, hands-on workshops and demonstrations for all ages.

 

27/6
Pročtené léto 2026 Opening Celebration

  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Outdoor Event
  • Workshop
  • Family

A summer afternoon of books, inspiration and reading together

 

22/7
Girls, Go for It!

  • Lecture and Discussion

Petr Vondřich and guests

 

29/7
Offcity LAB #26 Book – Sára Šindelářová, Blanka Kirchner

  • Lecture and Discussion

The book as a medium, an object and a space for storytelling.

 

14/8
LVL: Back in Service

  • Gaming
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Dialogue
  • Networking

Go behind the scenes of a Czech Prague Metro simulator

 

19/8
Offcity LAB #27 Movement – David Novák, Rain and hills, Liberecgram

  • Lecture and Discussion

The stories behind the projects created by David Novák, Rain and hills and Liberecgram.

 

27/8
HROM #2 Jana Kuncová

  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion

Inspiration, experience and a fresh perspective on your career.

 

9/9
Adaptive Reuse – a Discussion

  • Lecture and Discussion

What does it take to bring an old building back to life? Adaptive reuse gives an existing building a new purpose and meets today’s needs without erasing its past.

 

30/9
Coffice Q&A#1 - Copywriting - Dominika Čechová

  • Community Event
  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Meetup
  • Networking

How do you write copy that connects and makes sense?

 

6/10
Day of Architecture: Papírák 2030 Municipal Housing / Urban Terraces

  • Lecture and Discussion

Introducing the transformation of Papírové náměstí and new municipal housing developments.

 

15/10
Design and Art Talks: Ondrash & Kašpárek

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Dialogue

A contemporary artist duo connecting experimental painting, tattooing and design.

 

21/10
Architecture and Glass / Lasvit

  • Lecture and Discussion

A public lecture exploring the relationship between architecture, design and glassmaking.

 

23/10
AUF! / Lessons from the Underground

  • Lecture and Discussion

A discussion on informal architectural education under the former regime and today.

 

4/11
Offcity LAB #28 - Frame

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event

Frame = the boundary of the image: the photographer decides what belongs in the frame — and what does not.

 

10/11
Offcity LAB #29 – Textiles

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Community Event

Textiles – a meetup for emerging creators and experienced professionals…

 

11/11
RE:TEXTURA / Glass Meets Textiles

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Project Presentation

Erika Šamanová / SPŠ a VOŠ Liberec and Jára Šára on education, live projects and the meeting of materials.

 

13/11
RE:TEXTURA / Pattern as Identity and the Future of Textiles

  • Lecture and Discussion
  • Project Presentation

René Němeček and Rudolf Živec: technology, smart materials, AI and patterns travelling from the archive to the streets.

 

24/11
Jakub Jansa: THE SILENCE OF THE MOLE

  • Lecture and Discussion

Inside the Biennale – on art, the exhibition and the Venice experience

 

25/11
AUF Lectures: Pavel Uličný

  • Lecture and Discussion

How to Sustain Sustainability

 

9/12
AUF Lectures: Vladan Klement

  • Lecture and Discussion

Rethinking What We “Ought to Do”: Buzzwords, Dogmas and Hidden Power(lessness)