REGION TŘINEC

do Not Miss Třinec

When Travelling Around

the Moravian-Silesian

Region

The current largest cultural and educational center in the

region has grown from a pre-revolutionary culture center.

TRISIA celebrated 50 years last year. Five decades impresses

you, tensions, entertains, develops your talent, deepens your

knowledge, broadens your horizons… Today, TRISIÁCI want to

create a space from which you will feel youthful and fresh energy

as you enter.

podpory lokální komunity jako elementární,

ale zároveň se nechceme uzavřít před vnějším světem, to zvláště v kultuře a vzdělávání

nelze. A toho chceme maximálně využít.

Co to znamená konkrétně?

Naším cílem je, aby z kulturního a vzdělávacího centra TRISIA vzniklo místo, kam lidé

budou chodit nejen za kulturou a seberozvojem. Chceme vytvořit cool prostor pro volný

čas, kam byste přišli posedět s kamarády nebo

se jen přijít schovat před deštěm a u toho si

přečíst noviny, navštívit galerii, zajít na oběd

nebo se zahřát teplým čajem. Mezitím si

třeba uvědomíte, že je to ideální místo pro

podnikání – krásná zrekonstruovaná budova

v přímo v centru města se spoustou přidaných hodnot doslova pod jednou střechou.

Ano, to všechno je u nás možné, ale usilujeme o to, aby se prostor stal více otevřenějším

a přívětivějším, a to i u mladší generace, která

si k nám teprve hledá cestu. Pracujeme například na návrhu kavárny spojené s menší scénou, kde by mohly mladé regionální kapely

najít prostor pro zkoušení a večer by se zde

mohly pořádat menší komornější koncerty.

Vize a plány jsou, teď jen vybřednout z covid

krize a zajistit financování projektů.

Pane Dohnale, děkujeme Vám za rozhovor.

During difficult times, you have attained

a leading position in TRISIA, Mr Dohnal.

How do you perceive this complicated

period?

TRISIA was a train in full swing, but in 2020

we had to transform extremely fast into

a touring car or, in the worst case scenario,

into a bike, due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

We did all of that while not knowing whether

the government would put rails, asphalt

or water under our wheels. However, I am

sure that whether governmental regulations

kill the culture or not, in both cases it will

help humankind in the long run. Thanks

to the cultural crisis, the government was

forced to see the world through the eyes of

cultural institutions (among others) and saw

that there is a music industry in the Czech

Republic, that culture is countable and that

it is bigger than, for example, the chemical

industry. We got closer to the change of

state terminology from ‘the support of

culture’ to ‘investment in culture’, which

is a big step forward for me. On the other

hand, all those who are part of cultural

life have been forced to reevaluate their

businesses and set up more sustainable and

effective cultural development, programmes

and communication.

What is your vision of cultural life in the

region?

I personally joined local politics to get to

know how public administration works and

whether there is any tool (or if it can be

invented) to bring people together in the

real world to the detriment of the virtual

one. Now our team at the TRISIA Cultural

and Educational Centre is even closer to this

mission. We see it as our common challenge.

The world, even the cultural one, is slowly

starting to inhale—we had a great summer

full of theatre, music, lectures and open-air

projections and we are preparing for the

autumn season very carefully. We think

that culture is one of those tools by which

people can have an effective dialogue. We

emphasize balancing the dramaturgical offer

of local and regional artists with well-known

names of artists and groups from big cities.

It is great that my colleagues and I jointly

perceive the idea of local community

support as elementary but at the same time

we do not want to close off from the outside

world. You cannot do that, especially in

culture and education. And we want to use

that support as much as possible.

What does this mean?

Our goal is for the TRISIA Cultural and

Educational Centre to become a place that

people visit not only for culture and selfdevelopment. We want to create a cool

space for free time, where you could come

sit with friends or just hide from the rain

and read a newspaper, visit a gallery, go for

lunch or warm up with a cup of tea. In the

meantime, you may realize that it is an ideal

place for business—a beautifully renovated

building directly in the centre of town with

a lot of added value literally under one roof.

Yes, all of that is possible with us. But we

strive to make the space more open and

friendly, even for a younger generation still

finding their way to us. For example, we

are working on the design for a café joint

with a small stage where young regional

bands could rehearse and smaller intimate

concerts could take place in the evenings.

We have some visions and plans; now we

just need to get out of the COVID-19 crisis

and arrange the funding of these projects.

Mr Dohnal, thank you for the interview.

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