Meet Factory

Don’t come here looking for a polished art experience. For the moment, David Černý’s ‘Meet Factory’ is very much a work in progress. The idea is to invite artists from around the world to live and create in this cavernous, abandoned factory south of Smíchovské nádraží. The Meet Factory also holds visual and performance art happenings, film screenings and concerts. The problem is that the group that runs it, headed by prominent local artists, is still scraping together the cash to patch the walls and install heating, so actual happenings are few and far between. Be sure to check the website before venturing this far out. There’s no easy way to get here. The best bet is to take tram 12, 14 or 20 from Smíchovské nádraží two stops to Lihovar, find the narrow gate on the right side of the road, cross five or six sets of railway tracks (be sure to look both ways!), and there it is – a crumbling greenish factory with two red fibreglass cars hanging from hooks outside, courtesy of David Černý himself.