I realized I could play God, and it freaked the hell out of me
The parents didn’t understand what is happening to their sons. Then one day, when the boys were almost twenty already, truth came to light…
Featured, Literature
The Man Who Broke Time ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
Featured, Fine Arts, News
Sári Ember wins the Leopold Bloom Art Award
Featured, Literature
You’ll Die as Fish ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
Featured, Literature
First There was Darkness ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
Featured, Interview, Theater
Great things are coming to the reconstructed Trafó next year – interview with director Beáta Barda
Film
More From Film
The triplets who were 19 when they first met – interview with docu-director Tim Wardle
“When I showed them the finished film for the first time, and they loved it, there was the sense that I had delivered on my promise and that was great.”
Éva was murdered with 13, now her diary is published on Instagram
Actors and actresses recall what happened to Éva in 1944 in Hungary: from discriminative laws through the ghetto until the transports to Auschwitz.
These three films can profoundly change audience’s view on dance – interview with Gábor Pintér
They liberated dancers from following the rhythm, the tonality, or the structure of music; everything exists on its own in the same space and time.
They forgot that Hitler and Eichmann were also Austrians
How can someone have moral strength, somebody that you trust when he claims that he has supreme power, without any control above him? And why people don’t realize that these two concepts are not really hand in hand?
Seven-year-old Nina cried when she found out she was Serbian and not Croatian
The Croatian movie Srbenka received The Human Rights Film Award of the Verzió 15 International Human Rights Film Festival in Budapest. We interviewed the director Nebojša Slijepčević.
We strive for a life with six hours of work per four days a week
This year will be the 100th year since we have 8-hour working. The world has changed so much in this one hundred year. There would be a need to talk about what work really means.
Shoot above the crowd, then before their feet, and then shoot in the crowd
The documentary Occupation 1968 shows the events from a rather unusual perspective: of these five countries rather than of the victim’s.
Both directors were killed due to this Japanese documentary
Nowadays these quarters offer the cheapest labour to the construction industry and other dangerous work. These workers have no insurance, no contract, and no any kind of welfare-service. They receive their daily payment in cash.
Fine Arts
More From Fine Arts
Sári Ember wins the Leopold Bloom Art Award
Ani Molnár Gallery is happy and proud to announce that Sári Ember, the gallery’s artist is the winner of Leopold Bloom Art Award 2019.
Posthuman visions, Sleeping Beauty dead, dreams coming true – at this year’s Art Capital
Art Capital, Middle-Eastern-Europe’s biggest visual art festival, launched in Szentendre. The central topic of this year is ‘dream’.
Sliding metro doors changed his perception on art and reality – interview with Teun Vonk
“The culture of images might be harmful too. I want to make something where people can feel their body and they can focus on their physical existence.”
József Csató: Each and Every Kiss
József Csató melts past and present together, embraces our eyes and leads it from one image to the next. A vernissae in the Erika Deák Gallery.
Paris once aided Szeged, now Szeged pays it back
The municipality of Szeged has offered 10,000 euros to aid the reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris which was heavily damaged by fire on Monday.
‘Upside Down Inside Out Back to Front’ – Mark Wallinger in Vienna
We invite your introspection. You are implicated. Perhaps any mark when met with its mirror image, twin or double, has authority or meaning.
Survival instinct: best Nature shot at the World Press Photo Awards
Hungarian photographer Bence Máté’s photo “Survival instinct” won first prize in Nature category at the World Press Photo awards.
Bauhaus: The Style We Have Never Known
There is no end to centennial walking tours, while countless exhibitions on the topic keep opening. But what is Hungary’s connection to this German school?
The triumph of the body in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts
An exhibition of over 80 Renaissance paintings and drawings, including works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts.
Literature
More From Literature
The Man Who Broke Time ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
“The only sign of life were the signs used to advertise sales. They were still flashing on and off. One of them read: CONGRATS! YOU BROKE TIME!”
You’ll Die as Fish ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
“You’ll die as fish. The glass stopped in her hand. What was that supposed to mean? Doesn’t matter, probably just misheard something.”
First There was Darkness ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
Then there was darkness some more, but now there was also light, small and fluttering, like candlelight, but gradually getting stronger…
The Boar’s Head ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
She tiptoed out of her room, avoiding the creaky floorboards, crept down the stairs with her heartbeat thundering in her ears.
Talk of Armadale Trees ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
She stayed just for a couple of days in Armadale on the Isle of Skye and chanced upon this pine grove during one of her daytrips.
Dragonfly-man ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
The dragonfly-man dreamed its ageless, dreamless dreams of endless dimensions, of past, present and future and waited, while generations came and went…
Daddy is Driving the Car ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
Granny Ainsley chuckled. “Let’s just say one of your forefathers was a little too curious.” Her glance became distant, dreamy. “To see what’s out there.”
Éva was murdered with 13, now her diary is published on Instagram
Actors and actresses recall what happened to Éva in 1944 in Hungary: from discriminative laws through the ghetto until the transports to Auschwitz.
Fog-people ~ A short story by Susan Anwin
This time he didn’t watch out for the road. He heard sounds now, voices chanting, whispering, singing in an unknown language. He caught them from the corners of his eyes…
Music
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Amazonas, carnivals, rainforests – a composer’s fabulous life in music
Heitor Villa-Lobos applies Johann Sebastian Bach’s characteristic harmonies and counterpoints to Brazilian folk music, and also honoures Mozart…
Jazz Spring welcomes three great female jazz musicians this year
Jane Monheit can thank Ella Fitzgerald, Ida Nielsen to Prince, and Tia Fuller to Beyoncé that their career had a great start.
Why do musicians fear Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3?
“Rachmaninoff composed this peace to do whatever he wanted with the instrument he dominated. It was a demonstration of possibilities.”
Constant, Real-time Composition
Naturally, people have expectations and prejudices regarding such a famous piece, but the final result works in a way similar to jazz standards…
The Far East Draws Near
To us, Tai Chi Chuan is not just a martial art, but a system of motion and composition made up of given movements in perfect harmony with nature…
Bauhaus: The Style We Have Never Known
There is no end to centennial walking tours, while countless exhibitions on the topic keep opening. But what is Hungary’s connection to this German school?
Free Music Under the Open Sky
Get ready to spend your early evenings in the heart of Budapest at the Akvárium Spring Terrace in the company of outstanding open air music.
Temperamento Ungherese
Italian composers admired Verdi so much that no one dared to come after him. But Leoncavallo’s piece cries out for a symphony orchestra version…
Bach’s Keyboards
The fact is that Bach’s music works well on any instrument, something the composer himself proved by writing these concerti…
Theater
More From Theater
Great things are coming to the reconstructed Trafó next year – interview with director Beáta Barda
A system of multiannual support could sustain independent theatre groups – says Beáta Barda, executive director of the Trafó.
L-E-V: a heart dancing in living love
Love Chapter 2 is about that kind of love that is always lacking something. A show by L-E-V Dance Company on May 24 in the Trafó.
Traumas of the past come to light in the sordidest ways – interview with Kristóf Kelemen
“You could think agent network was a hidden and secretive organization, but actually it happened in front of public eyes, invisibly.”
Europe through the eyes of a Finnish and a Hungarian girl – interview with Jenna Jalonen
“Language was the base idea, and we moved towards culture, stereotypes, isolation, communication” – Jenna Jalonen on the performance ‘Long Time No See!’
Trafó welcomes season 22 with new spaces – here are some visualizations
Trafó gets a metal skeleton, with insulation, covering and wood panels getting on it, most of them being prepared on the spot.
These three films can profoundly change audience’s view on dance – interview with Gábor Pintér
They liberated dancers from following the rhythm, the tonality, or the structure of music; everything exists on its own in the same space and time.
Presenting All the Beauty of Vertical Dance
Strings will be important elements of the performance, both literally and metaphorically. We’d like the people in the audience to discover common threads…
The Everlasting Dance
He got his name from Sholem Aleichem, his fame from Fiddler on the Roof, but Tevye’s true creator was Eastern European history…
Even the conductor was outraged because of my blonde wig – interview with Karine Babajanyan
The Land of Smiles, Müpa, 1 February 2019, 7 pm We caught the incredibly nice opera singer, Karine Babajanyan, for…