Academy members and partners of the European Alliance of Academies entered into dialogue with those affected by the cultural policy situation. Artistic contributions showed that despite political restrictions, a lack of resources and difficult working conditions, the Hungarian cultural landscape is characterised by diversity and dynamism.

Manos Tsangaris, President of the Akademie der Künste and Kateryna Stetsevych, Head of the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe Project Group of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) welcomed the artists and the audience.

The speeches were followed by readings by Kinga Tóth and Zsófia Bán, the virtual reality performance ‘Necromancy’ by Kristóf Kelemen, the theatre performance ‘Living the Dream with Grandma’ by and with László Göndör, a musical contribution by the percussion trio Dakoda Percussion Group (Dániel Láposi, Dávid Burcsik, Kornél Hencz) and talks with Miriam Bruns (Director of the Goethe-Institut Budapest), Nikolett Erőss (curator), Anna Gács (literary critic), Gergely Nagy (journalist), György Szabó (cultural manager), Diána Vonnák (writer) and others. The evening ended with the film screening, ‘Explanation for Everything’ by Gabor Reisz, which was introduced by Matthijs Wouter Knol, Director of the European Film Academy.

Overall moderator: Carolin Savchuk, Project Group Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

You can find the programme here and in the programme flyer

An event of the Akademie der Künste and the European Alliance of Academies in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) With the kind support of the Goethe-Institut Budapest and the European Film Academy (EFA)