The Price of Freedom. Voices of the Hungarian Art Scene
Sat, 12 October 2024, from 3 pm
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10

The event is a sign of solidarity with Hungarian artists and cultural stakeholders who, under the influence of the Orbán government since 2010, have seen artistic freedom in their country increasingly threatened. Hungary still holds the EU Council Presidency until December 2024.

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

Academy President Manos Tsangaris and Kateryna Stetsevych, Head of the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe Project Group of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb), will open the event.

This will be 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 will end with the film screening, ‘Explanation for Everything’ by Gabor Reisz, which will be introduced by Matthijs Wouter Knol, Director of the European Film Academy and can be attended independently of the day’s programme.

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

Day ticket 15/9 EUR | Buy ticket online

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)