FOUR CITIES IN MOTION

The international cultural project “Four Cities in Motion” is realized by 4 EU and Visegrad countries. The applicant Čtyři dny (CZ) and the co-organizers Stanica Zilina (SK), KÉK - Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre (HU) and Kulczyk Foundation (PL) are organizations whose aim is to promote innovative art through different cultural exchange and activities.

In the period from October 2007 till May 2008 the series of artistic interventions will come into existence in 5 central European cities (Bratislava, Budapest, Poznan, Zilina, Praha), which include artistic and educational activities (theatre, dance, and musical performances, site-specific projects – artistic piece created for specific/unique space, lectures, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions), which main theme is “contemporary trends in performing arts in the Visegrad space”. Project will use the different cultural-political experiences of our partners from Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia and is purposely situated to the international artistic centres, which were established in the places with industrial history (train station in Zilina, former brewery in Poznan, former glasswork factory in Budapest). Project will also use for the artistic presentation the non-traditional spaces in the historical and industrial environment in Bratislava and Prague. 

The aim is to create the widest possible platform for processing the chosen locality and formulating the questions such as “What influences our identity? How the culture and society in the Central Europe influences us?” Simultaneously the artists have the possibility to present artistic diversity, variety, and originality in the environment, which after decades of isolation has the chance to get back to the world scenes in all genders of live art.

More information about our co-organizers at:
Stanica Žilina (SK)
KÉK - Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre (HU)

Kulczyk Foundation (PL)

Suported by:

La Fabrika (Komunardů 30, Praha 7) + Vltavská traffic intersection,
Praha 7
May 24 – May 27 2008

Program:

Sat. May 24
Ján Šimko and collective (Bratislava) „Stories from Petržalka“
- Director Ján Šimko and his team create documentary theatre. Their latest piece was inspired by true stories that have come out of the phenomenon of the Petržalka housing complex located in Bratislava. Built almost 30 years ago, Petržalka has generally continued to cause a negative stir as the largest housing complex in Central Europe with its almost 110 000 inhabitants. The theatre production uses stories from the people whose lives in Petržalka formed a great part of the history of the past century, as well as from those who are trying to direct the future of Petržalka themselves.

La Fabrika – 8:00 p.m.

Sun May 25
Teatr Bretoncaffe (Warsaw):
„Dancing of Dreambody“ + „Slam.in“
the Polish critics consider the Warsaw artistic quartet among the most progressive artistic groups in Poland. For Teatr Bretoncaffe the sources of inspiration are countless: literature, texts, philosophical thoughts, daily life, contemplation of dreams. Dance is for Teatr Bretoncaffe the term defining the work with a body - the body as a medium for representing the psychological plots. Dance and acting combine naturally, being the two sides of the same process. teatr bretoncaffe has systematically been developing its own technique of working with the body. In teatr bretoncaffe the word theatre is an open term. The group does not want to just develop some kind of style - the theatre is a place, where the artist consciously opens his mind for reality. This point of view is a foundation of the group’s work in every possible field: dance, music or text. Thus all these elements become the integral parts of a theatrical action and the process of creation
La Fabrika – 8:00 p.m.

Mon May 26
sporaarchitects (Budapest): The association of architects, designers, construction workers, and thinkers working in the fields of architecture, city planning, research and development, consider themselves a “multidisciplinary office”. Sporaarchitects have received top awards for the Best Plans of the Year in 2005 and 2006 by the Architecture Award of the Hungarian Media. The team has also recently designed two new metro stations for the BDR metro in Budapest. The group designed a multi-purpose complex containing apartments, and a theatre and dance space located in the centre of Budapest. The company received an honorary mention for their design of the new parliament buildings in 2007.

KÉK (Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre) has been around since 2006, The organisation’s activities include lectures, discussions, workshops, exhibitions, tours and presentations, bringing about an awareness of the current trends of Hungarian architecture, defining the cultural and social roles of architecture in today’s society and creating an opportunity for discussions about architecture between experts and the general public. More information about their individual projects and photo documentaries at: www.sporaarchitects.hu and www.kek.org.hu

UI Architects (Budapešť) www.ujirany.com

La Fabrika – 8:00 p.m.

Orchester Bandini www.orchester-bandini.de

La Fabrika 10 p.m.

Tues May 2
GARDEN OF THE DEAD ZONES (Prague)
an artistic intervention of young artists in a labyrinth of corridors and walkways at the Vltavská traffic intersection. The artistic collective includes: David Šlajs, Jakub Čermák, Iva Kanhauserová, Petra Vlachynská, Zorka Velková, Petra Mládková, Dawid Załeski, Andrea Szakal, Tereza Kučerová, and the JEZEK AND CIZEK Theatre for the homeless . Artisitic supervision: Tomáš Žižka (mamapapa)

Vltavská traffic intersection, tramstop

Tours are at: 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

Reservations at: 777 943 248

Supported by:

Česká centra

Media Partners:

Motion under Bratislava
13.-19. 2. 2008 / Bratislava

Motion under Bratislava is a site-specific project within Four Cities in Motion project. The event will be held the whole day after a week-long symposium and workshop attended by Slovak artists representing all artistic disciplines.

Organizer: Čtyři dny o.s. and mamapapa o.s. (Czech Republic)
Partners: Czech Center Bratislava, Gallery Bastart, A4 – nultý priestor AST

Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Council

Symposium:

13th – 18th February 2008 Bratislava - Slovakia

Bastart Gallery (Štetinova 1) and Czech Center (Na vŕšku 1)

Event:

19th February 2008
1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

subway at Trnavské mýto

Performers:

MARIÁN BALÁŽIK, ERIK BINDER, ĽUBOMÍR BUKOVÝ, SLÁVKA DAUBNEROVÁ, PETRA FERIANCOVÁ, PETRA FORNAYOVÁ, VIKTOR FREŚO, DOMINIKA HORÁKOVÁ, PETER HORÁK, MONIKA HORNÁ, JURAJ IGONDA, JANA KALINOVÁ, MAREK KVETÁN, STANO MASÁR, MICHAL MORAVĆÍK, SVATOPLUK MIKYTA, LADISLAV MIRVALD, JERGUŠ OPRŠAL, ŠTEFAN PAPČO, HENRIETTA RAB, JÁN ŠIMKO, PAVEL ŠTOREK, ŽÁN LOOSE, JOZEF VLK, TOMÁŠ ŽIŽKA

3+1 from Czech Republic
February 21, 2008 at 7 p.m./ Budapest

Photos from the lecture »

„means 3 architectural studios and 1 organiser of architectural lectures“

The presentation of the Czech contemporary architecture by Czech architects is hidden under this title. This project is held in Budapest (HU) within the Four Cities in Motion project.
Lectors: Marcela Steinbachová representing a civil association KRUH and architectural studio SKUPINA, Vlach Viktor a Vladimír Vašut from architectural studio UNDER-CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTS and Petr Pinkas a Jan Žalský representing studio PINKAS ŽALSKÝ ARCHITECTS.

Co-organizer:
KÉK - Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre (HU)
In co-operation with: KRUH o.s.

Supported by:
International Visegrad fund
Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic
a Prague City Council

websites of architectural studios:
SKUPINA
UNDER-CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTS
PINKAS ŽALSKÝ ARCHITECTS

Date:
February 21, 2008 – 7 p.m.

Venue:
KÉK (Kortárs Építészeti Központ),
Nefelejcs u. 26., Budapest VII, Hungary