hungarian cultural centre - programme brochure sep 2011
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Details of current Hungarian cultural events in London and the UK organised by the Hungarian Cultural Centre London and other cultural organisations.TRANSCRIPT
Thu 22 – Sat 25 September≥ TENT London, Stand E05Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
WAMP and KIBU in London KIBU (Kitchen Budapest) and WAMP (Hungarian Design Fair) launched an open call for young Hungarian designers to participate in a workshop and develop new projects. They worked out conceptsof objects/services/applications at the intersectionof new media, technology, design and fashion. The selected designer group will be showcasing a kinetic energy device used on playgrounds.
For further information please visit www.tentlondon.co.uk
Fri 23 September, 7 pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA
Celebrating Béla BartókThe concert celebrates the return of Imre Varga’sstatue of Bartók to South Kensington and marks the composer’s 130th birthday in 2011.
Free. For reservations please call 020 7240 6162, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.hungary.org.uk
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HCCHungarian Cultural Centrel o n d o n
10 Maiden LaneCovent GardenLondon WC2E 7NA
Tel: 020 7240 8448Fax: 020 7240 4847Message: 020 7240 6162
HCCHungarian Cultural Centrel o n d o n
SEPTEMBERHIGHLIGHTS
2011
exhibition
concert
Eight workshops operate in Hungary, they use tradi -tional patterns but also experiment with modern ones.Two craftsmen at the HCC's stand will demonstrateto visitors how blue-dyeing has been done for centuries.
Free. Further information: www.thamesfestival.org, www.gyorikekfesto.hu
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Thu 15 September, 7 pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA
Transmission (Adás)2009, feature, 93 min, dir. Roland VranikTransmission presents us a seaside town where suddenly there is no electricity, no computer screensworking. Director Roland Vranik won the 2005 Hun-garian Film Showcase with his first feature film BlackBrush (Fekete kefe). His films have been presentedand highly acclaimed at numerous international film festivals. Transmission was beautifully shot by Gergely Pohárnok.
Free. For reservations please call 020 7240 6162, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.hungary.org.uk
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Wed 21 September, 7 pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA
Adam LeBor, The Budapest Protocol Nazi-occupied Budapest, winter 1944. Miklós Farkasis handed a stolen copy of The Budapest Protocol, detailing the Nazis post-war plans. 65 years later, as the European Union launches the election campaignfor the first President of Europe, Farkas is brutallymurdered. His journalist grandson Alex unravels achilling conspiracy rooted in the dying days of the
Third Reich – a plan for a new Gypsy Holocaust.The Budapest Protocolis a journey into Europe’s hidden heart of darkness…Adam LeBor is a journalistand author who lives in Budapest. He is the authorof eight books, and has reported on Hungary and Central Europe for the past twenty years.
Free. For reservations please call 020 7240 6162, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.hungary.org.uk
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Wed 21 – Sat 25 SeptemberLaunch party: Wed 21 September, 6 pm≥ Blackall Studios73A Leonard Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4QS
DESIGN FOR TAKEAWAY! Presented by HUBA – Hungarian BazaarHUBA is showcasing contemporary Art and Design by 30 applied artists from Hungary: fashion clothingand accessories, jewellery design, interior design – paper furniture, glass, textile and lamp design and ceramic art. HUBA's launch party is open to all,where Hungarian wine and food will be served.
Free entrance on Wednesday. £5 from Thursday to Sunday with catalogue.For further information please visitwww.hubazaar.com andwww.londondesignfestival.com
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Thu 30 June – Sun 2 October ≥ Royal Academy of ArtsThe Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century. Brassaï, Capa, Kertész, Moholy-Nagy, MunkácsiThere is still time to see this highly acclaimed andvery successful exhibition in September. A display of approximately two hundred photographs ranging in date from 1914 to 1989 explores stylistic develop-ments in photography and charts key historicalevents. The exhibition was organised by the RoyalAcademy of Arts on the occasion of the Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011.
Tickets: £10/£8Further info: www.royalacademy.org.uk, www.hungary.org.uk. RAA enquiries: 020 7300 8000,booking: 0844 209 0051
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Tue 19 July – Fri 9 September≥ 12 Star Gallery Europe House32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
Active Witness: EUNIC London Summer ExhibitionTo celebrate the European Year of Volunteering, this exhibition brings together 26 works by photog raphers representing 26 participating EUNIC London countries. Hungary is represented by Tamás Dezsô, who works on long-term projectsthat focus on the margins of society in Hungary, Romania and in other parts of Eastern Europe.
Free entry. For further information please call 020 7973 1992 or visit www.europe.org.uk/12star
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Wed 31 August – Fri 2 September≥ University of Wales Trinity Saint David Lampeter Campus, Ceredigion, Wales SA48 7ED
Andreas Alföldi in the Twenty-First Century This conference aims to draw renewed attention tothe importance of the Hungarian Professor AndreasAlföldi (1895–1981), who was an eminent ancient historian, numismatist, archaeologist and epigraphist.
This conference is generously supported by The University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London and The Institute of Classical Studies.
Further information: www.tsd.ac.uk
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Sat 10 – Sun 11 September, 12 noon – 9.30 pm≥ On and around the River Thames between Westminster and Tower Bridges
the mayor’s thames festival
The craftsmanship of blue-dyeing brought to LondonThe Hungarian Cultural Centre brings blue-dyeing to Londoners this year. This beautiful traditionalhandicraft is under revival nowadays.
Nude, 1935, Martin Munkácsi, Gelatin silver print 27.7 x 35.5 cm.Courtesy of the Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét
Bricks, Budapest, 2009 © Tamás Dezsô, Courtesy of the artist
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