Current Exhibition Monthly Programme (pdf)

Nov/11

94'
FILM SCREENING
Main Hall

22nd Verzió Film Festival

Opening film: Coexistence, My Ass
#israeli-palestinian #stand-up #documentary

Nov/09

80'
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Hollow

Baby
A dark room is always a place for becoming.
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
MUSIC
Club

Artificial Realities / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs - Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA

AI-composing (listening session & live acts)
How does AI shape the musical environment that surrounds us? When will AI become a composer, and what will it never be able to do?

Nov/08

9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
MUSIC
Club

Artificial Realities / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs - Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA

AI-composing (listening session)
How does AI shape the musical environment that surrounds us? When will AI become a composer, and what will it never be able to do?
65'
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Arkadi Zaides (BY/FR)

The Cloud
Arkadi Zaides, born in Belarus, was six when nuclear reactor number 4 at Chernobyl exploded in 1986.
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
MUSIC
Club

Artificial Realities / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs - Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA

AI-composing (listening session)
How does AI shape the musical environment that surrounds us? When will AI become a composer, and what will it never be able to do?
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Studio

Artificial Realities Free School / Sustainable Scenography

3 seminars, 3 approaches with Kristóf Kelemen (HU), Charlotte Morache (CA/DE) and Arkadi Zaides (BY/FR)
Get to know 3 artists’ work, 3 approaches to sustainability!
11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Main Hall, Club, Studio & Cabin

Artificial Realities - Day 5

Arkadi Zaides (BY/FR) / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA / Sustainable Scenography
The third day of the focus is on dance and technology. You can play, you can learn.

Nov/07

9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
MUSIC
Club

Artificial Realities / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs - Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA

AI-composing (listening session & live acts)
How does AI shape the musical environment that surrounds us? When will AI become a composer, and what will it never be able to do?
65'
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Arkadi Zaides (BY/FR)

The Cloud
Arkadi Zaides, born in Belarus, was six when nuclear reactor number 4 at Chernobyl exploded in 1986.
Foyer

Artificial Realities / Lecture

Nóra Diószegi-Horváth: The Global Village We Live In
Lecture by investigative journalist Nóra Diószegi-Horváth (444.hu) in connection to Arkadi Zaides’ performance.
5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Main Hall, Club

Artificial Realities - Day 4

Arkadi Zaides (BY/FR) / Nóra Diószegi-Horváth / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs Electronic music BA and Sound Art MA
The third day of the focus is on dance and technology. You can play, you can learn.
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
MUSIC
Club

Artificial Realities / Liszt Academy & University of Pécs - Electronic Music BA and Sound Art MA

AI-composing (listening session & live acts)
How does AI shape the musical environment that surrounds us? When will AI become a composer, and what will it never be able to do?

Nov/06

Trafó Gallery

Cyprien Gaillard: Ocean II Ocean

Guided tour by Gábor Vályi

Nov/03

10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
WORKSHOP
Club, Foyer, Studio

Artificial Realities Free School

MODINA seminar: Taavet Jansen (EE), Naoto Hieda (JP)
On Monday 3 November the MODINA programs continue with collective learning and knowledge sharing.

Nov/02

45'
DANCE
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / MODINA: Marko Milić & Uroš Krčadinac (RS)

Gaitless
How to rob a bank?
90'
DANCE
Club

Artificial Realities / MODINA: Liis Vares & Taavet Jansen (EE)

Still Moving
Still Moving creates an immersive experience where instinctive physicality meets linguistic thinking, using mixed reality (MR).
60'
conversation
Foyer

Artificial Realities Free School / MODINA

Artist talk with Hollow (Gyula Muskovics, Tamás Páll, Viktor Szeri)
Artist talk with members of the Hollow.
Studio

Artificial Realities Free School / MODINA

Workshop held by Hollow (Gyula Muskovics, Tamás Páll, Viktor Szeri)
2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Trafó Main Hall - external venue: Merlin

Artificial Realities - Day 3

MODINA / Hollow - Liis Vares & Taavet Jansen (EE) - Marko Milić & Uroš Krčadinac (RS)
The third day of the focus is on dance and technology. You can play, you can learn.

Nov/01

40
DANCE

Artificial Realities / Trevoga (NL)

11 3 8 7 [Rebody]
Enter the digital dystopia of TREVOGA! After touring the world with their work, the young Netherlands-based choreographic collective will perform for the first time in Hungary.
7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Trafó Main Hall - external venue: Merlin

Artificial Realities - Day 2

Jan Rozman(SI/DE) / Trevoga (NL)
We travel not only in a sensory sense, but also physically, as we move between two different venues—Merlin and Trafó—during the evening.
55’
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Jan Rozman (SI/DE)

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ screamage

Oct/31

10:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Club

Artificial Realities / RESIDENCY

Refusal Model - Curator: Áron Lődi
On this evening, Trafó launches its new transdisciplinary party series, RESIDENCY.
55’
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Jan Rozman (SI/DE)

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ screamage
15'
Main Hall

Artificial Realities / Júlia Keserű

Opening speech
The focus’ opening speech will be held by digital rights activist and researcher Júlia Keserű.
7:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Trafó Main Hall - Club - external venue: Merlin

Artificial Realities - Day 1

Jan Rozman (SI/DE) / Trevoga (NL) / Residency - guest curator: Áron Lődi
We travel not only in a sensory sense, but also physically, as we move between two different venues—Merlin and Trafó—during the evening.
40
DANCE

Artificial Realities / Trevoga (NL)

11 3 8 7 [Rebody]
Enter the digital dystopia of TREVOGA! After touring the world with their work, the young Netherlands-based choreographic collective will perform for the first time in Hungary.

Oct/28

100'
THEATRE
Club

Lilla Szauer

And Why Is The Night
How does memory work when something happens that shouldn't have happened?

Oct/24

90'
THEATRE
Club

Péter Kárpáti & friends

Scabby Dog
A visionary folklore of sin. Péter Kárpáti’s latest play explores the deep psychological dimensions of violence

Oct/23

50'
DANCE
Main Hall

Júlia Vavra

Cold Blooded Mare
I can already hear the clatter of hooves. Soon, the cold-blooded mare will arrive.

Oct/22

50'
DANCE
Main Hall

Júlia Vavra

Cold Blooded Mare - PREMIERE
I can already hear the clatter of hooves. Soon, the cold-blooded mare will arrive.

Oct/20

120"
THEATRE
Club

Thought Generator

Practices of resistance
When should you give up or change strategies? In what small everyday situations can real change be achieved?

Oct/18

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Zsófia Tamara Vadas - Imre Vass

EX - exorcise exercise - shaky exercises for ten dancer-performers (on difficult terrain)
Introducing the new SUB.LAB.PRO team!

Oct/17

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Zsófia Tamara Vadas - Imre Vass

EX - exorcise exercise - shaky exercises for ten dancer-performers (on difficult terrain) - PREMIERE
Introducing the new SUB.LAB.PRO team!

Oct/16

120'
THEATRE
Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar
Kaspar is the repulsive, the incomprehensible, a deficient being.

Oct/15

120'
THEATRE
Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar
Kaspar is the repulsive, the incomprehensible, a deficient being.

Oct/13

120'
DANCE
Studio

Open Studio

Master class led by Vavra Júlia - SOLD OUT
The aim is not necessarily to learn a choreography, but to move together, to recharge, to learn from each other, together. Just come as you are.
Club

This Is Not a Love Talk S01E04

Utopias blown up
Discussion series on contemporary art

Oct/11

9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
External location - group trip

PerformanceBus

First trip - let’s go to Homokhátság!
Excursion in October: Trafó's Performance Bus sets off on its first journey!

Oct/10

75'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Kelemen Kristóf

Some Viewers May Find This Distracting

Oct/09

75'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Kelemen Kristóf

Some Viewers May Find This Distracting

Oct/07

75'
THEATRE
Trafoklub

Göndör László / Saul Kemack / Laboda Kornél

I Incest
A scientific lecture that gives an insight into the main theories of humour and illustrates their practical application with examples.

Oct/06

100'
THEATRE
Studio

dollardaddy's – Emőke Kiss-Végh

Egy rosszaságról

Oct/04

180'
SLAM POETRY
Main Hall

Trafó and Slam Poetry Hungary presents

13th SLAM POETRY HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - Final
#instant poetry #rhythms of our world #celebration

Oct/03

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

farkas d. gergő

mama
mama egy ködös tér valahol az érzékiség peremén
Trafó Gallery

Cyprien Gaillard: Ocean II Ocean

Guided tour by Levente Polyák

Oct/02

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

farkas d. gergő

mama
mama egy ködös tér valahol az érzékiség peremén

Sep/28

60'
MUSIC
Arzenál

Balázs Pándi & Attila Csihar

Hiedelem
Pándi Balázs and Attila Csihar will take over Arzenál’s space, a former weapons and machine factory, where they will use the uncompromising power of music to put an end to violence.
50'
PERFORMANCE
F-158 Küzdősport Centrum

Lili Raubinek - Dávid Somló

The Act of Pressure
The Act of Pressure is not combat training, but a sensitive space where everyone can connect to themselves and to others at their own pace, observing their own boundaries.
50'
PERFORMANCE
Arzenál

Bence György Pálinkás - Tímea Török

Less Lethal Weapons
50'
PERFORMANCE
Arzenál

Bence György Pálinkás - Tímea Török

Less Lethal Weapons
50'
PERFORMANCE
F-158 Küzdősport Centrum

Lili Raubinek - Dávid Somló

The Act of Pressure
The Act of Pressure is not combat training, but a sensitive space where everyone can connect to themselves and to others at their own pace, observing their own boundaries.

The End of Violence - Day 6

Balázs Pándi-Attila Csihar/Bence György Pálinkás-Tímea Török/Lili Raubinek-Dávid Somló/Ambrus Gönczi
90'
Walk
External venue

Gönczi Ambrus - Ferencváros Local History Collection

Urban history walk
How is the history of violence manifested in weapons manufacturing and national defense intertwined with urban development?

Sep/27

40'
DANCE
Trafoklub

AHA Kollektíva - Páll Tamás

Set 4.
The young dance collective AHA is creating a new ‘set’, which deals with one of the most invisible forms of violence, the burning issue of surveillance in both its physical and digital forms.
75'
Main Hall

Somló Dávid

The Smallest Passage
Who is balancing whom? Dávid Somló explores the utopian potential of quiet, nonverbal ways of being together.
80'
Main Hall

Jelena Jureša (BE)

APHASIA (AFÁZIA)
What does it mean to be a witness? To participate tacitly in violence?
Studio

Dana Kavelina (UA)

Taki pejzaż (Such a Landscape)
40'
DANCE
Trafoklub

AHA Kollektíva - Páll Tamás

Set 4.
The young dance collective AHA is creating a new ‘set’, which deals with one of the most invisible forms of violence, the burning issue of surveillance in both its physical and digital forms.
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