Bázis – Hungarian Association of Literature and Arts in Slovakia is an association for autunomous, independent literature, art and science in Slovakia.

The members of the literary and artistic association Bázis express their solidarity with the employees of Slovak Television and Radio, who demonstrated dressed in black in defence of press freedom against the approval of the draft law on Slovak Television and Radio. The Bázis Association was founded to represent autonomous, independent and free literature, art […]

The film EXTANT with music by László Pálmai will be presented at the NU DANCE festival in Bratislava (P*AKT, Pionierska 3276/17). Date: 13 April 2024, 20.00. More information: https://www.nudancefest.sk/clanok.php?lang=sk&id=314 https://pakt.sk/?post_type=events&p=1049 https://www.citylife.sk/divadlo/motionhouse-jamie-lee-stanislav-dobak-extant EXTANT a film performed liveConcept: Jamie LeeChoreography, performance: Jamie Lee, Stanislav DobákFilm Director: Jamie LeeDirector of Photography: Stanislav DobákAerial Cinematographer: Stanislav Dobák1st Camera Assistant, […]

The presentation of Beáta Gerendás‘s book Der österreichische Traum und andere Wiener Geschichten [The Austrian Dream and Other Viennese Stories] will take place in Vienna in the Felixx Bar (Gumpendorfer Straße 5, 1060 Wien, Österreich) on April 15th, 2024 at 7 pm. Moderation: Eszter Hollósi. For more information visit Facebook.

Zoltán Csehy will open the exhibition Inanimate Life by Klaudia Kosziba and Erika Szőke at At Home Gallery (At Home Gallery, Synagogue, Šamorín-Somorja, Mliečňanská 617/7) on 27 March 2024 at 18.00. More information on the event’s Facebook page: “The joint project of Erika Szőke és Klaudia Kosziba Inanimate Life for At Home Gallery brings closer […]

As part of the Bridgekeeper project, Rokkó Juhász‘s Sunday “quality talks” take place at the Bridgekeeper House in Štúrovo-Párkány. Here are some photos of the first event.

Dorottya Szávai‘s book „A pórusait látni”. Pilinszky-olvasatok – „On voit ses pores”. Lectures de Pilinszky (“Seeing the pores”. The Interpretations of Pilinszky) will be presented in Paris on Saturday 9 March 2024 at 19.30! Place: La Maison de Poésie, Hôtel Blémont, 11bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris. The participants: Dorottya Szávai, Linda Mária Baros and Guillaume […]

It’s hard not to feel the pressure of this question, and not to interpret it within the framework of my more ordinary – and, of course, more consistently practiced – profession. Although, in fact, writing and interpreting texts is a quite significant (and, intellectually, the most rewarding) part of my job. There is an opportunity […]

Márió Z. Nemes‘s essay “Postmodern Grindcore” translated by Austin Wagner has been published in Hungarian Literature Online. The full text is available at HLO website.

Péter Kerekes interviewed by Marta Balaga about his upcoming film ‘Marathon’ in Variety. The full interview is available on Variety’s website. “Péter Kerekes will follow “107 Mothers” – which won Venice’s Horizons Award for best screenplay – with “Marathon,” currently in production and eyeing a winter 2024 release. Set in his Slovak hometown and revolving around […]

The poem Defragmentation by Ákos Kormányos, translated by Katalin Abrudán, was published on Hungarian Literature Online. The full text of the poem is available on hlo.hu. “Defragmentation: A Poetic Confession When I entered the gates of the primary school, my classmates were no longer in the courtyard. The building had three entrances. One of them […]

The works of Andrea Pézman were exhibited at the 120th Salon d’Automne, the international exhibition of contemporary art in Paris. Slovakia was represented by Andrea Pézman, Patrik Ševčík and Filip Jurkovič, curated by Nina Vrbanová. A photo report from the event can be found on the Facebook page of the Slovak Institute in Paris:

This week? I hope I will be working on the same thing not only this week, but in the next couple of decades. I finished my last book ‘Werkfilm’ 3 years ago. It was published one year later. While writing it I was already working on the next essay-short story book, which I have finished […]

The petition calling for the resignation of Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová has been signed by 188 494 people. The signatures in the boxes were delivered by the organisers to the Slovak Ministry of Culture on February 5, 2024. We were there through our signatures with them.Culture matters! Photo: Denník N

I would say that the last few weeks or months are about healing and experimenting. After a very busy and creative period of my life I had to slow down. I started painting again. It’s a time of rethinking and experimenting. I’m preparing a small exhibition this week in Esztergom in the Kaleidoscope House. It […]