The voices of homeless people are rarely heard among the stories of the city. In their work, Kristóf Kelemen and Tímea Török highlight an extraordinary event that provides a positive example of how the housing crisis can receive attention on a national scale: on 28 November 1989, a new regulation forced people taking refuge in unused railway carriages in train stations out onto the streets. It was owing to their strike in the Blaha Lujza Square underpass and to their supporters that the foundation of Budapest’s homelessness service system was laid. The event was an example of both self-organisation and solidarity put into action, and as such, it deserves to have a prominent place in our collective memory.
Programs | 2023
Opening
River Baths in Budapest
Opening | Gideon Horváth: Memory That Could Have Been
Run Together | Luca Petrányi: Running with Saint Margaret
Virág Bogyó, Flóra Madácsi: Playstreet?!
Virág Bogyó, Flóra Madácsi: Playstreet?!
Roundtable Discussion | Virág Bogyó, Flóra Madácsi: A Play Street?!
Community Dance Performance | Luca Borsos, Márk Bartha: Dance the District
Guided tour | Gideon Horváth: Memory That Could Have Been
Book Club | Virág Bogyó, Flóra Madácsi: Play Street?!
Community Ritual | Gideon Horváth: Memory That Could Have Been
Picking and Preserving Quince | Anna Bíró, Dudás Andrea Fajgerné, Eszter Ágnes Szabó: Common Jam Map
Community Dance Performance | Luca Borsos, Márk Bartha: Dance the District
Bike tour, mental mapping of the wooden swimming pools, and water-touching exercises | Valyo – City and River Association: River Baths in Budapest – Swimming in the Danube in the Past and Future
Symposium | Anna Bíró, Andrea Fajgerné Dudás, Eszter Ágnes Szabó: Common Jam Map
A Walk with the Artist | Luca Petrányi: Running with Saint Margaret
Kristóf Kelemen, Tímea Török: Habitual Residence
Running with Konrád Dejcsics | Luca Petrányi: Running with Saint Margaret
Interactive Presentation | Gideon Horváth: Memory That Could Have Been
Film Screening | Valyo – City and River Association: River Baths in Budapest – Swimming in the Danube in the Past and Future
Performance | Kristóf Kelemen, Tímea Török: Habitual Residence
Tree Planting | Anna Bíró, Andrea Fajgerné Dudás, Eszter Ágnes Szabó: Common Jam Map
A Walk Through the Memory of the Porajmos | DePART Collective: If All Ears Could Hear
Guided Walk | Balázs Antal: Niche
Opening | DePART Collective: If All Ears Could Hear
Island Circuit with Saint Margaret | Group Run – Luca Petrányi: Running with Saint Margaret
Bike tour, mental mapping of the wooden swimming pools, and water-touching exercises | Valyo – City and River Association: River Baths in Budapest – Swimming in the Danube in the Past and Future
DePART Collective: If All Ears Could Hear