The Common Jam project – organised by Andrea Fajger, née Dudás and Eszter Ágnes Szabó, and joined by Anna Bíró as of 2022 – has been consistently working for 10 years on the picking and processing of fruit growing in, and available from, public spaces. In the past years, they have organised several urban community harvests of public fruit trees.
Within the scope of Sidewalk, the artists will mainly be engaged in the creation of a Fruit Map of Budapest. Based on their many years of experience and with the involvement of Budapest residents, they will map and mark the trees bearing edible fruits (nuts, hazelnuts, etc.) in the public spaces of the capital using a map application. They will also check the marked trees. Moving the map – and the community – partially into virtual space is not an alienating gesture- In fact, it allows even those who cannot attend the organised events to join the project, creating a community that exists in virtual space but is centred around trees standing in physical space.
As an accompanying event of the project, the organisers are planning fruit picking and canning sessions on 1 October in collaboration with the Világszép Foundation.
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