"Battle of the Big Bands" Revisited, Contemporary Big band concert
Flat Earth Society, Tetzepi
17-02-2008 / 19:30
Palace of Arts, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Battle of the Big Bands were popular musical events in America between the world wars. Audiences flocked to these concerts, where popular big bands of the era competed, showing off the sound and virtuosity of their musicians. The two groups performing on the first night of the LOW Festival will revive this tradition in a new form: their compositions, rooted in big band music, yet radically new, vie with each other, an example of the traditional creativity of the Low Countries.
My City: Amsterdam, As I See it
17-02-2008 - 18-02-2008
Millenáris Park
Opening: 16 February, 18.00
My City Amsterdam, one half of a cultural exchange program between Budapest and Amsterdam. During the three-day event, Amsterdam will present itself to the city of Budapest with a musical program, photo exhibitions, readings and lectures.
One of the traditions of the My City festivals is to present travellers’ photos in the form of an open competition. This time the best pics of Amsterdam are shown. Learn more about the details of the competition on the sites www.millenaris.hu and www.a38.hu.
Wim Delvoye
16-02-2008 - 23-03-2008
Ernst Museum
Love it or hate it: Wim Delvoye, enfant terrible of the contemporary scene, makes art that demands notice. His provocative works, which make emphatic use of antagonisms, flout conventions and dogmas. His raw honesty and grotesque humour will make you laugh and wonder.
Still I-III
Kris Verdonck
15-02-2008 - 17-02-2008
Városháza tér
Still I consists of a gigantic projection: a naked, voluminous human figure, imprisoned in a space which is much too small for him. He sometimes moves slightly, seeking the most comfortable position in which to bear their uncertain situation. Despite the magnitude, the precarious position in which this naked, utterly fragile figure finds himself is in stark contrast to the self-assured, social-realist architecture.
Pages - a new generation of photobooks from the Netherlands
13-02-2008 - 08-03-2008
Dorottya Gallery, Lumen Gallery
Finissage: 8 March, 6 p.m. Dorottya Gallery, 8 p.m. Lumen Gallery
The goal of the Pages exhibition is to provide a unique picture of the wide range of Dutch photo books and journals published in the past five years, and to give an idea of the relationship of young Dutch photographers to the book as a medium.
Silence
Andrea Rádai
01-02-2008 - 01-03-2008
acb Contemporary Art Gallery
Finnisage: 1 March, 19.00
“Talking about painting is like talking about dreams.
All these images, happenings that are obvious and follow one another in an absolutely logical way, become shallow, even fake or simply incomprehensible once I start talking about them.”
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