Abigél Varga was the fourth person to join the creative process of composing a collaborative musical piece using the “Cadavre Exquis” method as part of the “Mind the Gap” project. We talked with her about what it feels like to join a work that is already taking shape, how she found her own musical voice within it, and why knowing just a single detail of the story offered her both freedom and inspiration.
Final Presentation – Academy for Actors of Social Change 2026
You’re warmly invited to the public final presentation of the Summer Academy 2026, taking place on 18 June from 17:30 to 19:00 (CET).
Green Academy x Unconference in Faro
After the first in-person session of Green Academy, we immediately organized a second one, entitled ‘How to redesign society: learning from creative professionals’ with Philipp P. Thapa and guests at The Big Green project’s (Un)conference in Faro, Portugal recorded on 24 April, 2026 and hosted by our TBG partner, Sciaena
Learning from Each Other: A Job-Shadowing Journey with Sparse PLUS
Over the weekend, the artistic director of Utcaszínházi Alkotóközösség Association, Balázs Simon, and three promoters of the Sparse PLUS project — Norbert Káló (Szendrőlád), Julianna Budai (Borsodbóta), and Éva Gulyásné (Sajókaza) — visited Cluj-Napoca and Cehu Silvaniei for an inspiring job-shadowing visit.
Let’s meet at Bethlen! – New European Bauhaus festival // 11-12 June
How can a theatre be, at the same time, a community space, a sustainable urban experiment, a meeting point, and a guardian of Erzsébetváros’s stories?
Lights On Rural Touring – Final Conference of the SPARSE Plus Project
Are you working in the performing arts or cultural sector?
Are you interested in how high-quality performing arts can reach rural and geographically remote communities?
Would you like to learn about inspiring rural touring practices and cultural cooperation models from across Europe?
Then the SPARSE Plus Celebrating Conference is for you!
Green Academy X Interpret Europe: What can culture do for nature conservation?
After seven online events, we held our first in-person Green Academy at the Interpret Europe 2026 conference! As always, the host was ecologist, philosopher, and writer Philipp P. Thapa, who spoke with two local experts: Cristina Veiga-Pires, executive director of the Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, and Gonçalo Ferreira de Carvalho, Executive Coordinator at Sciaena , our partner in #TheBigGreen project and host of the conference.
LET THERE BE CALM! – Public-Life and Well-being-Enhancing Calming Pillow Sewing Workshop with Regina Sárvári.
Regina Sárvári, one of the exhibiting artists of the group exhibition Border Situations, observes the workings of social and political languages in her text-based works that move across multiple media. How long does a sentence remain a slogan, and when does it become the material — and the burden — of everyday life?
Don’t Endure This – The Song of Firedamp Performative workshop with visual artist Dorottya Szonja Koltay
In the space of a former coal mine, later used as a bunker, we will work with the memory of carrying burdens and the practice of laying them down. The song of the haulers and the song of firedamp will be heard.
UccU x Border Situations – Roma Identity and History
The program is an accompanying event of the Border Situations exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Uccu Foundation. Its focus is Roma identity and history, as well as the social issues that also appear in the exhibition.