TRAKT

Rok: 2019

  • Suomi: Hollo and Martta

    Suomi: Hollo and Martta

    Art group „Kamaráti“ (Friends) will represent Slovak dance and musical folklore at the 16th international folklore festival Hollo and Martta. Hollo and Martta is one of the three CIOFF festivals of adult folklore groups in Finland. It takes place in the southern part of the country, in the towns Lahti and Hollola. The festival includes various dance, musical, singing performaces, dance workshops and other activities. The art group Kamarát consists of dancers and musicians with long term experience in the most valuable Slovak folklore groups. The group represents Slovakia in many various folklore events in Slovakia and around the world.

    Citizens´ association TRAKT represents the art group Kamaráti organizationally. This project has been supported using public funds provided by the Slovak Arts Council.

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • International Roma Day Celebration 2019

    International Roma Day Celebration 2019

    The highlight of the International Roma Day Celebration is the gala evening at the ARCHA Theatre in Prague, which takes place on April 8th. Its main focus is a music program that is adapted or arranged in such a way that the audience can see and hear more than they are used to during the ordinary concert productions of the individual performers. Unexpected duets, author arrangements of famous songs, surprising artistic connections, interesting guests. All this has become standard of the gala celebrations over the past four years, and this year it will not be different.

    In 2019, during the gala evening, there were performing for example: Marco Pillo, Helena Zeťová, Gejza Horváth, Erika Nováková, Filip Gondolán, Rita Beňáková, Ondřej Ferko and others. The Vjing visual projection was realized by Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT).

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • Gala SAWRR

    Gala SAWRR

    In the renovated premises of the cultural house in Germany, the evaluation of the past riding season of 2018 took place on 9 February 2019. TRAKT presented itself with visual projections during the galaprogram and during the subsequent launch in the form of VJing.

  • The owning land

    The owning land

    Miriama Kardosova will present a series of small-format paintings in the Sopa Gallery. These paintings represent a post-process output of semi-improvised private events. Painting as a medium remains the basic means of expression. Performance is the equivalent of expression, gesture, and musical expression which Kardošová applies also to the painting medium. By combining the performance sketch, the movable (digital) image with the commodity of the hanging image as the final and material artefact, the author achieves a synergetic effect. Kardošová primarily focuses on the topics that touch still unexplored aspects of body and flesh, own ontology and Alter Ego, which she explores through visual culture, different social stereotypes or gender positions.

    Miriama Kardošová (1988) is a representative of the young generation of Slovak painting. She graduated from Art studio (contemporary art) program at the Faculty of Arts in Košice and from the Studio of intermedia art program under the guidance of doc. ak. mal. Jiří David at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

    The exhibition was supported from public sources by the Arts Support Fund. The Arts Support Fund is the main partner of the project.

    Opening of the exhibition: February 21, 2019 at 7.00 pm
    The exhibition will take place: February 22, 2019 – March 15, 2019
    Curator: Miroslav Kleban

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • On Your Own Feet 3

    On Your Own Feet 3

    The non-profit organization Voices organized the third continuation of the event On Their Own Feet, which took place in the centre of Trencin in the Vazka Gallery on Tuesday 19 February 2019 from 18:00.

    The wider goal of the format is to non-violently motivate young people in the city to creativity and autonomy, to facilitate new friendship formation, and cooperation and to contribute to the development of the community. The main line is the presentation of speakers. One of them was also a member and a co-founder of TRAKT, Mgr. art. Štefan Oliš. Among other speakers there were: Marek Hattas, Miša Chmelickova, Peter Michalik and Zuzana Vaskova. The notional line was set high. All the representatives were talking about how they went and go for what they like and what they care about.

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • Hello sir, may I help you?

    Hello sir, may I help you?

    On 25 January 2018 at 19.00, a physical-theatre dance solo was performed in the premises of the Literary and Dramatic Union of the Primary School of Liptovsky Mikulas (Milan Pišuta 3). The dance solo was about the selfless help to those who were not able to recognize themselves as their harsh fate had changed them so significantly. The project was performed by: Radoslav Piovarči – TRAKT (dancer, performer and choreographer) and Marián Petráš (live music). Graphic design was prepared by Lukáš Matejka – TRAKT. Photo by Simona Lomnicka.

    The entrance to the event is free. From public sources, the project was supported by the Slovak Arts Council and the Elementary Art School of Liptovský Mikuláš.

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • Family silver

    Family silver

    Family Silver – this is the title of the Opening Ceremony of the City of Culture 2019. The City of Culture Pilot Project was launched by the Fund for the Promotion of Art. The winner of the final trio, which consisted of the cities Nové Zámky, Spišská Nová Ves and Banská Štiavnica, became the last one mentioned, and thus Banská Štiavnica.

    Preparations for the Banská Štiavnica Project Concept 2019: Identity Renovation moved further and the program started on January 19, 2019 at 17:00. TRAKT with videodocumentation and an interactive digital project based on the graffiti principle was there. Graffiti in the hands of a handsome boy Vojtík uncovered a 100-year group photo of the communities in the region of Banská Štiavnica. The whole program “Almazia” continued in the premises of the Cultural Centre.

    Translated: Jana Stupňanová

  • The future past

    The future past

    An interactive city sightseeing tour introduces to the audience the already forgotten events and important figures of Liptovský Mikuláš. It takes you through the narrow streets of a prosperous community, filled with bussiness and industry, that is multi-religious and progressive. But it no longer exists. Why don´t we ever talk about this past? What from our lives will become such a memory?

    A peculiar guide asks you these questions and invites you to think about the last two hundred years in a different way. His talk is enriched with animation and augumented reality, that offers to the spectator an actual look to the past.