17th International MitOst Festival

2–6 October 2019 Budapest Welcome!

Dear members, partners, friends, and curious ones,

We warmly welcome you to the 17th International MitOst Festi- val in Budapest. It feels great to come to Hungary again. Back in 2003, an enthusiastic team of MitOst members hosted the first festival in the city of Pécs in Hungary. Some members of that team are even present at this year’s festival, 16 years later. We thank you so much for your dedication, your love and the pre- cious time that you gave to the MitOst community over all those years. With the first festival in Pécs, MitOst set the initiative of some dedicated people who off into a 16-year-long festival tour across wanted to continue with the pioneering Europe. This is one of the reasons why we’ve project work in the regions of Eastern Eu- chosen this year’s festival topic, “Explor- rope. Today, the association has grown into ing Europe”. Other reasons go beyond the a large, professionally-based organisation festival’s history: 2019 is a pivotal year for with an even larger network that stretches Europe. On the 1st of May, we looked back at over the wider European region, including 15 years since the EU enlargement towards the countries neighbouring the Mediter- the East and South – the single largest ranean as well as Russia and Caucasus, and expansion of the European Union. And on also to Asia. the 9th of November 2019, we celebrate 30 years since the fall of the Berlin wall, which We believe that we can make MitOst’s future divided Europe into East and West. more resilient, even more inspiring, ener- getic and aligned with today’s challenges. It was back in the summer and autumn of That’s why we’ve started a process that will 1989, when people who yearned for a free reshape our organisation. We would like to and self-determined life crossed the borders do this together as a community, and invite between Hungary and Austria, camped in you to the MitOst Agora and Members’ As- the yard of the Prague Embassy quarter, sembly, which will focus on the Governance held free elections for the first time, demon- Structure Process. strated on Monday evenings and danced on pieces of a wall at the Spree. You can find the agora and the Members’ The peaceful liberation movements have Assembly as well as all other sessions, paved the way to a peaceful, cross-border, events and activities in the festival app. The trustworthy, citizen-centered, democratic app allows you to access the festival pro- and participatory Europe, in which we have gramme anytime and navigate it easily. It lived and acted ever since. Strong, self-con- also provides you with an interactive map of scious and sustainable civil societies have the festival’s venues and points of interest. shaped this Europe through their meaning- ful actions. We wish you many great encounters during the MitOst Festival 2019. We hope that the Another side of today’s Europe is a conti- next days in Budapest will be a very special nent that is facing great challenges. Extrem- experience, in which the European idea will ism, inequalities and crises in Europe and become tangible for all of us. its neighbouring regions are on the rise. In these times, civil societies act as a driving We would like to thank our long-standing force in maintaining open and democratic partners and funders as well as all those societies. who supported us specifically for this fes- tival edition. We also thank all those dedi- Much of Europe’s multi-faceted past and cated and inspiring individuals who shaped present can be seen in the programme of this festival in its content and form – your our festival. We are thrilled by how the topic contribution is essential! “Exploring Europe” has resonated with you. Thanks to your session proposals, we And to all of you, dear participants – thank have the opportunity to look back and look you for being here, sharing and shaping to the future simultaneously to bring in the festival. We feel honoured to have you perspectives from across Europe, including with us here in Budapest and in our MitOst neighbouring regions, as well as perspec- cosmos! tives from the global context.

Your activities have inspired us over the years in our work: MitOst started as a small Your MitOst Board, Managing Directors alumni association 20 years ago through and the Berlin-Budapest Festival Team Programme

Wednesday, 10:00 10:00 – 12:00 Gólem Theater [4] October 2 Sessions Snapshots from the 15:00 – 17:30 10:00 – 11:00 Borders Hungarian Parliament [14] Stereo Akt [9] Film | EN | Guided Tour Through the Netzwerk “Aufsuchende 10:00 – 12:00 Hungarian Parliament Arbeit” Gallery [11] and Conversation with Cooperation & the Deputy Speaker Networking | DE | EN | The Visualisation of My Tour | EN | DE | Story 10:00 – 11:00 Creative Corner | EN | 18:00 – 22:00 Szkéné [8] Gólya [19] 12:00 – 13:30 Borderline Offensive: Labor [10] Opening of the 17th Inter- Laughing in the Face of national MitOst Festival Fear MitOst Agora | EN | DE | RU | Discussion | EN | | EN | DE | RU |

10:00 – 11:30 13:30 Thursday, Mühely II [2] Lunch break October 3 Your Project @MitOst Cooperation & 13:30 – 15:30 09:00 – 10:00 Networking | EN | DE | RU | Meeting Point: Suterene [6] Jurányi Backyard 10:00 – 11:30 Collective Meet-Up Scallabouche Theatre [5] Bees Banquette Cooperation & Spoken Word & Networking | EN | DE | RU | Get Together, System Performance | EN | Thinkers! 09:00 – 10:00 Cooperation & 13:30 – 17:00 Műhely I [1] Networking | EN | Meeting Point: Jurányi Entrance Embodied Europe – 10:00 – 11:30 A Yogic Journey Studio [7] Football Movement | EN | Movement | EN | DE | RU | Concrete Commons – Revitalisation of Albania’s Bunkers Discussion | EN | 15:30 15:30 – 17:00 19:00 Gólem Theater [4] Sessions Dinner break Maidan in Progress 15:30 – 17:00 Film | EN | DE | 20:30 – 21:30 Scallabouche Theatre [5] Lumen [17] 17:30 The Role of Arts, Satire Und ich dachte Menschen and Creativity in Civil Sessions Spoken Work & Society Performance | DE | Discussion | EN | 17:30 – 19:00 Gólem Theater [4] 20:30 – 21:30 15:30 – 17:00 Feri’s Flat [18] Gallery [11] Fight Fire with Fire Workshop | EN | The Light Whispers How Does China Matter? Music | AR | EN | DE | RU | Workshop | EN | 17:30 – 19:00 Scallabouche Theatre [5] 20:30 – 22:00 15:30 – 17:00 Három Holló [15] Stereo Akt [9] Discovering Your Personal Story Activism on Screen – Urban Permaculture – In- Creative Corner | EN | Szabad Egyetem/ troduction to the Zoning The Free University Method 17:30 – 19:00 Film | EN | Workshop | EN | Studio [7] 22:00 15:30 – 17:00 Creating Better Homes for Három Holló [15] Studio [7] Tomorrow Workshop | EN | MitOst Party Erfolgreich im Markt der | EN | DE | RU | Weltverbesserung 17:30 – 19:00 Workshop | DE | PinkPonilo [16]

15:30 – 18:00 Democratic Game Design Labor [10] Workshop | EN |

Room No 8 Theatre Work- 17:30–19:00 shop for Female Embodi- Három Holló [15] ment Active Together for the Workshop | EN | Local Good – Community Foundations in Berlin & 15:30 – 19:00 Budapest Szkéné [8] Cooperation & NNI Dialogue – Trans- Networking | EN | formational Dialogue Workshop | EN | Friday, 10:00 – 11:30 15:30 – 17:30 October 4 Studio [7] Meeting Point: Jurányi-Backyard Transforming Europe? 09:00 – 10:00 Workshop | EN | Nature Journaling as a Suterene [6] System Thinking Practice 10:00 – 11:30 Collective Meet-Up Tour | EN | HU | Szkéné [8] Cooperation & Networking | EN | DE | RU | 15:30 – 18:00 Pitch Your Project Lumen [17] Workshop | EN | 09:00 – 10:00 Borderline – Perception of Mühely III [3] 10:00 – 12:00 Spaces Проснись и пой вместе Mühely I [1] Discussion | EN | с нами Citizen Lobbying & Music | RU | EN | 15:30 – 18:00 Advocacy Workshop Meeting Point: Workshop | EN | 10:00 Jurányi-Entrance

Sessions 10:00 – 12:00 Senses and Space Mühely IiI [3] Tour | EN | DE | RU | 10:00 – 11:30 Mit Tanz zur Toleranz in Stereo Akt [9] 15:30 – 18:00 Europa Meeting Point: Participation: Workshop | DE | EN | Jurányi-Entrance Expectation vs. Reality Discussion | EN | 12:00 – 13:30 Playful Walk Through Labor [10] Ferencváros 10:00 – 11:30 Tour | EN | MitOst Agora Gólem Theater [4] | EN | DE | RU | 15:30 – 18:00 Participatory Democracy Meeting Point: 13:30 and Good Governance Jurányi-Entrance Discussion | EN | Lunch break Stadttexte Budapest 10:00 – 11:30 15:30 Tour | DE | Scallabouche Theatre [5] Sessions 15:30 – 19:00 Discovering Meeting Point: Multilingualism­ 15:30 – 17:30 PinkPonilo Workshop | EN | Három Holló [15] Sustainable Fashion 10:00 – 11:30 Renewing Collabora- Brands of Budapest Gallery [11] tive Experience Through Tour | EN | Artistic Creation Brand Yourself Workshop | EN | Workshop | EN | 19:00 Saturday, Dinner break 5 October

19:00 – 21:00 11:00 – 13:00 Gólem Theater [4] Jelen Bisztró [23]

Final Cut Farewell Brunch Spoken Word & | EN | DE | RU | Performance | HU | EN | 12:00 – 13:30 19:30 – 20:30 Trip [13] Három Holló [15] MitOst Agora Artist’s Talk: Parallel Bio­ | EN | DE | RU | graphies Serbia-Germany Exhibition | EN | 14:00 – 17:00 Trip [13] 20:30 – 22:00 Három Holló [15] Members’ Assembly | EN | RU | de | Der Weg der Wünsche Spoken Word & 18:00 – 19:00 Performance | DE | EN | Labor [10]

20:30 – 22:00 Cigány Magyar Lumen [17] Spoken Word & Performance | HU | EN | Project Slam Spoken Word & 20:00 – 21:00 Performance | EN | Trip [13]

22:00 This Changes Everything – Három Holló [15] Mari & Marie’s Early Night Show MitOst Party Discussion | EN | | EN | DE | RU | 21:00 – 22:00 Trip [13]

Tombola | EN |

22:00 Trip [13]

MitOst Party | EN | DE | RU | Budapest map Iharos Sándor Athletic Center [12]

Hungarian Parliament [14] ram line 4 & 6 T Jurányi [0]

Underground line M2

Bus line 5

Trip [13]

PinkPonilo [16]

Három Holló / Drei Raben [15] 0 Jurányi (Jurányi utca 1, 1027 Budapest) 1 Mühely I 2 Mühely II 3 Mühely III 4 Gólem Theater 5 Scallabouche Theatre 6 Suterene 7 Studio 8 Szkéné 9 Stereo Akt 10 Labor 11 Gallery

Avenue Hostel [20] 12 Iharos Sándor Athletic Center (Margaret Island, 1138 Budapest) 13 Trip (Szilágyi Dezső tér 2-es mólo, 1011 Budapest) 14 Hungarian Parliament (Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055 Budapest) 15 Három Holló (Piarista köz 1, 1052 Budapest) 16 PinkPonilo (Kossuth Lajos utca 14-16, courtyard, 1053 Budapest) Medosz Hotel Budapest [22] 17 Lumen (Horánszky utca 5, 1085 Budapest) 18 Feri’s Flat (Múzeum utca 15, 1088 Budapest) 19 Gólya (Orczy út 46-48, 1089 Budapest) 20 Avenue Hostel (Oktogon 4, 1067 Budapest) 21 Silver Boutique Hotel (Rákóczi tér 2, 1084 Budapest) 22 Medosz Hotel Budapest (Jókai tér 9, 1061 Budapest) 23 Jelen Bisztró (Blaha Lujza tér 1, 1085 Budapest)

Bus line 5 Jelen Bisztró [23]

nderground line M2 U Silver Boutique Hotel [21] Lumen [17]

Feri’s Flat [18]

Gólya [19]

ram line 4 & 6

T floor plan Juranyi

Ground Floor

Building B Building A

1st Floor Gólem Theater

2nd Floor 2nd Floor Scallabouche Theatre, Szkéné ⇄ Passage way between building A and building B

3rd Floor Studio, Labor

4th Floor Top Floor Mühely I + II + II Stereo Akt Language

Hungarian belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group with its closest relatives being Finnish and Estonian. The Hungarian alphabet has 44 letters. Before the Second World War, German was a frequently used second language, while Russian was mandatory in schools and universities during the socialist period. Today, English is the most preva- lent second language and it is easy to get by communicating in English, especially with younger people.

For connecting to the locals, some of those expressions for Hungarian everyday life might be useful:

English Hungarian Transcription

Hello Szia [see-yah] Good morning Jó reggelt [yoh reg-gelt] Good night Jó éjszakát [yoh ey-sa-kat] Please Kérem [key-rem] Thank you Köszönöm [keu-seu-neum] You're welcome Szívesen [see-ve-shen] Cheers Egészségedre [ag-eh-sheg-ad-reh] Yes/No Igen/Nem [ee-gen/nehm] I love you Szeretlek [seh-ret-lek] I am sorry Sajnálom [shoy-nah-lawm ] How are you? Hogy vagy? [hodj-vådj] What is your name? Hogy hívnak? [hodge heave-nak] My name is… A nevem… [ah neh-vehm] Nice to meet you Örvendek [Ør-ven-dek] What time is it? Mennyi az idő? [man-yee aw-z id-err] Enjoy your meal Jó étvágyat! [yoh eht-vah-djot] Service

Info Desk Festival Coordination

Wednesday Kathrin Oerters [email protected] Avenue Hostel Oktogon tér Lisa Schulze 1067 Budapest [email protected]

Thursday, Friday Anna Jankowska [email protected] Juranyi Jurányi utca 1 Barna Petrányi 1027 Budapest [email protected]

Opening hours Sára Pallag [email protected] Wednesday 13:00–17:00 Thursday 9:00–15:00 Réka Orsolya Bogdán Friday 9:00–15:00 [email protected]

At the info desk you register upon ar- E-Mail Team rival, receive the festival booklet, other [email protected] material and all information needed. | DE | EN | RU | This is also the place to pay your festival and membership fee. During the festival Support for urgent questions you can always come here for help and further information, we will be happy to Anna Jankowska help you. +49 (0) 177 256 6463 [email protected]

Call in case of emergency | Notfallrufnummer: 112 Service

Pharmacy Post Office

Terez Patika Magyar Posta Terez körut 41 (5 minutes walking dis- Hegedű utca 1/a, 1061 Budapest (7 min- tance from the hostel) utes walking distance from the hostel +36 1 311 4439 Avenue)

Hospital Taxi

(Buda) Szent Imre Hospital | Szent Imre FöTaxi Egyetemi Oktatókórház http://fotaxi.hu/?lang=en offers a Taxi Tétényi utca 12-16 App | + 36 1 222 2222 +36 1 464 8600 Tourist Information (Pest) Péterfy Sándor Hospital | Pé- terfy Sándor Utcai Kórház és Baleseti Andrássy út 3, 1061 Budapest (10 minutes Központ walking distance from the hostel Avenue) Péterfy Sándor utca 8-20 +36 1 461 4700 Accommodation

ATM Avenue Hostel Oktogon tér 4, 1067 Budapest ATM Budapest +36 70 410 6135 Mozsár utca 7, 1066 Budapest (5 minutes walking distance from the hostel Avenue) Silver Boutique Hotel Rákóczi tér 2, 1st Floor, 1084 Budapest ATM Erste Bank +36 70 394 8911 Csalogány utca 30, 1015 Budapest (2 min- utes walking distance from Jurányi) Medosz Hotel Budapest Jókai tér 9, 1061 Budapest ATM Euronet Vigadó utca 3, 1051 Budapest (10 minutes walking distance from Három Holló) Imprint

MitOst e.V. Festival Coordination Herzbergstraße 82-84 10365 Berlin Kathrin Oerters +49 (0)30 31 51 74 79 Lisa Schulze [email protected] Anna Jankowska Barna Petrányi www.mitost.org Sára Pallag www.mitostfestival.org Réka Orsolya Bogdán www.facebook.com/MitOst www.facebook.com/ Festival Team InternationalesMitOstFestival Ivana Mandić Editorial Jelena Kostić Laura Werling Kathrin Oerters Namaz Kerimov Lisa Schulze Raphael Faitsch Laura Werling Ruslana Bovhyria Jelena Kostić Sander Eeftinck Schattenkerk Ruslana Bovhyria Uta Protzmann

Proofreading & Translation Thanks! Danke! Спасибо! Köszönöm! Joice Biazoto We want to thank all members and Design friends of MitOst as well as our partners for shaping the MitOst Festival and for Maxim Neroda their participation! cover Photo Special thanks go to the volunteers who have dedicated their time and passion to László Spengler us!

Map

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The MitOst Festival App complements this programme booklet.

You can find it by typing https://mitost.lineupr.com/17th-international-mitost-festival into your browser window or just scanning the QR code below.

The app opens in your browser. So there is no need to install anything and you can even use it on your laptop.

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