The Curfew

September 30; October 28, 2017

Performers: Gergely László (Tehnica Schweiz), Katarina Šević

The street play The Curfew is an alternative form of public demonstration. A troupe roves the streets of Budapest. They push in front of them a three-meter high egg-shaped, multiplayer megaphone. They make great noise. They stop at busy public squares to perform their play as a speaking choir about the transfiguration of a group of security guards. The members of the Security Order vow to give back the voice to the people from whom they previously took it away. With their presence, the group, in and of itself will be proof that today Budapest’s streets and public squares can indeed be spaces of independent self-expression.

Curators: The curatorial team of OFF-Biennale

Other participants: composer Dóra Halas| Soharóza Choir | poet Krisztián Peer | actors Krisztián Simó and Balázs Várnai |The Heroes of the Shaft Company

Venue: All around the city

Supported by | The main cooperation partner of this year’s OFF Biennale is GfZK – Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig. The cooperation project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.