Cez Prah 2024

The housing festival Cez Prah traditionally commemorates the phenomenon of housing cultural events of the 70s and 80s of the last century, and every year important names or topics associated with Czechoslovak dissent appear in the program. The festival takes place in a private environment in several places in Bratislava: in the Rómer house cafe, in the Flatgallery premises, as well as in an apartment at Strakova 1 or Námestí SNP 16.

The festival is a celebration of freedom - it is framed by Day of Imprisoned Writers (15.11.) and Day of the Fight for Freedom and Democracy (17.11.). Space is given, for example, to discussions about the role of women in dissent or critical publications mapping this period, etc. However, the apartment also currently plays an important cultural role, and therefore an equally important component of the festival is to present contemporary progressive art forms that fit into the festival's dramaturgy. In the current year, for example, a houseplant swap with the writer Marek Hudec, a meditative reading of Slovak haiku, a debate on housing as a human right with Barbora Bírová, a lecture by prof. Foletti and much more.

Program:

Friday 15.11.:

• 17 :00 (Strakova 1): Evicting the inconvenient: Action B (lecture)
• 6:00 p.m. (Strakova 1): Roth reads Kristúfka (reading and discussion)
• 18:30 (Rómerov dom): "If I have to die, let it be a story." Palestine in Czech and Slovak perspectives (discussion)
• 20:30 (Rómer's house): Mede x Szabo: Folksongs (concert)

Saturday 16.11.:

• 10:00 (Námestie SNP 16): Swap indoor plants with Marek Hudec (plant swap) + DJ set: Beyuz
• 14:00 (Námestie SNP 16): Eco-literature in socialism (lecture)
• 15:00 (Námestie SNP 16): Women and their place in normalizing poetry
• 4:00 p.m. (Flatgallery): Quiet playgrounds filled with traces of fast play: the first anthology of Slovak haiku
• 5:00 p.m. (Strakova 1): Presentation of Ľuboš Bendzák's collection - Cultivating bonsai
• 5:30 p.m. (Flatgallery): Ivan Dudáš: Under the skin (exhibition)
• 6:00 p.m. (Námestie SNP 16): November '89: scenarios of further development (discussion)
• 19:00 (Strakova 1): Housing as a human right ( discussion)
• 20:30 (Námestie SNP 16): É. Louis: Becoming different / Praktikábel (theatrical performance)
• 21:00 (Rómer's house): DJ Italo Mario Italo (afterparty)
• 23:00 (Rómerov dom): DJ One Knight Stand (afterparty)

Sunday 17.11.:

• 4:00 pm (Rómerov dom ): True Middle Ages? (lecture)

The capacity of the events is limited due to space: apartment on Straková 25 people, Flatgallery 30 people, Námestie SNP 40 people and Rómer's house 60 people.