Wednesday
06:00 PM-9:30PM Details:
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMATIVE ACTS
Grand opening: September 3, 6pm
- Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
- Presented at TBSP Studio and TBSP ground floor
48 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →06:30 PM Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →07:00 Pm Details:
Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
September 3-7
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →7:30 PM Details:
We all carry physical and emotional pain, from minor discomforts to overwhelming suffering. This dance installation gives form to pain through movement, exploring how we confront and live with it. Lili Stern embodies this struggle, interacting with inflatable “pain bags” in a visceral, evocative performance.
Event place:Presented at TBSP Studio 1st floor
48 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
8:00 PM Details:
András Böröcz (b. 1956, Budapest) is a Hungarian visual and performance artist based in Brooklyn, who has been active in the United States since 1986. His interdisciplinary work combines sculpture, drawing, installation, and performance.
Music by Ádám Móser
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →Thursday
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Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
September 3-7
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →0_see the description below Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →07:00 PM Details:
An exciting contemporary adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's work from the 19th century, titled "Lonely Lives." Generational problems manifest most when the knowledge of previous generations quickly becomes outdated.
A performance by Katona József Theatre, Budapest
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club– The Downstairs Theatre
66 EAST 4TH STREET, NEW YORK, 10003
10:30 PM Details:
Sisi’s first song and homemade music video, Yalla, debuted online in January 2022. Following a string of popular tracks, she released Rappelj jobban and her first EP, SISTEMATIIK, which marked her breakthrough moment. Since then, she has become one of the most popular and successful hip-hop artists in Hungary.
Event place:NUBLU
151 Avenue
Details →11:30 PM Details:
OIEE is the colorful electronical solo project of Bence Kocsis launched in 2019. OIEE’s main genres are nudisco, dance and R&B, mixing instrumental sounds with tropical and not-so-tropical house, techno, disco and trance elements and modern soul-like vocals...
Event place:NUBLU
151 Avenue
Details →Friday
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Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
September 3-7
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →0_see the description below Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →7:00 PM Details:
An exciting contemporary adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's work from the 19th century, titled "Lonely Lives." Generational problems manifest most when the knowledge of previous generations quickly becomes outdated.
Event place:La Mama Experimental Theatre Club – The Downstairs Theatre
66 EAST 4TH STREET, NEW YORK, 10003
7:00 PM Details:
A young film director is invited by the mayor of a village to facilitate a summer workshop for kids. He quickly discovers that the village is overrun with corruption and exploitation. He decides to intervene, but his good intentions threaten everyone involved.
Event place:Presented at TBSP Studio ground floor
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →Saturday
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Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
September 3-7
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →0_see the description below Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →10:00 AM -12:00 PM Details:
How can parenting and freelancing be reconciled? How can we be full-time parents and freelancers at the same time? How can independent professionals find balance between childcare and (creative) work?
Event place:Movement Research, 150 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009, United States
Details → RSVP →12:00 PM Details:
Goulash Extravaganza is a community-based culinary art program centered around one of Hungary’s most iconic dishes: the goulash. The project brings people together through the act of cooking, creating space for connection, dialogue, and the sharing of cultural values.
Event place:Presented at TBSP ground floor
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →01:00 Pm Details:
Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →01:30 - 2:00 PM Details:
András Böröcz was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and was a member of Indigo, an underground artist group that was critical of the dictatorship.
Event place:Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →02:00 PM Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →8:30 PM Details:
#Orpheus#Eurydice, the first full-evening performance collaboration between Simkó and Grecsó, is a richly textured, emotionally resonant contemporary dance piece.
Event place:La Mama Experimental Theatre Club – The Downstairs Theatre
66 EAST 4TH STREET, NEW YORK, 10003
Sunday
0_see the description below Details:
Máté Bartha’s Anima Mundi follows a fictional observer seeking hidden patterns and order within a sprawling, imaginary city.
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
September 3-7
Presented at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews
50-52 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn
Details → RSVP →0_see the description below Details:
Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
Details →03:00 PM Details:
Hungary Live! And Hungarian poetry is alive and kicking. Actor András Pál sharpens his voice, cellist Tamás Rozs rosins his bow… and yes, the rumours are true: these two brilliant performers are bringing a fresh and vibrant selection of contemporary Hungarian poems to New York.
Details → RSVP →10:00 AM -12:00 PM Details:
Our bodies keep the score. Past experiences, tension, daily stress, and trauma become deeply embedded in our muscles, movement patterns, and posture. As Bessel van der Kolk’s research shows, the connection between body and mind is essential in shaping how we perceive ourselves and the world.
Event place:Movement Research, 150 1st Ave, New York, NY 10009, United States
Details → RSVP →4:00 PM Details:
#Orpheus#Eurydice, the first full-evening performance collaboration between Simkó and Grecsó, is a richly textured, emotionally resonant contemporary dance piece.
Event place:La Mama Experimental Theatre Club – The Downstairs Theatre
66 EAST 4TH STREET, NEW YORK, 10003
6:00 PM Details:
Inspired by the Ten Commandments, the play of Csaba Székely follows ten individuals, gradually uncovering the hidden connections between them in the style of a crime series. As part of the staged reading there will be a visually atmospheric introduction created for this occasion by Kriszta Remete.
Event place:La Mama Experimental Theatre Club – The Downstairs Theatre
66 EAST 4TH STREET, NEW YORK, 10003
Festival (3-7 September) + Program table
Lives and Works in NYC & Budapest Group Show (Grand Opening guided tour)
Event date: 2025 September 03 , 06:30 PM Details:Hungary L!ve invites a selected group of visual artists active in both New York and Budapest, exploring the theme "MULTILOCATION: NEW YORK-BUDAPEST."
Guided tour with the artists:
September 3, 6.40pm;
September 6, 2:00pm
7 September, 12:00pm
On view: September 4-7
Thursday 4.00pm-6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm-7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
Presented at TBSP Studio
48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn
LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK AND BUDAPEST
A multilocated life can be an endless source of inspiration for creative work. Dividing one’s thinking between two places is often characteristic of artists of Hungarian origin who have emigrated to the United States or relocated there voluntarily and have since made it their home. On the other hand, living and working between the United States and Hungary can raise questions of artistic identity, cultural expectations, and the realities of navigating two different art scenes and cultural milieus. It can lead to a sense of not fully belonging to either place, difficulties in adapting to differing artistic approaches, and challenges in building a career or gaining recognition in both spheres. This dual existence creates a unique dynamic for intellectuals and artists who often think in two languages and cultural frames, and who strive to make their work resonate and remain meaningful in both settings.
On the occasion of the LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK AND BUDAPEST group show, the HUNGARY L!VE Festival invited Hungarian visual artists, or artists of Hungarian origin active in New York and Budapest, to participate. What you see here is a cavalcade of artworks by individuals navigating multilocated lives on various levels. Each of them presents one work, accompanied by a personal commentary that offers insight into how the duality of cultural existence continually sparks new artistic insights. All works in the exhibition are sized to fit into a standard carry-on suitcase, a practical constraint, but also a symbolic one: it represents mobility, transience, and the challenge of fitting an entire life and artistic practice into something portable. We all share a deep appreciation for personal narratives, and in this exhibition, we encounter them firsthand. Many of these accounts are moving, even heartbreaking at times. Some artists were drawn into this dual existence by the tides of history; others by love, curiosity, the pursuit of an international career, or simply a chain of coincidences. The exhibition is structured as an
anthology of multilocated experience, consisting of individual visual pieces and accompanying reflections, an irregular reader in which artworks and personal commentaries can be explored side by side. Rather than forming one grand, linear narrative, the richness of these parallel threads underscores the importance of simultaneous versions of lived experience and the relevance of personal perspective.
The mission of this show is to create a space where these stories can be told, discovered, exchanged, and – hopefully – heard in person during the turbulent days of the HUNGARY L!VE Festival in New York City.
Exhibiting artists: Albert-László BARABÁSI, Szilvia BOLLA, Márton Dániel GÁBOR, János KORODI, Josef KRISTOFOLETTI, Dicki LUCKERSON, András MOHÁCSI–Vera ZAMDMER, Márton NEMES, Sylvia PLACHY, Júlia STANDOVÁR, Monika SZILÁDI, Loránd SZÉCSÉNYI-NAGY, Susan VECSEY, Tamás VÉSZI, Kati VILIM, Robbin Ami SILVERBERG
Venue: TBSP Studio 48 Dobbin St, Brooklyn, NYC
Opening: 3 Sept, 2025, 6pm
On view: 4–7 Sept, 2025
Thursday 4.00pm–6.00pm,
Friday 4.00pm–7.00pm,
Saturday-Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm
Guided tour with the artists:
3 September, 6.40pm;
6 September, 2pm
7 September, 12:00pm
Free admission
‘LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK AND BUDAPEST’ show is part of the Visual Arts Programme of the HUNGARY L!VE Festival in 2025. Artists were recommended by András Böröcz, Enikő Imre, Katalin Mechtler, and Emese Mucsi.
Special thanks to Cayla Zahoran and amp; Scott Miller (TBSP Studio); Robin Silverberg and amp; András
Böröcz (The Gallery at Dobbin Mews)