Performance Crippletrek and a discussion (in cooperation with Markús Zínhás Puppet Theater)

Performance Crippletrek with partner Markús Zínhás Puppet Theatre for the festival. The Líšeň Theater will present the Crippletrek performance, and the partner will provide dramaturgy and implement the discussion after the performance. The talk can open topics: exclusion, poverty, support of marginalized groups in society, and the last things in life. However, the specific choice of topic is a matter for the dramaturg on the partner's side and will be based on the current social context in Hungary. The goal is to offer the most lively and up-to-date topic. The implementation of the event will be beneficial in two areas. In the sphere of theater, it will inspire an original theatrical form to develop a debate about the possibilities of engaged theater. In the social/civic area, it will contribute to the debate on a chosen, socially significant topic. Presenting the event at a major festival will contribute to the expansion of the target group - the topics covered will also reach viewers who are only interested in puppet theater in general, not directly specifically in political topics. https://www.divadlolisen.cz/provokujici-divadlo-ve-visegradu/

OFF ACADEMY V4

Group exhibitions of art universities V4. Part of the event is the installation week, during which photographic universities will come to Slovakia and participate in the preparation of the festival. They prepare proposals for their own exhibitions, which they then install. The installation week ends with the ceremonial opening of the festival, at which an expert jury will select the winner of the V4 prize – one student who will receive an award and a financial contribution for his own solo exhibition. This year, OFF Bratislava will present an exhibition by an artist who won the prize last year. In addition, the ON AWARD winner is selected from among all students, and the winner has the opportunity to exhibit their own project at the OFF Bratislava festival next year. The opening of the festival is followed by a weekend full of workshops and discussions (online streams), where students talk about their projects in front of the public, participate in the presentation of the artistic work of photographers who already have separate exhibitions for the festival. The photography workshop offers them a broadening of their horizons, skills and experience. https://offbratislava.sk/v4/

OFF SATELLITE V4

A newer section of the OFF Bratislava festival that quickly became successful and firmly established as part of the festival program. It features solo exhibitions by artists selected by the festival’s curatorial board. These exhibitions take place in partner institutions and galleries across Bratislava, often displayed in the windows of these spaces, which allows for direct interaction with the city and its public space, while still remaining within the framework of cultural or gallery environments. In recent years, we have expanded this section to include artists from the V4 countries, giving them the opportunity to present their work across various parts of Bratislava, beyond the main festival venue. The aim of this section is to bring contemporary art closer to the public and to extend its reach beyond traditional exhibition formats. Artists exhibit in partner institutions and galleries in Bratislava (for example Foggallery, Flatgallery, DK Zrkadlový haj and others) but also outdoors. The V4 section thus gets the opportunity to be heard in the streets of Bratislava and communicate with the public space through the overlap into the storefronts. Artists exhibiting in OFF SATELLITE participate in the entire program together with other section. https://offbratislava.sk/about/