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How Does a Power Plant Go on Working? (Bonus Talk)

from DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface by Lucia Udvardyová

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How Does a Power Plant Go on Working?
moderated by Krisztián Puskár

General political disillusionment and the shadow of financial crisis are a heavy burden in the 13th year of Viktor Orbán’s regime, causing general burnout and escapism not just in Hungarian society but in Budapest’s supposedly critical underground music and art scenes.

Timezones Budapest’s producer Lucia Udvardyova, experimental/metal drummer Balázs Pándi and moderator Krisztián Puskár discuss how the rise of the state-funded «House of Music, Hungary» created a rift in the music community, how the system feeds on these conflicts, and how Udvardyova’s report about Hungary’s nationalist rock scene, made ten years ago, inspired her decision to revisit the acclaimed leftist philosopher in this episode made for Norient and the Goethe-Institut.

What are the limitations of talking about politics in art and everyday life? Is leaving the country a real alternative? Is the infrastructure of Budapest’s music underground prepared or equipped for the existential crisis that is approaching as we speak?

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from DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface, released September 29, 2022
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A podcast by Lucia Udvardyová, sound design by Máté Elod Janky

Co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut

Featuring: Gáspár Miklós Tamás, Marci Bíró, Nándor Hevesi aka Ivan Buharov, Andi Soós, Gábor Kovács aka Új Bála, and Lilla Lőrinc

Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur
Project Management: Hannes Liechti
Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka
Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob
Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
Artwork: Šejma Fere



TIMEZONES – A PODCAST SERIES

The TIMEZONES podcast series plunges into the world of artists and their practices, asking: What does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities and contexts today? The artists’ thoughts on their moods, their social, political and intellectual realities and their philosophies (of life) have been worked up into experimental audio collages.

The podcasts run the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art and improvisation. The TIMEZONES series endeavours to create new artistic forms of storytelling, listening and exchange across the boundaries of geography, time zones, genres and practices.

The TIMEZONES Podcast Series is co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe Institute.

Listen to all Episodes here: norient.com/timezones
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Norient is an audio-visual gallery and a community (of practice) for the sound of the world: For contemporary music, quality journalism, cutting-edge research, projects and events like the Norient Film Festival (NFF). The goal is to support (sub)cultural diversity, broaden horizons, and open up dialogue across people, continents, and disciplines. ... more

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