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Everything under a single RoofAndrás Pálffy is an architect, a professor at Vienna University of Technology, and has also been President of the Secession since December 2007. His architecture practice, Jabornegg & Pálffy, which achieved recognition with their buildings for the Generali Foundation and at Judenplatz in Vienna, will shortly complete their most recent project: the headquarters of the Slovenská sporiteľňa (Erste Group) in Bratislava. For Pálffy this also means an encounter with his own family history.architecture / fashion / design | Bratislava | by Manuela Hötzl | 2008-10
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“Halušky are a bit like ravioli”The young Marcel Ihnačák is at present the hottest chef in Slovakia. He saw “his first seafood” in a Prague restaurant. Later he went to London to do an apprenticeship with British star cook Jamie Oliver. At the restaurant Liviano in Bratislava he spoils his guests not with local fare, but with Tuscan cuisine, something that still seems somewhat exotic for the Slovaks.interdisciplinary | Bratislava | by Sebastian Fasthuber | 2008-07
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Július is dead!Roman Ondák: Last week I received a lot of e-mails concerned with Július Koller.fine arts / new media | Bratislava | by Roman Ondák | 2007-11
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In memoriam Július Koller (1939 - 2007)In the night of 18th August 2007, the Slovak artist Jślius Koller departed from this life completely unexpectedly at the age of 68. The cause of death was a heart attack. A constantly active sportsman during his life, he leaves behind one of the most consistently distinctive oeuvres of conceptual art in the region of the former Czechoslovakia.fine arts / new media | Bratislava | by Walter Seidl | 2007-11
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FUTUROPOLISThe obstacles to a joint east-west approach, or why Slovak artist Roman Ondák does not want to be noticed.fine arts / new media | Bratislava | by Antje Mayer | 2007-11
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Eastern Europe is running out of WomenWhat does the small town of Lučenec in Slovakia have in common with the East German prefabricated concrete housing estates in Marzahn or with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern? The fact that women are leaving to earn money to support their families, while the men do the housekeeping. This experiment in swapping traditional gender roles was born out of a crisis, and conflicts are never far removed. A report.» read"We also see our collecting strategy as a political statement”A conversation with Boris Marte, sponsoring director of Erste Bank, which is showing its new collection for the first time both in MUMOK and in the tranzit workshops in Bratislava.» read"A Stroke of Good Fortune"On the exhibition “Kontakt ... works from the Collection of Erste Bank Group” in the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Vienna (MUMOK) and in the tranzit workshops Bratislava.» readOpen Borders, Open CompetitionsA considerable amount of political attention is repeatedly being focussed on the major area "Europa Region Mitte" (Europe Central Region). One of the next areas is Vienna/Bratislava. In our neighbouring city developments are moving ahead rapidly – with the involvement of western and Austrian investors. We asked the editor-in-chief of ARCH, Henrieta H. Moravčíková, about the level of transparency and the quality of what is going on there. There too we encounter the eternal problem with competitions, the public realm and the difficulty of ensuring quality.architecture / fashion / design | Bratislava | by Manuela Hötzl | 2005-06
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Of traditions, both shared and regionalHenrieta Moravčíková talks to architecture theorist Friedrich Achleitnerarchitecture / fashion / design | Bratislava | by Henrieta Moravčíková | 2005-06
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Collecting as a Political TaskKontakt - The Art Collection of Erste Bank Group has been newly organized and is now monitored by a jury of international experts. Since 2004 greater emphasis has been placed on acquiring art from Eastern and South - eastern Europe, works dating from the sixties and seventies and, above all, contemporary works.» readWhat's happening at tranzit?Classic texts of post-modernism in Czech, lectures and workshops in Slovakia, discussions about nowadays in Vienna next year.fine arts / new media, interdisciplinary, social issues & initiatives | Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic | by Heinrich Deisl | 2004-10
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Not Cinema-goers, Yet Still VisionariesCzech film has an international reputation. But what about the scene in Slovakia, which has been an independent country since 1993?film / photography | Slovakia | by Otto Reiter | 2004-10
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What in fact is tranzit and who is behind it?We introduce the people who devised this trans-disciplinary subsidy programme and those who organize and curate it.interdisciplinary, fine arts / new media | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria | by Heinrich Deisl | 2004-10
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“What I had to learn was communication”In tranzit to Vindicate Contemporary Art. A Comment by Vladan Šír» read“We do not need a spectacle”As the word itself implies, “tranzit” is the act of passing over, across, or through something. The word also refers to this process - “tranzit” as a conveyance, a vehicle for movement.» readSnot out of the nose or, who is Boris Ondreička?Portrait of the slovakian artist, curator mediator and director of tranzit.sk.» readSummer cinema for all the sensesCineastes can celebrate summer this year at two film festivals: in Slovakia in June and then in Istria (Croatia) in July: the Motovun Film Festival (MFF) in the Croatian village of Motovun and Artfilm in Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia)fine arts / new media, film / photography | Slovakia, Croatia, Motovun/Istria | by Heinrich Deisl | 2004-06
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Portrait of the Architectural Scene in BratislavaThe accession of ten new countries to the EU on 1 May 2004 will bring major changes not only to the European Union but to Europe as a whole. Although business and politics are setting the tone, Brussels has also employed the catchphrase “cultural diversity.” Yet what exactly does this slogan mean? The following report from Bratislava explores this question.architecture / fashion / design | Slovakia | by Manuela Hötzl | 2004-04
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An Eclipsed PeopleFollowing the Roma revolts in eastern Slovakia earlier this year, the media scrambled to out do each other with sensational reports on their catastrophic living conditions. Most Roma have long been integrated in the larger community. Nonetheless, they are still subjected to daily racism. A younger generation is now rising to their feet, in their own way.social issues & initiatives | Slovakia | by Antje Mayer | 2004-04
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