“Our Revolution Was Not A Movie”
This October 23rd commemorates the
50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
The Hungarian Cultural
Center in New
York celebrates this event with a billboard
in the heart of Times Square.
September 1st – October 31st
(Times Square, corner of 50th Street and Broadway)
http://www.reimaginefreedom.org
HEAR ABOUT THE BILLBOARD ON WNYC!
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/64475
THE BILLBOARD
Displayed from September to November 2006, two billboards with photographs by
professional photographer Erich Lessing and amateur Hungarian photographer Jenő
Kiss, display the phrase “Our Revolution Was Not A Movie”. The billboard
presents history-as-advertisement, presenting provocative images in a
commercial format that both tries to sell history as sexy and relevant while
critiquing its own agenda. They deliver a message that the revolution in Hungary had
global significance and that the country is still proud of this historic event.
But perhaps most importantly, these poignant photos and the message they carry
portray the notions of courage and democratic freedom.
One of the billboards will display our website, http://www.reimaginefreedom.org
which offers useful information about the history of the revolution as well as
personal histories, photographs, and discussion forums. The intention of the Times Square billboard campaign and the surrounding
programming is to bring this historical event—its ideas and feelings, and the
philosophical investigation of revolution—to the doorstep of the American
public.
RELATED EVENTS
(Please visit www.culturehungary.org
for more information and updates)
TRAVELLING
SCHOLARS
The Traveling Scholars
are three leading Hungarian historians—two from Hungary,
one from George Washington University—who
will visit the major universities on the east coast to give lectures on the
revolution. Included will be visual presentations of the Revolution including
photographs, video, film, and sound.
Film Premiere Event:
A Hot Autumn in the Cold War, October 6th, 7pm
Hungarian Cultural
Center (New York City)
Screening of a new
documentary A Hot Autumn in the Cold War by Judit Kóthy.
In Hungarian with English subtitles. Q&A with the Traveling Scholars after
the screening.
Additional lectures:
October 2nd, 7-10pm,
The New School Transregional Center for Democracy (New York
City)
October 3rd, 12-1:20pm, Princeton University (Princeton,
New Jersey)
October 4th, 4-6pm, George Washington University
(Washington, D.C.)
October 5th, 5:30-8pm, European Union Studies Center (CUNY) (NYC)
October 9th, 3-5pm, New York University (New York City)
October 10th, 12-3:15pm, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
REVOLUTION, IDEOLOGY
AND MEMORY
October 24th,
7:30pm, Hungarian Cultural Center
An evening
co-sponsored with Radical Society
Panelists Agnes Heller, Paul
Berman and Csaba Békés use the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution to examine the
relationship between revolution and ideology in today’s world.
RESISTANCE AND
REBIRTH
October 27th-November
16 Walter Reade Theater
Lincoln Center together
with the Hungarian Cultural Center is organizing a three-week long Hungarian
Film Festival where 1956-related films will top the agenda.
Please see
culturehungary.org for schedule.
For more information:
Hungarian Cultural Center
447 Broadway, New York, NY, 10012
212-750-4450 or info@culturehungary.org
Press inquiries: Stefany Anne Golberg, stefanyanne@gmail.com
