“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@culturehungary.org
