The V4 Specials – V4 Discussion and V4 Workshop

The ability to freely share information and discuss the issues of the day has always been one of the highest missions of the arts. That is why we see the V4 Discussion as one of the highlights of the festival. Through it, we try to contribute to such a reflection in the context of the problems plaguing the area closest to us, the V4 region (e.g., the issue of artistic and civic freedom and safety). At the moment we are still fine-tuning the specific form of the debate - i.e. whether it will be a classical panel debate with several panelists or whether this year we will adopt a different form (e.g., one speaker with a plenary lecture followed by a moderated debate). The V4 Workshop will work to counterbalance the more cerebral V4 Discussion. The workshop will take place over several days and will be open exclusively to the V4 students as a place to learn and network. We were lucky enough to already secure a facilitator for such a workshop who is also a representative of our partner institution FreeSZFE, Dávid Somló, a performance maker and sound artist.