Organized with the Sphera media cooperation, this edition gave Arty Farty the opportunity to strengthen two important areas of its commitments: an opening towards Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the promotion of a new generation of committed actors and actresses on the continent.
Queer activists (Agata Barbara Wnuk of Girls* to the Front), climate activists (Lilla Nosza of Extinction Rebellion Hungary or Daniel Rupaszov of Artivist Network), journalists at the forefront of feminisms (Zsofi Borsi of Lazy Women ), elected women working to develop public policies in line with the challenges of new generations (Astrid Aller from Copenhagen City Hall), cultural actors who guarantee the independence of their sectors (Branislav Jovancevic from the Drugstore club)… European Lab Budapest gave the floor to a diversity of representatives from multiple territories, from Kosovo to Belgium, from Macedonia to France, Serbia, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Netherlands and, of course, Hungary.
This forum took place in a particular context: the Hungarian presidential and legislative elections which will take place in a few weeks. Without tackling this question head-on, European Lab Budapest has preferred to connect and highlight the cultural battles of those who, throughout Europe, carry out independent artistic projects, set up media, manage their club or collective, campaign for their rights , imagine alternatives for tomorrow.