Over the Threshold Festival

The Over the Threshold Festival traditionally commemorates the phenomenon of housing cultural events of the 1970s and 1980s, and each year the programme features key names or important themes associated with the idea of 17 November. The festival takes place in an intimate setting in several locations in Bratislava: in the café of Rómer’s House, in the Flatgallery, as well as in an apartment at Strakova 1 or at Námestí SNP 16.

However, the apartment also plays an important cultural role nowadays, and therefore an equally important component of the festival is to present contemporary progressive art forms that fit into the festival’s dramaturgy in terms of format. In the current edition we are preparing, for example, a swap of apartment plants with the writer Marek Hudec, a meditative reading of Slovak haiku, a discussion on possible scenarios of further development after November ’89: , a lecture by Prof. Foletti and many others.

PROGRAMME:

FRIDAY 15.11.:

🗝️ 17:00 (Strakova 1): Eviction of the Uncomfortable: Action B (lecture)
🗝️ 18:00 (Strakova 1): Roth reads Krištúfka (reading and discussion)
🗝️ 18:30 (Rómer’s House): “If I’m going to die, let it be a story.” Palestine in Czech and Slovak Perspectives (discussion)
🗝️ 20:30 (Rómerov dom): Szabo x Bodnárová x Nosál (concert)
🗝️ 21:30 (Rómerov dom): DJ Hardisk (afterparty) SATURDAY 16.11.:

SATURDAY 16.11.:

🗝️ 10:00 (Námestie SNP 16): indoor plant swap with Marek Hudec + DJ Beyuz (plant swap + DJ set)
🗝️ 14:00 (Námestie SNP 16): eco-literature in socialism (lecture)
🗝️ 15:00 (Námestie SNP 16): women and their place in normalization poetry
🗝️ 16:00 (Flatgallery): Silent playgrounds on the traces filled with the ink of a fast game: the first anthology of Slovak haiku
🗝️ 17:00 (Strakova 1): Launch of the collection of Ľuboš Bendzák – Growing bonsai
🗝️ 17:30 (Flatgallery): Ivan Dudáš: Under the Skin (exhibition)
🗝️ 18:00 (Námestie SNP 16): November ’89: scenarios of further development (discussion)
🗝️ 19:00 (Strakova 1): Housing as a human pr@vo (discussion)
🗝️ 20:30 (Námestie SNP 16): É. Louis.
🗝️ 21:00 (Rómerov dom): DJ Italo Mario Italo (afterparty)
🗝️ 23:00 (Rómerov dom): DJ One Knight Stand (afterparty) SUNDAY 17.11.:

SUNDAY 17.11.:

🗝️ 16:00 (Rómerov dom): Pravdový středověk? (lecture) After the festival, free entertainment continues in the Rómer’s House café.

Come and share your impressions of the festival, have a chat and have fun in a pleasant atmosphere!

The capacity of the events is limited due to the space: the apartment on Strakova 25 people, Flatgallery 30 people, SNP Square 40 people and Rómer’s House 60 people.

The festival is supported from public funds by the main partner, the Fund for the Support of Arts. The festival is supported by the Bratislava City Foundation.

Place: Bratislava
Date: from 15.11.2024 – 17.11.2024
Time: from 5:00 p.m
Entrance: free

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