Jozef Červeňák
created: 23. 02. 2023 11:13 modified: 16. 03. 2023 08:12
PhDr. Jozef Červeňák was born in Dobšiná, the Rožňava district. He graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Konstantin the Philosopher in Nitra. In 1993 he started to work at the Roma Community Center in Rožňava, from 1998 to 2004 he lead the cultural and educational organization Roma-Gemer. Later, he also worked as the Headperson of the Municipal District Luník IX in Košice (2006 – 2007) and national coordinator of national projects financed from the sources of the European Union (Methodological and Pedagogical Center in Prešov). He passed away during the Covid-19 pandemic, in November 2021 in the village of Roštár, where he is also buried. The interview was produced by the Art Society Ltd. Project titled Roma, 30 years after... supported by the Fund for Development of Culture of National Minorities, in 2018.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Jozef Červeňák general audience internal
Alexander Daško a Vladimír Sendrei
created: 15. 02. 2023 14:59 modified: 16. 02. 2023 15:04
Vladimír Sendrei, a singer and frontman of the music group Sendreiovci and Kokavakere lavutara. He is the chairman of the Civic Association Latcho Drom and the main organizer of the music festival Balval Fest.
Alexander Daško comes from Čierny Balog. He is a musician, together with his band became well-known not only in Slovakia. He attended the Conservatory in Žilina, later graduated from the Pedagogical Fakulty of Matej Bel University. In Banská Bystrica, for many years already, he has been organising the festival Cigánsky oheň (Gypsy Fire); he established and manages his own music school.
The main topic of the interview is their experience gathered in cooperation with foreign musicians. Vladimír Sendrei cooperated with Hans Zimmer who picked him and the band to play his music in the film Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows.
Alexander Daško speaks about Goran Bregovič and their common performance at the concert in Banská Bystrica. The other topics are contemporary Romani music in Slovakia, music inspirations and plans for future.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Alexander Daško Vladimír Sendrei Hans Zimmer Goran Bregovič general audience
Lenka Goroľová
created: 15. 02. 2023 14:48 modified: 31. 03. 2023 13:52
Lenka Goroľová lives in the village of Hlinné, district of Vranov nad Topľou. She attended the elementary school in Hlinné, late in the neighbouring village Soľ. She received her secondary education at the State Grammar School (currently renamed as The Cyril Daxner Secondary Grammar School) in Vranov nad Topľou. She graduated from the Catholic University in Ružomberok as a teacher of the Slovak language and literature and Philosophy. After that she started working as the field social worker in Hlinné, then the teacher assistant in Soľ, later on she spent some years teaching Slovak and Romani languages at the Private Secondary Pedagogical and Social Academy in Košice. Currently, she is a teacher of the Romani language at Prešov University in Prešov, The Institute of the Romani Studies.
In the interview she speaks about her personal and professional life and studies since her childhood until present days.The interview was recorded on July 6, 2021 in the Romani Studies Room of the State Sciencetific Library in Prešov.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Romani Lenka Goroľová general audience internal
Jaroslav Cicko - Statues
created: 01. 02. 2023 13:24 modified: 01. 02. 2023 13:28
Archive photo of OZ Jekhetane-Spolu, which captures the Roma carver and sculptor Jaroslav Cicko.
The author of the photo is Jozef Ferenc, the photos were taken in the village of Horná Štubňa, where the carver and sculptor lived. The photos capture his sculptures, but also the meeting with Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová. The date of the photograph is not shown on the film.
Jaroslav Cicko is a well-known Romani artist and sculptor who created his works mainly from wood, but also stone.
He was born on March 25, 1939 in Martin and died on November 18, 2010 in Horná Štubňa in the district of Turčianske Teplice.
He worked as a toolmaker at the Heavy Engineering Plant in Martin and as a carver at the Martin Studio of Non-Professional Artists. He was a lecturer at symposia of non-professional artists.
In 2000, he exhibited his works and demonstrated various methods of creating his works in Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, France and Italy.
The most common motif of his works is a woman in all her forms.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material digital artistic in persona photography Jaroslav Cicko general audience internal
Ján Šándor - At Home
created: 01. 02. 2023 13:08 modified: 01. 02. 2023 13:12
Archive photo of OZ Jekhetane-Spolu, which captures the Roma writer Ján Šándor from Prievidza.
The author of the photo is Jozef Ferenc, the photos were taken in the writer's apartment, during the visit of Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová in 1998. The exact date of the photo is not indicated on the film.
He was born in 1948 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic). From the age of 16 he lived in Prievidza until his death. He worked as a laborer all his life.
Since 1979 he published in the magazines Železničiar, Bosorka, Smer dnes, Prieboj, Romano nevo ľil, Sam adaj, Romano džaniben. He made his book debut with a collection of fairy tales and short stories called The Roma Dream (2004). In 2008, the Jekhetane-Spolu association published a book of Romani fairy tales titled The Black Rose, in Slovak and Romani. He has published a total of 10 books.
He was a member of the Slovak Writers' Association.
In 2017, he was awarded the Roma Spirit Award for his lifelong literary work and the development of Roma culture.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ján Šándor general audience internal
Ivan Berky Dušík
created: 19. 01. 2023 11:50 modified: 19. 01. 2023 11:51
The photo from the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu archive shows the Romani artist and curver Ivan Berky Dušík.
The place, date and the author of the photo is not identified with the analogue film. According to the pictures’ content found on the film it is possible to suppose they were taken in 1998. The photos show Ivan Berky Dušík in his workshop while creating a wooden sculpture.
Ivan Berky Dušík comes from Zvolenská Slatina, the place where he still lives and works. His artwork complements the building of the local Municipal Office. He cooperated with the newspaper Romano nevo ľil where he published his many drawings.
In 2003 he won the competition in the Museum of the Romani Culture in Brno, based on this he had created a set of wooden sculptures named Pieta, which remained a part of the permanent Holocaust related exposition of the Museum. As the source of his great inspiration he identifies a well-known Slovak sculptor Jan Kulich, the native of Zvolenská Slatina. Ivan Berky Dušík, although mostly fond of sacral themes, still creates the wooden statues inspired by Roma and their life.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ivan Berky Dušík general audience internal
Vincent Danihel
created: 17. 01. 2023 14:42 modified: 17. 01. 2023 14:55
The photo from the archive of the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu captures Vincent Danihel who became a publically known figure due to his work as the plenipotentiary of Slovak Republic for Solution of Problems of the Romani Minority, the function performed from 1991 to 2001.
The place, date and author of the photograph are not documented with the analogue film. Based on the content of the photos it is possible to assume the year was 1998, as the film also contains the photos of the first Romani mayor of the city district Lunik IX, Košice.
JUDr. Vincent Danihel was born in the village of Kuklov, the Malacky district in a large Romani family. He became a lawyer, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava. In 1990 he became the editor-in-chief of the first Romani print magazine in then Czechoslovakia titled Lačho lav (Good Word), which later changed its title to Amaro lav (Our Work).
In the years 1990 – 1992, he was a member of the Federal Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (ČSFR), the House of People. He was a candidate of the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), later the Democratic Left Party (SDĽ).
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Vincent Danihel general audience internal
Zoran Dimov
created: 17. 01. 2023 10:33 modified: 17. 01. 2023 10:33
The photo from the archive of the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu, which captures Zoran Dimov, the founder of a private Romani TV station, during the 5th Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), which took place from 24th to 28th of July, 2000 in Prague.
The photo shows him together with other participants of the Congress.
Zoran Dimov started the first private Romani radio and TV station RTV BTR National in 1993. Currently, he is the President of the International Romani Union (IRU). He was born in 1965 in Skopje, Northern Macedonia.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Zoran Dimov general audience internal
Eva Davidová
created: 17. 01. 2023 10:16 modified: 17. 01. 2023 10:16
The photo from the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu, which shows Eva Davidová, a leading romologist and photographer during the 5th Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), which took place from 24th to 28th of July, 2000 in Prague.
The photo captures her together with other participants of the Congress.
Eva Davidová was the Czech art historian, ethnologist, sociologist and photographer. She was among the founders of the Czech Romani Studies. Since the middle fifties of 20th century she systematically researched the way of life of Roma from ethnological point of view.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Eva Davidová general audience internal
Milena Hübschmannová
created: 16. 01. 2023 15:17 modified: 16. 01. 2023 15:18
A photo from the NGO Jekhetane-Spolu archive, the picture of Milena Hübschmannová, a leading romologist participating at the 5th Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), which took place from 24th to 28th July, 2000 in Prague.
The photo shows her with the known historian and linguist Marcel Courthiade. The photo was published in the newspaper Romano nevo ľil, 448-454/2000 on page 14.
Doc. PhDr. Milena Hübschmannová, CSc. was a well-known Czech university pedagogue, the founder of the Romani studies department in Philosophical Faculty of the Charles’s University in Prague.
From 1951 to 1956 she studied the Hindu, Urdu and Bengal languages at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles’s University in Prague. In 1953 her life-long interest in Romani language and Romani culture had started, then she became active in the Romani emancipation movement.
She collected Romani folklore, fairy-tales, fables, songs, proverbs, magic, later also the ethnological data.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Milena Hübschmannová general audience internal
