Michaela Kazárová
created: 24. 02. 2025 11:03 modified: 17. 03. 2025 10:07
Michaela Kazárová is a member of the female music group LUNA, which comes from Martin. Their repertoire consists of Romani and Slovak folklore, we can often hear pop songs in a folklore arrangement, or classical music. The band members are Petra Cicková - accordion/vocals, Bronislava Cicková - double bass, Michaela Kazárová - violin, Stanislava Cicková - vocals. The photo was taken while documenting the music production of the band LUNA.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Michaela Kazárová general audience internal
Goat
created: 31. 10. 2024 13:21 modified: 31. 10. 2024 13:21
Miloš Rác is Romani painter and sculptor. His talent for artistic modeling from sculpting clay started to come out during his obligatory military service. There he created his first works, namely various creatures from fairy tales. He got back to creative work only after 20 years. His painting is mainly abstract, the paintings are ful of colours which are, as to his belief, very typical for Roma. He lives and works in Považská Bystrica. His first exhibition was in MG ART GALLERY in Považská Bystrica in 2015. His works were exhibited in Romani museums in Martin and Brno. In 2016 he was awarded by the Roma Spirit Award in the cathegory Culture. In 2023 he made a sculptural piece as the award of the Roma Spirit, given to laureats.
Presented is a smaller sculpture called Goat, created in 2016. The sculpture 31 x 9.5 cm cast in bronze.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Miloš Rác general audience internal
Silence
created: 31. 10. 2024 13:16 modified: 31. 10. 2024 13:16
Miloš Rác is Romani painter and sculptor. His talent for artistic modeling from sculpting clay started to come out during his obligatory military service. There he created his first works, namely various creatures from fairy tales. He got back to creative work only after 20 years. His painting is mainly abstract, the paintings are ful of colours which are, as to his belief, very typical for Roma. He lives and works in Považská Bystrica. His first exhibition was in MG ART GALLERY in Považská Bystrica in 2015. His works were exhibited in Romani museums in Martin and Brno. In 2016 he was awarded by the Roma Spirit Award in the cathegory Culture. In 2023 he made a sculptural piece as the award of the Roma Spirit, given to laureats.
Presented is the 18 x 40 cm bronze sculpture, created in 2022.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Miloš Rác general audience internal
I Won’t Tell
created: 31. 10. 2024 13:09 modified: 31. 10. 2024 13:10
Miloš Rác is Romani painter and sculptor. His talent for artistic modeling from sculpting clay started to come out during his obligatory military service. There he created his first works, namely various creatures from fairy tales. He got back to creative work only after 20 years. His painting is mainly abstract, the paintings are ful of colours which are, as to his belief, very typical for Roma. He lives and works in Považská Bystrica. His first exhibition was in MG ART GALLERY in Považská Bystrica in 2015. His works were exhibited in Romani museums in Martin and Brno. In 2016 he was awarded by the Roma Spirit Award in the cathegory Culture. In 2023 he made a sculptural piece as the award of the Roma Spirit, given to laureats.
Presented is the 13 x 16.5 cm bronze sculpture created in 2022.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Miloš Rác general audience internal
Rudolf Balog
created: 29. 11. 2023 14:49 modified: 29. 11. 2023 14:49
Rudolf Balog plays the double bass. He learned to play the traditional way, from his father.
The photos were taken on August 24, 2022 in Prešov, as part of a project to document family cimbalom bands.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Rudolf Balog general audience internal
Jonas Gabor
created: 29. 11. 2023 14:40 modified: 29. 11. 2023 14:41
Jónás Gábor comes from Balassagyarmat in Hungary. He plays the viola in the cimbalom band. In his own musical group called Gipsy Night Trio, he plays guitar and produces dance and jazz music.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Jónás Gábor general audience internal
Dajori
created: 21. 11. 2023 09:32 modified: 21. 11. 2023 09:32
The author's project of the theater group Ara Art Dajori (Mother) is a theater performance that maps stories and themes from the life of Roma women on the background of important historical milestones of the 20th century.
The script of the play combines the dramatization of existing literary works by writers Tera Fabiánová, Eva Danišová, Ilona Ferková and Katarina Židová with the telling of authentic personal stories.
The main character was played by the actress Pavlína Matiová, who plays four female characters and their stories taking place during almost the entire century in pre-war and post-war Czechoslovakia.
The actress is supported on stage by Michal Žolták and musicians Milan Kroka, Roman Zorba Horváth and Tibor Žida.
Director: David Tišer
Dramaturgy: Líza Urbanová
Starring: Pavlína Matiová, Michal Žolták
Musical accompaniment and arrangements: Milan Kroka, Roman Zorba Horváth, Tibor Žida
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ara Art general audience internal
Michal Mižigár
created: 21. 11. 2023 09:11 modified: 21. 11. 2023 09:12
Michal "Mižu" Mižigár is a descendant of a Romani family from Slovakia, which moved to Czech Republic from the villages of Upper Spiš after World War II. He graduated from the Bussiness Academy in Pisek, and continued his studies at the Charles University in Prague at the Faculty of Arts, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Roma Studies.
Currently, he is studying at the Central European University (formerly in Budapest, Hungary, later in Vienna, Austria) for a master's degree in comparative history. At the time of the interview, he worked in Great Britain in the team of the Roma of Great Abilities project, where he worked with teachers of Roma children from Czech Republic and Slovakia.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Michal Mižigár general audience internal
Petr Torák
created: 26. 10. 2023 14:01 modified: 27. 10. 2023 13:42
Petr Torák comes from the Czech Republic, from where in 1999, after a series of racially motivated attacks, he and his whole family emigrated to Great Britain. He became a member of the local police, dealing also with the topics such as modern slavery. In 2015, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his dedicated work with Roma communities in Peterborough. After leaving the police, he devotes himself fully to community and charity work, and at the same time acts as the honorary consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough.
The photos made during documentation of memoir.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Petr Torák general audience internal
The Roland Horvath Orchestra
created: 26. 10. 2023 13:55 modified: 27. 10. 2023 13:24
The series of photos of the Romani cimbalom band Roland Horvath Orchestra. The band is international, the musicians come from Slovakia and Hungary, the band leader is the clarinetist Roland Horvath.
The photos were taken as part of the documentation of Romani cimbalom bands in Slovakia.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Roland Horváth Orchestra general audience internal
