Jozef Vidlička
created: 19. 10. 2020 10:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Jozef Vidlička speaking about poverty and life of people in Eastern Slovakia, especially Roma in the years after WWII. He spent bigger and better part of his life in Czech Republic. In the region of Sudety, after repatriation of Germans, he and his parents worked. There he also spent two years of the obligatory military service. After the so-called velvet revolution he and his family came back to his birth place in Slovakia.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Jozef Vidlička general audience internal
Anička Oláhová - The Portrait
created: 27. 09. 2020 18:21 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Anička Oláhová became recognized by public in 2011, after she won the singing contest organized by Dorota Nvotová (a well-known Slovak singer, actress and publicist), the jury consisted of members of the Gypsy Devils ensamble. The interview with the young talented singer introduces the portrait of a girl with not so typical family background, her attitude to art, music, to her own identity as well as her expectations from future. The video interview was done in June 12, 2013 in Lovinobaňa.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Anna Oláhová general audience internal
Viliam Šarközy - Candelabra
created: 26. 05. 2020 14:56 modified: 06. 09. 2021 10:00
Viliam Šarközy ( 4.4.1939) is currently the oldest artistic smith in Dunajska Luzna. His smith products were many years sold by ULUV – the network of shops offering the folk art products. He is the author of many large sculptures; all of them made with great deal of artistic vision and smithery skill. His son Ivan follows his father’s footsteps.
Formerly, Dunajska Luzna was called the Iron Village. Smithery as a craft has more than 300 years long tradition there; until today being the place with the highest number of forges in Slovakia. The video documents the production of a candelabra. The video documents the production of the candelabra.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Viliam Šarközy st. general audience internal
Igor Radič - A smith from Klenovec
created: 13. 05. 2020 11:00 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec where he lives and works untill now. Since his childhood he was fascinated by smithery. After completing his vocational training, he started to work as a smith for the Farmers Cooperative in Klenovec, he worked for the state woods company as well. He received more training by old smiths, masters of the craft. He is the statutory representative of the NGO Romani Artistic Smithery. The organization organizes workshops for smiths. He works both as industrial and artistic smith. His son Igor Radič jr. (1984) helps him in his workshop.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Igor Radič general audience internal
Albert Kovac
created: 10. 02. 2020 19:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Albert Kovac (1978) spent his childhood in the village Sarovce nearby Levice. He completed the Secondary Grammar School (gymnasium) in Zeliezovce. He went on the University of Konstantin the Philosopher in Nitra where he graduated as social worker. His mother tongue is Hungarian. He is fluent in Slovak, English and German languages. He has passive knowledge of Romani language. He started working as mediator, since 2004 he worked as the project consultant employed by the Office of Plenipotentiary of Slovak Republic Government for Romani Communities in Rimavska Sobota.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Albert Kováč general audience internal
Patrik Samko
created: 16. 12. 2019 09:24 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
A short video about a craft of making and repairing the music instruments. Patrik Samko graduated from the school for violin makers placed in Luby (district of Cheb) in Czech Republic. In the short interview he introduces his work and his craft. The interview was recorded in 2013 during the Euroopean Romani Smithing Symposium.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Patrik Samko general audience internal
Igor Radic - The Valach Axe from Klenovec
created: 16. 12. 2019 09:18 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Igor Radič was born in 1960 in Klenovec where he lives and works untill now. Since his childhood he was fascinated by smithery. After completing his vocational training, he started to work as a smith for the Farmers Cooperative in Klenovec, he worked for the state woods company as well. He received more training by old smiths, masters of the craft. He is the statutory representative of the NGO Romani Artistic Smithery. The organization organizes workshops for smiths. He works both as industrial and artistic smith. His son Igor Radič jr. (1984) helps him in his workshop.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak general audience internal
The Project Live Book - Ivan Akimov
created: 14. 12. 2019 22:40 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Ivan Akimov, the musician with a Russian roots, growing up in France, living in Kežmarok, Slovak republic, professional leader of artistic ensemble for children Kesaj čhave. For his long lasting work in an artistic field, he was awarded by the Ambassador of France to Slovakia and he obtained the National order of merit, statute of Knight.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Ivan Akimov general audience internal
Dusan Barkoci - A Basket Maker
created: 20. 11. 2019 14:06 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Dusan Barkoci from Brodske in the short video introduces the craft - the basket making. He shows how the concrete artefact is made - the vase, he describes the process of it production and shows how he does the concrete steps. He speaks about the craft kept in the family, about the spefici features of the craft, how the twings are collected and processed.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Dušan Barkóci general audience internal
The Racs and Smithery
created: 19. 11. 2019 15:13 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Smithery as a tradition of the family was started by Stefan Rac. The craft is further carried by his son and both his grandchildren. The video presents the dialogue between Stefan Rac and his granddaughter Barbora Racova. They describe blacksmith's work, the products made, production process as well as their way towards the craft itself. The video also shows works of Stefan Rac, his granddaughter (Barbora Racova) and his grandson (Pavol Rac).
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical dialogue guided Slovak Štefan Rác Barbora Rácová general audience internal
