2022: Ildikó Enyedi, “Dramaturgy: A Secret Weapon”
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Ildikó Enyedi, “Dramaturgy, a secret weapon“
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 19:15 CET Senatssaal of Humboldt University
Unter den Linden 6
10117 Berlin GERMANY
With Lothar Müller
Sponsored by:
The Mosse Foundation
Institut für deutsche Literatur
Humboldt University Mosse Lectures
Description: During the autumn of 2020 a 72 days long complex theatrical performance took place in the heart of Budapest with various important side events over the whole country. On the 31st of August the University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest (SZFE) was deprived of its academic autonomy. As an answer, at midnight the students occupied the University. 72 days later the siege had to be stopped because of the covid situation but it led to the founding of the FREESZFE association, a creative hub for learning and creating. If we compare these 72 days with other, historic examples of University occupations, we find one striking difference. These young professionals – actors, directors, writers, dramaturges etc. – expressed their protest and articulated their principles with an extremely rich and varied use of the tools of their profession. The occupation as a whole became a highly dramatized art project and each one of the many performances and events created pure theatrical time and space for all our senses where the driving force, the motor behind was dramaturgic: to define the authentic narrative of what was happening with their Alma Mater and what they were fighting for.
Ildikó Enyedi: Ildikó Enyedi ist eine ungarische Filmregisseurin und Drehbuchautorin; 1989 filmisches Debüt mit dem Spielfilm Mein 20. Jahrhundert, für den sie die Goldene Kamera für den besten Nachwuchsfilm in Cannes erhielt; 2017 erschien ihr romantisches Melodram Körper und Seele (Originaltitel: Testről és lélekről), in dem der professionalisierte Pragmatismus für seinen Einfluss auf die Lebens- und Realitätswahrnehmung des modernen Menschen problematisiert wird – der Film erhielt bei der Berlinale einen Goldenen Bären sowie eine Oscar-Nominierung für den besten fremdsprachigen Film.
Lothar Müller delivers the introduction
Enyedi speaks at the podium
Enyedi speaks at the podium
Enyedi speaks at the podium in front of the screen
Enyedi in conversation with Müller
Enyedi in conversation with Müller
Lothar Müller
Enyedi speaks
Enyedi speaks into the microphone
An audience member asks a question
Enyedi poses in front of the portraits of the Humboldt brothers
Enyedi and Müller in front of the portraits of the Humboldt brothers
