As a follow-up to our previous post on Budapest’s recent and upcoming PKNs, organizer Attila Bujdoso sends us the following on one of the stand-out presentations from that city’s Vol. 16. It featured Eszter Pasztor talking about her “Bodvalenke – Fresco Village” project.
This very special project focuses on one of Hungary’s most deprived ghetto villages. Bódvalenke is a remote, small village in North-Eastern Hungary. The village — which has high unemployment rate and is harmed by social segregation — is inhabited by many gypsies. Led by a Miskolc painter, János Horváth, gypsy painters will decorate the walls of the houses of the village with murals. The murals will present the life, legends, dreams, sorrows and desires of the Gypsy.
In the first phase they have already painted the walls of some 15-17 houses. Thus they create a communal art work and wish to open up this tiny remote village for tourists. Tourism and attention would hopefully help turn this village and could bring work opportunities and a better life circumstances to the villagers.
You can see a few photos of Pasztor presenting here, and also learn more at this website for the project in question.