Public access
Closed
Tickets
Invitation only
Venue
City Hall, Budapest, Hungary
Date & Time
6 – 8 February, 2024
Language
English
A truly inspiring gathering of partners in Budapest, kindly hosted by Budapest Brand. A productive and enriching two days – partners spoke about their 2024 events in Leeuwarden, Eleusis, Oulu and Berlin and looked forward to events in Act III – Budapest and Lugo continuing their journey with unexpected extra events, Lisbon and Dublin, and all culminating in the YES Festival in Derry-Donegal.
The specially commissioned ULYSSES European Odyssey book and the project’s arts & society publication were discussed in detail, with a chance to see the first design approach for the book by Marseille based visual artists and project partners, Gethan&Myles.
The Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary, Mr. Ragnar Almqvist, kindly hosted a dinner at his residency, which was also attended by the representatives of James Joyce Society and Leopold Bloom Foundation from Szombathely, from where Bloom’s father came.
A highlight of the trip was the unveiling of the 1922 edition of Ulysses, kindly brought by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly from the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). A real honour for us all.
Main photo, taken with Budapest Ambassador of Ireland
L-R:Jonathan Burgess (Arts Over Borders NI), Liam Browne (Arts Over Borders IE), Vera Petmeza (Onassis Stegi GR), Maté Gáspár (Budapest Brand HU), Branca Novoneyra (Fundación Uxío Novoneyra SP), Steven Sander (Rimini Protokoll DE), Claudia Woolgar (Brave New World Productions NL), Benedict Schlepper-Connolly (Museum of Literature Ireland IE), Jarkko Halunen (Lumo Light Festival FI), Irish Ambassador to Hungary, Mr. Ragnar Almqvist, Myles Quin (gethan&myles FR), Alistair Daniel (editor, arts & society 309), Kees van der Meiden (Noorderlicht NL), Živilė Miežytė (Vilnius Museum LT), Ciaran Doran (Project Marketing).