2008-07-10
Violence = freedom of expression
In the wake of the egg throwing at the gay parade held on Saturday, the Pest Central District Court ruled that throwing eggs is protected by the right to freedom of expression and poses no danger.
Some people were shocked by this decision, as was I. The latest reaction came from
The Hungarian non-profit TASZ (The Company for Freedom Rights). According to TASZ, throwing eggs is not a valid form of expressing one's opinion, and, unlike the court, they believe it is a crime.
The group said it is dangerous that Hungary's courts are not using the legal means at their disposal, and are "absurdly" releasing those who seek to violently limit the rights of other, and will file a lawsuit against the perpetrators for violating assembly rights and incitement.
Meanwhile, two gay people and a heterosexual were beaten at the Rudas public baths on the weekend.
Lajos Gulacsy
Gisteren bezocht ik samen met Anna de retrospectieve tentoonstelling over de Hongaarse schilder Lajos Gulacsy. De tentoonstelling gaat door in het Kogart huis en zal omwille van het enorme succes nog een week langer blijven. Het was inderdaad heel druk voor een woensdagnamiddag en de bezoekers waren vooral iets oudere mensen die met hun bril op het topje van hun neus de doeken afspeurden.
Lajos Gulacsy was naast schilder ook schrijver en Anna vertelde me dat hij een nieuw land verzon dat Na-conxpan heette. Hij beschreef dat land in zijn teksten, doeken en tekeningen. Hij bedacht zelfs een taal voor de mensen die in Na-conxypan woonden. Over dat taaltje vind ik niet dadelijk iets terug op het web maar deze mooie tekst stond op kieselbach.hu.
"Lajos Gulacsy (1882-1932), with his dreamy, mysterious, and refined paintings, set out somewhat in the manner of the Pre-Raphaelites. Reality did not mean much to him, and the title of a book which he had perhaps not even read, or an odd, strange name would suffice to set off the process of reflection and of creation. His paintings emanated a strange mood, full of enigmatic meaning, while his style did not lose contact with the Art-Nouveau.
As his schizophrenia progressed, he became more and more a stranger to his world, and his work was more and more bizarre and dilettantish. He fled to a self-constructed dream-land, which he called "Na-conxypan." Finally, during the First World War, his work, which showed signs of complete disintegration, was overcome by the oppressive mist of a sick mind.
Whether or not the distortions in the disquietingly grotesque figures and scenes of "Na-conxypan" originate from his illness is a subject of controversy. His paintings have, nevertheless, a unique place in Hungarian art history because of the nostalgic and sometimes Surrealistic atmosphere they suggest."
Paolo and Francesca, 1903, pencil and oil, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Lajos Gulacsy was naast schilder ook schrijver en Anna vertelde me dat hij een nieuw land verzon dat Na-conxpan heette. Hij beschreef dat land in zijn teksten, doeken en tekeningen. Hij bedacht zelfs een taal voor de mensen die in Na-conxypan woonden. Over dat taaltje vind ik niet dadelijk iets terug op het web maar deze mooie tekst stond op kieselbach.hu.
"Lajos Gulacsy (1882-1932), with his dreamy, mysterious, and refined paintings, set out somewhat in the manner of the Pre-Raphaelites. Reality did not mean much to him, and the title of a book which he had perhaps not even read, or an odd, strange name would suffice to set off the process of reflection and of creation. His paintings emanated a strange mood, full of enigmatic meaning, while his style did not lose contact with the Art-Nouveau.
As his schizophrenia progressed, he became more and more a stranger to his world, and his work was more and more bizarre and dilettantish. He fled to a self-constructed dream-land, which he called "Na-conxypan." Finally, during the First World War, his work, which showed signs of complete disintegration, was overcome by the oppressive mist of a sick mind.
Whether or not the distortions in the disquietingly grotesque figures and scenes of "Na-conxypan" originate from his illness is a subject of controversy. His paintings have, nevertheless, a unique place in Hungarian art history because of the nostalgic and sometimes Surrealistic atmosphere they suggest."
Paolo and Francesca, 1903, pencil and oil, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Balatonfüred
Balatonfüred is de oudste en meest prestigieuze vakantiebestemming van het Balatonmeer. Het staat internationaal bekend als kuuroord en er heerst een aangenaam en zacht klimaat. In het noorden wordt de stad omsloten door een bergketen en in het zuiden gaat ze over in het schiereiland Tihany dat zich uitstrekt in het meer en zo een brede baai vormt.
Tihany
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