The creative power of every woman shapes the face of our city

Contexts: Women also shape the story of Bratislava

The story of the city is actually the story of our collective memory. We walk through Bratislava every day and orient ourselves by the names of the streets that have become part of our everyday lives. But if we look at the streets through the lens of gender balance, we will see a story that is only partially told. For almost 622 streets bearing male names in our city is only 21, which refer to women. This disparity is not just a statistic, but a silent testimony to whose voices we have chosen to listen to throughout history and whose contributions we have become accustomed to overlooking.

Within the cycle Contexts you are therefore on the occasion International Women's Day We illuminate the invisible trail of women who have shaped the character of our city for generations. However, their contribution goes far beyond the boundaries of street signs. We also want to pay tribute to women who have never made it into the official nomenclature, although their courage, work and presence have fundamentally shaped life in Bratislava. In the traditionally male narrative of history, it is time to recognize a value that has remained in the background for too long, and to grant women their rightful place in the identity of our common space.

We invite you March 8th to the House of Music, where we will complete this story with the missing chapters together. The program will bring thematic walks, discussions, exhibitions, literary zones, lectures and concerts - moments in which we celebrate not only the names from textbooks, but the creative power of every woman who shapes the face of our city. Come with us to search for the connections we walk along every day, because The identity of the city is the work of all of us.

A children's corner will be available throughout the day at the House of Music.

PROGRAM

FOYER AND LIBRESSO

14:30 – 21:00 Exhibition of students from the Department of Photography and New Media, Academy of Fine Arts

SEMINAR ROOM

16:00 – 17:00 A Date with the City lecture: In the Shadow of Genius: Women in the Life of WA Mozart II.

Zuzana Godárová imaginatively brings back from oblivion to the stages the musicians, singers, and students with whom this musical genius performed. 

19:00 – 21:00 DJ Lexa

Lexa is a DJ and dancer. Her energetic DJ set, moving in the space of global dance music, combines polyrhythm and percussive rhythms. This wave of energy will create an irresistible urge to move.

19:00 – 21:00 Exhibition opening Department of Photography and New Media, Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana – The Space Between Experiencing and Representation

The exhibition presents hand-enlarged large-format black-and-white photographs created using the classic darkroom process at the Department of Photography and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. The project moves in the tension between experience and its pictorial trace – between experiencing and depicting.

The opening of the exhibition will be presented by Olja Triaska Stefanovic, head of the department and associate professor of the studio of photography and critical practice, together with By Emma Gejdoš Lančaričová, assistant professor at the audiovisual overlap studio.

CONCERT HALL

15:00 – 15:50 Mrs. Married, Born Single: Panel Discussion on Gender Equality

Kris Orszagh, professor of gender studies at CEU in Vienna, and Helena Mede, a human rights student at CEU, will discuss the topic of feminism together. The discussion aims to make the topic of feminism accessible to anyone who cares about women's rights but may have felt lost or just didn't know where to start. We will try to show that feminism is not some distant theoretical position or unknown phenomenon, but a way of everyday life that is happening in our immediate vicinity.

The discussion with the guests will be led by Klára Hulíková, a non-binary philosophy student at CEU. 

16:00 – 16:50 Let's stand up for women's safety - on International Women's Day and every day

Barbora Burajová from the Coordination and Methodological Center for the Prevention of Violence against Women will talk about systemic support for women experiencing violence, about the services of the national Hotline for Women Experiencing Violence and present the center's activities. Jakub Popík, lawyer and member of the Human Rights Olympics team, will present the human rights dimension of the topic. The discussion will be moderated by Viera Böttcher, a specialist for primary prevention and awareness at the KMC.

17:00 – 17:50 Magda Vášáryová and Alena Heribanová talk to each other about the past and future of the Živena association

The former and current chairpersons of Živena - Magda Vášáryová and Alena Heribanová will discuss the Živena association, its traditions, responsibility and visions.

18:00 – 18:50 Women Reading, Women Writing

Lucia Molnár Satinská will open the door to the world of Veronika Šikulová and Barbora Hrínová. Together they will meet in an intimate discussion about creativity, inspirations and the female perspective in literature.

19:00 – 20:00 Interview with the concert of pianist Elena Letňanova

Diana Lacová, manager of the House of Music, will talk to pianist Elena Letňanova about her dramatic fate. In the concert part, you can listen to the tones of classical music performed by Elena Letňanova.

Free admission.

As part of the Date with the City series:

• March 7th from 14:00 PM Date with the City: Muses in the Theater – When the Stage Belonged to Women
• March 8th from 10:00 PM A date with the city for children: A search for female children's book writers
• March 8th from 14:00 PM Date with the City: Wise Women in Bratislava

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