Bloomsday

Bloomsday was opened by the musical intro of the Youth Brass Band, followed by the welcome speech of Dr. György Ipkovich (mayor of Szombathely). 

"Dr. György Ipkovich introduced John Deady (the newly inaugurated Irish ambassador) and his wife. The ambassador mentioned that it was at his age 19-20 when - reading Joyce's novel for the first time - he came across the name of Szombathely, and he is extremely happy of finally being here." 

Live work of young artists at Fő tér. 

According to the official program, Peter Pietras, descendant of Márton Blum from Szombathely and famous Joyce-researcher also attended the program.

"After the welcome speech we witnessed a peculiar book premiere. Ferenc Takács (president of the James Joyce Society) discussed John Mccourt’s book Years of blooming - Joyce in Trieste, together with György Feiszt, Dr. Balázs Fűzfa and the author who is an obsessed Joyce-researcher." 

Following the book premiere, Little Band - combining authentic music with country and blues elements - tried to evoke the atmosphere of Irish pubs in the Basement Gallery. For more info see here.  

"I belong to the generation that was significantly or completely excluded from the cultural and artistic scene of the 1960s and 1970s, but at the same time – partly as a consequence of this – it also found a connection with the current European neoavantgarde, as well as other – elsewhere already developed – trends and their representatives. At home, I could only be part of the tolerated (avantgarde) or forbidden (alternative) events, whereas around the world I participated in countless exhibitions and events, and my name has now appeared in important international books and catalogs dealing with visual poetry, performance, mail-art, experimental film, or contemporary, experimental music. In the 70s László Beke wrote about me that I would be Duchamp's best student in Hungary. I hope that the exhibition will convince the visitors that I have managed to master to be Gábor Tóth." (Tóth Gábor) 

For more info see the homepage of Irokéz Gallery. 

Style of the band can be described as progressive tribal-trance-ethno. Essential part of the concerts are the work of VJs.
Sound: Gábor Borosi - keys, Viktor Csányi - drums, János Jócsik - precussions, Zoltán Kilián - bass guitar, Zsolt Nádasdi - precussions, Miklós Paizs - fuyara, tubes, purr, trumpet, Péter Szalay - guitar, Tibor Vécsi - song, János Makkai - sound master
Screening: Zoltán Bonnyai - VJ, Gábor Völgyi - VJ, László Szűcs - lights
Further photos: Vaskarika.hu