By the turn of 19th and 20th centuries, Pest and Buda had been the home of coffee houses, coffee shops and cafés for centuries, but at the time in question their function changed radically, along with the financial situation and expectations of the city’s dwellers.
The 19th century also saw the urbanization of literature. The publishing and printing houses were operating in towns, and the writers, who had been working in country mansions, set out to find their luck in the cities. More and more took up residence in the well-heated, well-lit cafés, which offered good company, and a chance to chat, talk politics, or gather information.
The visual artists working in this period would make caricatures or sketches to pass the hours away—if not on paper, then on the marble tabletops, which the waiters, regrettably, would scrub the next morning.
The programmes of the Café Budapest Contemporary Art Festival seek to illustrate this effervescence, this all-pervasive presence of art, with concerts, exhibitions, dance and theatre productions hosted in cafés.
budapestUNDERGUIDE organizes two interesting walks on the topic.
CLIENT:
Cafe Budapest
PROGRAM:
Two kinds of walk related to the topic of Arts, Budapest and coffeehouse culture.
All together 6 walks on two weekends.
- City Walk - Contemporary artists and works of art in the city centre
Street art, firewall paintings, the works of up-and-coming visual artists, Hungarian designer jewellery, tiny galleries, synagogues, art pubs, art nouveau delicacies, small shops and fashion heritage sites – countless exciting things worth discovering, which we usually pass by as we walk the streets of the city centre.
- City Walk - Take Granny for a walk!
You’ve never taken Granddad to your favourite art pub? You’ve heard about, but never seen, the place where Granny used to dance? Time for each generation to marvel at the favourite hangouts of the other. In this walk, we present the 20th and 21st-century cultural history of the city centre, through epoch-making venues, from old cafés and bars to the latest ruin and art pubs. Bring your granny or your grandchild, and see where the town was/is painted red.
DATE:
2011 October 8 - 9
2011 October 15 - 16
A video in Hungarian about the walk:
