pulzArt 11 – Focus on the Invisible Woman

The pulzArt Contemporary Arts Festival reaches its eleventh edition. Between October 10 and 12, through theatre, literature, music, visual arts and workshops, the festival seeks to reflect on and open dialogue about the role of women in today’s society.

At a time when traditional values and patriarchal norms still strongly shape the everyday life of our region, representing women’s perspectives is particularly sensitive — yet indispensable. Local and invited artists will present projects that reinterpret the traditional image of femininity and address social and cultural issues affecting women. The goal: to engage in dialogue with the audience, to better understand the diversity and roles of women, to reassess community norms, and to give space to female voices that have so far received less attention.

On Friday, October 10, the festival opens at 6:00 p.m. at the Tamási Áron Theatre with a special film concert. The film is a remake of the 1921 silent film Dracula’s Death, reimagined by the master’s students in film studies at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, based on the novel of the same name.
Performing live: Miquéu Montanaro (flute), Christian Sebille (electronics), Gáspár Csaba (violin), Vitályos Lehel (double bass), and Paul Grosar (trumpet).

Also on Friday, the audience can see the performance “Now the Only Question Is…” by students of the Babeș–Bolyai University’s acting department, directed by Tibor Pálffy. The evening concludes with pulzParty, where Zakhorov (Fanni Zahár) and Lenkke_ will heat up the atmosphere with their DJ sets at Szimpla.

On Saturday, October 11, the Giuvlipen independent Roma women’s theatre company will hold a theatre workshop for high school students. At 4:00 p.m., the audience can attend Orsolya Török-Illyés’ performative kitchen-theatre show, Subjective Obiectiva Theodora, based on the radio play Obiectiva Theodora – Fragments from the Surveillance File of a Transylvanian Actress.

What kind of futures do female authors of genre literature imagine, what worlds do they create, or what mysteries do they explore? Answers will emerge during the literary workshop led by Eszter Szabó, reading promoter and leader of the Okulusz book club, at 4:00 p.m. at LibriM Bookstore.

The TeinTeátrum also returns on Saturday. At 6:00 p.m. in Tein Teahouse, members of the Tamási Áron Theatre and the Cimborák Puppet Theatre — Zsuzsa Gajzágó, Hajnalka Szalma, Gyöngyi Pál Ferenczi, Mária Fekete, Boróka Göllner, Klarissza Daróczi, and Janka Korodi — will present an adaptation of Hadar Galron’s play Mikveh.

Saturday night’s pulzParty guests will be artists from the Dutch PsychoClub music collective: BenKult and Genyten.

On Sunday, October 12, the day begins with a second theatre workshop by Giuvlipen, followed at 2:00 p.m. by another performance of Subjective Obiectiva Theodora. The festival concludes with “Magda by Gianina,” a performative staged reading by Gianina Cărbunariu, starting at 6:00 p.m. at Művész Cinema.

Tickets for the festival’s paid events range between 15 and 40 lei. A festival pass costs 100 lei, valid for all paid events except the Saturday, October 11 kitchen-theatre performance of Subjective Obiectiva Theodora (the pass is valid for the Sunday show).

Tickets can be purchased online at www.eventim.ro, or in person at the Booking Office (cash only, during working hours) and on-site one hour before events.

The 11th edition of the pulzArt Contemporary Arts Festival is organized by the Municipality of Sfântu Gheorghe, the Andrei Mureșanu Theatre, and the Prospero Cultural and Youth Association.