Katalin Ladik
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Katalin Ladik poet, actress and performance artist. Born in Novi Sad
, Yugoslavia
(today Serbia
) and emigrated to Hungary
in 1992. Parallel with written poems she creates phonetic poems
and visual poems, makes performances, writes and performs music (experimental music and sound plays), she is also a performer, experimental artist (happening
s, mail art
, experimental theatrical plays
). She explores language
through visual, auditory, and gesticular models, with her works ranging from collage
s, photography, records, performances and happenings in the city and in nature.
Working as a bank assistant between 1961 and 63, she started to write poems in 1962. From 1963 till 1977 she worked for the Radio of Novi Sad
, and then as an actor at the Novi Sad Theatre between 1977 and 1992, where she mainly played dramatic characters. She also played main roles in various TV-films and movies. Between 1993 and 1994 she led the poetry section of Élet és Irodalom
, and of Cigányfúró since 1994. Between 1993 and 1998 she taught at the Hangár musical and theatrical education center.
She is a member of the Hungarian Writers' Association, the Hungarian Belletrist Association, the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists and the Hungarian Pen Club.
She has earned various Hungarian awards including the Kassák Lajos Award (1991), the award of Mikes Kelemen Kör (Association for Hungarian Art, Literature and Science in the Netherlands) (2000), the József Attila Award (2001) and the National Award for Culture of the Republic of Serbia (2009).
, France
, Italy
and in the USA. She became known at the end of the 60s through her surreal
and erotic poems.
and poetry
. Its main target group is that part of the community of artists who are receptive to esoteric allusion.
The book is about three women: the Editor living in Budapest, the Artiste and the Glass-maker living in Novi Sad, all of whom bear the same name. This fact determines the lives of the three persons. Initially they are unaware of one another but their lives get intertwined gradually. They got to know one another which changes their lives forever. They start to live one another's lives.
One of the peculiarities about the book published by Nyitott Könyvműhely is the uniquely rich textual documentation (letters, newspaper articles, posters) and the large number of photos. The novel creates an organic unit together with them.
Most of her performances balance on the borderline between performance art and theatre: the performance of sound poems is accompanied by theatrical body action and in many cases, the surrounding space is structured similarly to a traditional theatre.
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-Marseille, Centre International de Poèsie: „Kassák” /performance/
1996 -Marseille, Galerie Meyer: „L’ agneau de Dieu et le double” /performance/
-Ajaccio (Corsica): „L’ agneau de Dieu et le double” /performance/
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Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
(today Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
) and emigrated to Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
in 1992. Parallel with written poems she creates phonetic poems
Sound poetry
Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging between literary and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntactic values; "verse without words"...
and visual poems, makes performances, writes and performs music (experimental music and sound plays), she is also a performer, experimental artist (happening
Happening
A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art. Happenings take place anywhere , are often multi-disciplinary, with a nonlinear narrative and the active participation of the audience...
s, mail art
Mail art
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art...
, experimental theatrical plays
Experimental theatre
Experimental theatre is a general term for various movements in Western theatre that began in the late 19th century as a retraction against the dominant vent governing the writing and production of dramatical menstrophy, and age in particular. The term has shifted over time as the mainstream...
). She explores language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
through visual, auditory, and gesticular models, with her works ranging from collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
s, photography, records, performances and happenings in the city and in nature.
Biography
A student at the Economic High School of Novi Sad between 1961 and 1963, then she joined the Theatrical studio of Novi Sad between 1964 and 1966.Working as a bank assistant between 1961 and 63, she started to write poems in 1962. From 1963 till 1977 she worked for the Radio of Novi Sad
Radio Television of Vojvodina
Radio Television of Vojvodina is the public broadcaster in the Serbian province of Vojvodina...
, and then as an actor at the Novi Sad Theatre between 1977 and 1992, where she mainly played dramatic characters. She also played main roles in various TV-films and movies. Between 1993 and 1994 she led the poetry section of Élet és Irodalom
Élet és Irodalom
Élet és Irodalom is a weekly Hungarian newspaper about literature and politics. It is considered a postmodernist and politically liberal periodical, politically close to the left-wing parties MSZP and SZDSZ....
, and of Cigányfúró since 1994. Between 1993 and 1998 she taught at the Hangár musical and theatrical education center.
She is a member of the Hungarian Writers' Association, the Hungarian Belletrist Association, the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists and the Hungarian Pen Club.
She has earned various Hungarian awards including the Kassák Lajos Award (1991), the award of Mikes Kelemen Kör (Association for Hungarian Art, Literature and Science in the Netherlands) (2000), the József Attila Award (2001) and the National Award for Culture of the Republic of Serbia (2009).
Poetry
In addition to a number of books in Hungarian, her poems were published in YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and in the USA. She became known at the end of the 60s through her surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
and erotic poems.
Prose
Her first book entitled „Élhetek az arcodon?” (Can I Live on Your Face) is considered to be an eminent work in Hungarian avantgarde literature. It is partly autobiographical, partly self-reflecting and sometimes it switches to prose poem style. It was published in 2007. The novel alternates between reality, fiction, proseProse
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
and poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
. Its main target group is that part of the community of artists who are receptive to esoteric allusion.
The book is about three women: the Editor living in Budapest, the Artiste and the Glass-maker living in Novi Sad, all of whom bear the same name. This fact determines the lives of the three persons. Initially they are unaware of one another but their lives get intertwined gradually. They got to know one another which changes their lives forever. They start to live one another's lives.
One of the peculiarities about the book published by Nyitott Könyvműhely is the uniquely rich textual documentation (letters, newspaper articles, posters) and the large number of photos. The novel creates an organic unit together with them.
Publications
- Ballada az ezüstbicikliről (versek, gramofon melléklettel) Forum, Újvidék, 1969
- Elindultak a kis piros bulldózerek (poems) Forum, Újvidék, 1971
- Mesék a hétfejű varrógépről (poems) Forum, Újvidék, 1978
- Ikarosz a metrón (poems) Forum, Újvidék, 1981
- A parázna söprű – Bludna metla (versek, magyar-szerb nyelven) Forum, Újvidék, 1984
- Kiűzetés (poems) Magvető, Budapest, 1988
- Jegyesség (poems) Fekete Sas, Budapest, 1994
- A négydimenziós ablak (poems) Fekete Sas, Budapest, 1998
- Fűketrec (poems) Orpheusz, Budapest, 2004
- Élhetek az arcodon? (próza) Nyitott Könyvműhely, Budapest, 2007
Most of her performances balance on the borderline between performance art and theatre: the performance of sound poems is accompanied by theatrical body action and in many cases, the surrounding space is structured similarly to a traditional theatre.
Theatrical Roles in Hungary
- Masha (ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
: Three SistersThree Sisters (play)Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
) - Charlotta Ivanovna (Chekhov: The Cherry OrchardThe Cherry OrchardThe Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
) - Skinner (Baker: Castle)
- Actress (Tolnai O.: Bayer aszpirin)
- Tótné (István ÖrkényIstván ÖrkényIstván Örkény was a Hungarian writer. A typical feature of his plays and novels is satiric view and creation of grotesque situations.- Life :...
: Tóték) - Winnie (Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
: Happy DaysHappy Days (play)Happy Days is a play in two acts, written in English, by Samuel Beckett. He began the play on 8 October 1960 and it was completed on 14 May 1961. Beckett finished the translation into French by November 1962 but amended the title...
) - Mother Ubu (Alfred JarryAlfred JarryAlfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....
: Ubu RoiUbu RoiUbu Roi is a play by Alfred Jarry, premiered in 1896. It is a precursor of the Theatre of the Absurd and Surrealism. It is the first of three stylised burlesques in which Jarry satirises power, greed, and their evil practices — in particular the propensity of the complacent bourgeois to abuse the...
) - Méltósága (Józsi Jenő Tersánszky: Kakuk Marci)
Radio plays
- Furcsa, aki darazsakról álmodik 1982 Hungarian Radio, Budapest, with Alex Avanesian and Imre József Katona
- Furcsa, aki darazsakról álmodik, 1985 Radio Novi Sad, with Tibor Vajda
- Bukott angyalok 1992, Radio Novi Sad, with Tibor Vajda
- Fűketrec 2002, Radio Novi Sad
Exhibitions (selection)
1973- Galerija Studentskog kulturnog centra, Belgrade
1974
- Műszaki egyetem Pécs (group Bosch+Bosch)
1975
- Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb: „Eksperimenti u modernoj jugoslovenskoj umjetnosti”
- Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade: „Festival Expanded Media”
- Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien: „Aspekte - Gegenwärtige Kunst aus Jugoslawien” (group Bosch+Bosch)
- Galerie ‘t Hoogt’, Utrecht: „Internationale visuele poëzie”
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam: „Vizuele poëzie”
1976
- Likovni salon Tribine mladih, Novi Sad
- Rijkscentrum voor Hooger Kunstonderwije, Brussels: „Internationale Vizuele poëzie”
- Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb (group Bosch+Bosch)
- The Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura (Australia): „Mask Show”
- Galeria Wspólszesna, Warsaw: „Nowoszesna Sztuka Jugoslawii”
- Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade (group Bosch+Bosch)
- Centar za fotografiju, film i televiziju, Zagreb: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
1977
- Kulturni centar, Zrenjanin: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Centar za kulturu i informacije, Zagreb: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Stedelíjk Museum, Amsterdam „Tekst in Geluid”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- The Rotterdam Academy Official Art Hereby, Rotterdam, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Galerija v Prešerenovi hiši, Kranj (Slovenia): „westeast” (visual poems, collages)
1978
- Der Magistrat der Stadt Kassel 1978: „Subject - Art - Artifical”
- Centro experimenta Napoli
- Škofja Loka (Slovenia): „westeast”
- La Biennale di Venezia 1978 „Materializzazione del linguaggio”: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb: „Nova umjetnička praksa 1966-1978”
- Palazzo Strozzi, Florence: „6. Biennale Internationale della grafica d’arte”
- Rubberplatz, Amsterdam: „Rubber”
- Hand Presse Galerie, Würzburg: „Kunstrand-Randkunst”
- Casa del Mantegna, Mantua: „Mantua Mail”
- Kranj (Slovenia): „westeast”
- Ljubljana (Slovenia): „westeast”
- Zagreb, 1978: „westeast”
- Belgrade 1978: „westeast”
1979
- Stuttgart: „Mail Art Exhibition”
- Wentworth Building, University of Sydney: „Art Core Meltdown”
- Fiatal Művészek Klubja, Budapest: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Galleria D’Arte Nuova, Alessandria: „Trans-P-Art”
- Montreal: „Mail Art”
- Recife (Brasil): „Unicap-Mail-Art Exhibition”
- Kranj: „westeast”
- Ljubljana: „westeast”
- Zagreb: „westeast”
- Belgrade: „westeast”
1980
- Centre National Georges Pompidou, Paris: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore” (The International Sound Poetry Festival)
- Maison de la culture, Rennes: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore”
- Maison de la culture, Le Havre: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore”
- ‘t Hoogt’ Galerie, Utrecht: „Magyar Műhely-D Atelier” (visual poems, collages)
- Kranj: „westeast”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Ljubljana: „westeast”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Zagreb: „westeast”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Belgrade: „westeast”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Novi Sad, Galerija Tribine mladih: „Képes Ifjúság jubiláris tárlata” (visual poems, collages)
1982
- Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade: „Verbo-voko-vizuelno u Jugoslaviji 1950-1980” (visual poems, collages)
- Laboratorio de Poesia, Novoli: „Figura partitura” (visual poems, collages)
- Roma: „Mostra internationale di arte postale Montecelio” (visual poems, collages)
1983
- Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade: „Nova umetnost u Srbiji 1970-1980” (visual poems, collages)
- Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb: „Nova umetnost u Srbiji 1970-1980” (visual poems, collages)
- Galerija umetnosti, Priština: „Nova umetnost u Srbiji 1970-1980” (visual poems, collages)
- Lavatoio Contumaciale, Rome: „Figura partitura” (visual poems, collages)
- Centro Cocio-Culturale di Mompiano, Brescia: „Figura partitura” (visual poems, collages)
- Mexico: „Yugoslav. movimientos de vanguardia avantgarde movements”
- Belgrade: „westeast”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
1984
- Galerija Doma omladine, Belgrade: „Vokovizuelno” (visual poems, collages)
- Subotica (Yugoslavia: Likovni susret „Likovno stvaralaštvo 1944-1984” (visual poems, collages)
1985
- Moderna galerija, Ljubljana: „Međunarodna likovna zbirka Junij” (visual poems, collages)
2006
- Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo: „Group Bosch+Bosch”
2007
- Belgrade: ”Kontakt Beograd” - Works from the Collection of Erste Bank Group, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- ‘Erlin’ Gallery, Budapest: „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
- Szentendre Gallery: „Kis magyar performance-történet” (A Small History of Hungarian Performance) (photo-documentation of the performances + vynil disc „phonopoetica”)
2008
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (Hungary): Works from the Collection of Erste Bank Group, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
2009
- MACBA Museu d’art contemporani de Barcelona: „Time as Matter”, „Vizuelni radovi-partiture” (visual poems, collages)
2010
- MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst-Stiftung Ludwig Wien: „Gender Check” (photo: „The Screaming Hole”, 1979)
- Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw: „Gender Check” (photo: „The Screaming Hole”, 1979)
Performances, Happenings, Actions (selection)
1968- Budapest-Szentendre (Hungary): „UFO” (Tamás Szentjóby, Miklós Erdély, Katalin Ladik) /happening/
1970
- Belgrade, theatre ATELJE 212 Podrum teatar /performance/
- Belgrade, theatre ATELJE 212 Podrum teatar /performance/
- Belgrade, theatre ATELJE 212 Podrum teatar /performance/
- Zagreb, Old City church - GEFF (Festival eksperimentalnog filma) /performance/
- Budapest: „József Attila Művelődési Ház” (Jenő Balaskó, Katalin Ladik) /literary performance/
- Belgrade, Dom Omladine /performance/
- Temerin /performance/
1971
- Zagreb, Studentski centar /performance/
- Zagreb, Studentski centar /performance/
- Zagreb, Studentski centar /performance/
- Belgrade, Dom omladine /performance/
1972
- Osijek, Annale komorne opere i baleta
- Zagreb, Teatar Itd. /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih /performance/
- Belgrade, Studentski kulturni centar - Festival Expanded Media /performance/
- Balatonboglár (Hungary), Kápolna galéria (group Bosch+Bosch) /performance/
1974
- Belgrade, Studentski kulturni centar - Festival Expanded Media /performance/
1975
- Zagreb, Galerija Studentskog centra: „Eksperimenti u jugoslovenskoj umjetnosti” (group Bosch+Bosch) /performance/
- Belgrade, Studentski kulturni centar - Festival Expanded Media: „Ljubavi, Singer” (Loves, Singer) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih: „Change Art” /action/
- Novi Sad: „Spuštanje Novog Sada niz reku Dunav” (Floating Novi Sad Downstream the Danube) /action/
1976
- Belgrade, Studentski kulturni centar - Festival Expanded Media: „Change Art” /action/
- Zagreb, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti /performance/
1977
- Zrenjanin, Kulturni centar: „Poezija, fonična i vizuelna poezija Katalin Ladik” (Poetry, Phonic and Visual Poetry by Katalin Ladik)
- Krakow: „Phonopoetica” /performance/
- Zagreb, Informativni centar: „Phonopoetica” (with Vujica R. Tucić) /performance/
- Amsterdam, Stedelíjk Museum: „Tekst in Geluid” /performance/
- Belgrade, Studentski kulturni centar: „Phonopoetica” /performance/
1978
- Kranj, Prešernovo gledališče /performance/
- Sarajevo, Festival malih i eksperimentalnih scena, Pozorište mladih: „Četvrta dimenzija – krik” (Fourth Dimension – Scream) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih: „Pesnički maraton” (Poetry Marathon) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Studentski klub ‘Sonja Marinković’: „Čudak je ko čekiće sanja” (Weird Is Who Dreams About Hammers) /performance/
- Würzburg (Germany), Hand Presse Galerie: „Randkunst-Kunstrand” /performance/
- Novi Sad, Narodna biblioteka: „Umetnost se ne ponavlja, ne ponavlja, ne ponavlja...” (Art Does Not Repeat Itself, Repeat Itself, Repeat Itself...) /performance/
- Zagreb, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti: „Nova umjetnička praksa 1966-1978” /performance/
1979
- Subotica, Dom omladine: „Az éneklő varrógép – Singing Sewing Machine” (with Zsolt Király) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih: „The Screaming Hole – A sikoltozó lyuk” /performance/
- Amsterdam: „One World Poetry” /performance/
- ‘t Hoogt’ galerie, Utrecht: „One World Poetry” /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih: „Mesék a hétfejű varrógépről” (Stories of the Seven-headed Sewing Machine) /performance/
1980
- Paris, Centre National Georges Pompidou: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore” /performance/
- Le Havre, Maison de la culture du Havre: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore” /performance/
- Rennes, Maison de la culture de Rennes: „Rencontres Internationales de poésie sonore” /performance/
- New York, Washington Square Church: „The International Sound Poetry Festival” The Wilderness Foundation /performance/
- Baltimore: „International Festival of Disappearing Art” /performance/
- Gyula, (Hungary) Várszínház, Lovagterem: ”Alice” /performance/
- Belgrade, Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti: „Injecting Closet” /performance/
1982
- Budapest, Stúdió ‘K’ Jókai Művelődési Központ: „Ladik Katalin újvidéki költő és előadóművész szerzői estje” (An evening with the poet Katalin Ladik from Novi Sad) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Petőfi Sándor Művelődési Ház: „Telepi esték – Ladik Katalin szerzői estje” (Evenings in Telep – with the poet Katalin Ladik) (and Ottó Tolnai, Zsolt Király) /performance/
- Budapest, Fiatal Művészek Klubja: „Ladik Katalin szerzői estje” (An evening with Katalin Ladik) (and Miklós Erdély, László Beke and Zsolt Király) /performance/
- Budapest, Stúdió ‘K’ Jókai Művelődési Központ: „Ladik Katalin szerzői és előadói estje” (An evening with Katalin Ladik) (and Miklós Erdély, László Beke and Zsolt Király) /performance/
- Belgrade, Muzej savremene umetnosti: „Verbo-Voko-Vizuelno” („Phonopoetry” with Judita Šalgo) /performance/
- Osijek, Studentski centar mladih, Osiječko ljeto: „Čudak je ko čekiće sanja” (Weird Is Who Dreams About Hammers) /performance/
- Belgrade, Dom omladine: „Icarus on the Subway” (with Judita Šalgo, Selimir Radulović) /performance/
- Belgrade, Dom omladine, Beogradsko leto: „Ufo Party” /performance/
- Kanjiža, Književna kolonija: „Konkretna i vizuelna poezija” (Concrete and Visual Poetry) (with Bob Cobbing from England, Vujica R. Tucić) /performance/
- Novi Sad, address: Istarski kej 37. sp. 8. st. Rade Šević: „Sound Poetry Performance” (with Bob Cobbing from England, Vujica R. Tucić) /performance/
- Novi Sad, Tribina mladih, Gallery: „Phonopoemim” (exhibition launch: Slavica Grkavac, tapestries „Jokastin kompleks”) (Jocasta Complex) /performance/
- Paris, UNESCO: „Guerre a la guerre” /performance/
- Milan, UNESCO: „Guerra alla guerra” /performance/
- Paris, UNESCO Centre National Georges Pompidou: „Poliphonix 5” /performance/
1983
- Vienna, Wiener Festwochen: „Mandora 1.” /performance/
- Zagreb, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti: „Nova umjetnost u Srbiji 1970-1980”
- Belgrade, Dom omladine: „Oluja-po motivima Šekspira” (Tempest – Based on Shakespeare) (exhibition launch: Slavica Grkavac, tapestries „Jokastin kompleks”) (Jocasta Complex) /performance/
- Belgrade, Dom omladine: „Magic Bread” (with Paul Pignon)
1984
- Glasgow, Third Eye Centre: „Poetsound 1984” („Mandora 1.”) /performance/
- Milano Cooperativa Intrapresa: „Milanopoesia” /performance/
- Szeged (Hungary), József Attila Tudományegyetem: „Mandora 1.” /performance/
- Cogolin (France), Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Contemporaine: („Mandora 1.”) /performance/
- Belgrade, Kulturni centar: („Mandora 1.”) /performance/
1985
- Belgrade, February, Pozorište Magaza: „Mandora 2.” /performance/
- Belgrade, February, Pozorište Magaza: „Mandora 2.” /performance/
- Belgrade, March, Pozorište Magaza: „Mandora 2.” /performance/
- Belgrade, March, Pozorište Magaza: „Mandora 2.” /performance/
- Budapest, Lágymányosi Művelődési Otthon: „Mandora 2.” /performance/
- Budapest, Fővárosi Művelődési Ház: „Alice” /performance/
- Zemun, Festival monodrame i pantomime: „Mandora” /performance/
- Novi Sad, Kulturni Centar ‘Sonja Marinković’, Tribina mladih: „Mandora” /performance/
- Stari Bečej /performance/
1988
- Szeged (Hungary), JATE Club: „Polyphonix” /performance/
- Budapest: „Alice” Hangár est (Vigadó Kamaraterem) /performance/
1989
- Spoleto (Italy): „O fortuna” /performance/
- Nové Zámky (Slovakia): „O fortuna” /performance/
1990
- Novi Sad, SPENS: „Otkrovenje” (Revelation) (with Zoltán Pletl) /performance/
- Vác (Hungary): „Angyal/Angel” Ex-panzió 2. (Görög Templom) /performance/
1993
- Szentendre (Hungary): UHF Kisújrevue, Dalmát pince /performance/
- Szeged, JATE Club: „Alice” /performance/
- Vác (Hungary): Expanzió 5. (Görög Templom) /performance/
1994
- Szeged (Hungary): „Performancia” with Lukács Bitskey /performance/
1995
-Marseille, Centre International de Poèsie: „Kassák” /performance/
1996 -Marseille, Galerie Meyer: „L’ agneau de Dieu et le double” /performance/
-Ajaccio (Corsica): „L’ agneau de Dieu et le double” /performance/
2002
- Novi Sad, Kulturni centar Novog Sada, INFANT Festival: „Fűketrec / Grass-cage”
2004
- Monza (Italy) /performance/
- Salerno (Italy) /performance/
- Novi Sad INTERZONE Kamerno Pozorište Muzike: „Tesla – project”
- Budapest, A38 hajó: „Lomtalanítás” (Cleaning the House) /performance/
- Budapest, Ludwig Múzeum: „Torony-Lomtalanítás” (Tower-Cleaning the House) /performance/
2005
- Terény (Hungary), Expanzió festival: „Angel” /performance/
2006
- Budapest, Serbian Theatre in Hungary: „Tesla”, audio-visual oratorio
- Otterlo, Kröller Müller Museum: „Change Art” /action/
- Amsterdam: „Tesla” /performance/
- Novi Sad, Inventors’ Association of Serbia, TeslaFest, SPENS: „Tesla” /performance/
2007
- Nové Zámky (Slovakia): Művészeti Galéria, „Gyakorlatok üres húrokon – Kassák-kód” (Exercises with empty strings - Kassák code) /performance/
- Budapest, Erlin Gallery: „Fűketrec” (Grass-cage) /performance/
2010
- Budapest, Gallery A22, opening of the exhibition by Tibor Papp: „Óraköltemény” (Poem-Clock) /performance/
Concerts, Music Performances (selection)
- Opatija, 1969: Jugoslovenska muzička tribina
- Opatija, 1970: Jugoslovenska muzička tribina
- Osijek, 1970: Annale komorne opere i baleta
- Zagreb, 1971: Muzički biennale
- Dubrovnik, 1971: Dubrovnik Summer Festival (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble, Zagreb)
- Radenci (Slovenia), 1971: Festival svobodne komorne glazbe
- Munich, 1972: Međunarodne Olimpijske Igre - Kulturni program (Summer Olympic Games – Cultural Program) (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble, Zagreb)
- Radenci (Slovenia), 1972: Festival svobodne komorne glazbe (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
- Osijek, 1972: Annale komorne opere i baleta (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
- Novi Sad, 1972, Radnički univerzitet ‘Radivoj Ćirpanov’ (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
- Belgrade, 1972, Studentski kulturni centar - Festival Expanded Media (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
- Belgrade, 1979, Dom Sindikata – BEMUS Belgrade Music Festival: „ORATORIO PROFANO“ (comp.: Dušan Radić, cond.: Oskar Danon)
- Opatija, 1980: Jugoslovenska muzička tribina
- Budapest, group Spiritus noister, 1996, 2002, 2004
- Vienna, group Spiritus noister, 2004
- Szentendre, group Spiritus noister, 2009
Resources
- Short biography (in Hungarian)
- Kortárs irodalmi adattár (in Hungarian)
- Költészete - Szkárosi Endre: A szó teste (in Hungarian)
- Performansza (in Hungarian)
- Selected poems: Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (in Hungarian)