Nitra Gallery Week 2023

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

10.30am—12 noon / for schools and general public
(Extra)Ordinary Letters of Ordinariness I
A creative workshop inspired by the Writing in Fine Art exhibition
Lecturer: Elena Tarábková
Venue: Colourful Gallery
Free entry

4pm—6pm / for schools and general public
Kalný, Kocák—Calligraphic Legacy
A workshop led by Martin Kratochvil
Venue: Nitra Gallery’s Loft Studio
Free entry

6pm / for general public
The Gallery of Music 2023 – Maroš Klátik & Juraj Tomka
Concert 
Maroš Klátik—piano
Juraj Tomka—violin
Venue: the Concert Hall of the County House in Nitra
Admission:
Adults—5 EUR
Seniors, students—2,5 EUR
Disabled—1 EUR

Musical Programme

Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano
1. Con moto
2. Ballad
3. Allegretto
4. Adagio

Olivier Messiaen: Theme and variations for violin and piano
Thème – Modéré
Var. 1 – Modéré
Var. 2 – Modéré, un peu vif
Var. 3 – Modéré, avec éclat
Var. 4 – Vif et passionné
Var. 5 – Très lent

Béla Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano e mol, BB. 28, DD. 72 
1. Allegro moderato (molto rubato)
2. Andante
3. Vivace

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

10am—11.30am / for schools and general public
(Extra)Ordinary Letters of Ordinariness II
A creative workshop inspired by the Writing in Fine Art exhibition
Lecturer: Elena Tarábková
Venue: Colourful Gallery
Free entry

4pm—6pm / for general public
SpaceSTORY
A textile workshop led by the sculptor Mira Podmanická
Venue: Nitra Gallery’s Loft Studio
Free entry

Thursday, May 18, 2023

10am / for schools and general public
The X. Files
A commented exhibition tour and workshop led by Ľudmila Kasaj Poláčková and Elena Tarábková
Venue: Salon
Free entry

1.30pm—3.30pm / for schools and general public
(Extra)Ordinary Letters of Ordinariness III
A creative workshop inspired by the Writing in Fine Art exhibition
Lecturer: Elena Tarábková
Venue: Colourful Gallery
Free entry

Friday, May 19, 2023

10.30am / for schools and general public
Japanese Logographic Writing System—Thinking and Images
A lecture and workshop led by Gabriela Hesková
Venue: Colourful Gallery
Free entry

5pm / for general public
Debate on Books with Dado Nagy
Guest: Dušan Taragel
Venue: The County House courtyard, Samova 1, Nitra (in case of bad weather, the event will be moved to Nitra Gallery’s Salon)
Free entry

About the Guest
Dušan Taragel is a prose writer, journalist and editor. He graduated from evening school in chemistry and between 1981-85, he studied the theory of literature at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava. In 1993, he started working as a copywriter for various advertising agencies (Mark BBDO, Soria & Grey, Young and Rubicam, Monarch). In 2005, he started working in the mass media as an editor and journalist for various monthly, weekly and daily publications. He spent the longest time at the daily newspaper SME. Since 2005, he has been working as an editor at Radio Devín, book editor and publisher of the online literary magazine Literát.sk. His book debut was Rozprávky pre neposlušné deti a ich starostlivých rodičov [Fairytales for Naughty Children and Their Caring Parents] (1997). Together with Peter Pišťanek, they published a book of short stories titled Sekerou & nožom [With Ax & Knife] (1999), which includes older texts from 1981 – 91. He edited and compiled short story anthologies Sex po slovensky 1 a 2 [Sex, the Slovak Way 1 and 2] (2004-05) and wrote a script for the Jánošík comic book. In 2005, he published a mystifying handbook on good behaviour for murderers titled Vražda ako spoločenská udalosť [Murder as a Social Event] and in 2013, he published a short story collection titled Polrok bez sexu [Six Months Without Sex]. In 2022, he published his first novel, an action and existential thriller called Mafiánske balady [Mafia Ballads]. 

Saturday, May 20, 2023

6pm / for general public
Concert d# pipl araund
* electronic dance rhythms with jazz improvs
Jakub Valiček—drums
Juraj Glonek—saxophone
Ľuboš Kopták—bass guitar
Vlado Kubalák—guitar
Venue: The County House courtyard, Samova 1, Nitra (in case of bad weather, the event will be moved to the Concert Hall of the County House)
Free entry

About the Band
d# pipl araund is a Slovak band whose sound oscillates between live electronic music, jazz-rock and IDM. The band was founded in spring 2019, when the saxophonist Juraj Glonek and drummer Jakub Valiček started working on an idea that had been a long time coming. They were joined by the guitarist Vlado Kubalák and bass guitarist Ľuboš Kopták and the project came to life. 

Since its inception, the band has already managed to play several concerts, which also include a performance at the Bratislava Jazz Days 2019 festival or at the In Between Books Session project. In the first years of their existence, d# pipl araund were included in the long list of the Radio FM’s RadioHead_Awards 2019 in the Discovery of the Year category.

In 2020, the band started a collaboration with the music label Well Played Records which resulted into their debut single “flo8”, which was joined by two others in late 2021, “Fill Callins” and “Oplodňovák” [“Impregnator”], which were a precursor to their debut album “031”. It was officially launched by Well Played Records in December 2021, like a cherry on top of the band’s first two years of existence. 

All programming is subject to change.