Slam Poetry in Hungary
14Dec09
By 2009 Hungary can proudly announce that the country has a very organized and active slammer society. Slam poetry is a kind of performance poetry which is related to spoken word, and also very close to freestyle rap, cabaret and stand-up comedy.
The first so-called Budapest Slam had been centrally organized by cultural institutions in 2006. The main organizer of the first two events had been the director to the Budapest Kunsthalle, Zsolt Petrányi. Budapest Slam and Budapest Slam no. 2 (in 2007) had been at Kunsthalle, with singers, poets and rappers performing. In 2009 Radio Tilos had a big slam contest at Budapest Jazz Club, and lately, in November the members of Kőleves slam evenings had another one at Sirály.
After the centrally organized starting events, there have been more and more jams and events organized by those who have not only been dedicated to one field of expression: poetry, music or art grouped into one – but who finally have become a special society of slammers practicing regularly the new style.
These people now hold their events at Kőleves restaurant every month, reading and reciting their poems, and raising new topics for freestyle poetry. English-speaking slammers are also more than welcome to participate in Kőleves club evenings, but also expats living in Budapest organize events for foreigners at Spinoza House. (More info below.)
Slam evenings are regularly organized in Veszprém city, too, and it seems like Zalaegerszeg and Pécs will also join the list of those having slammer societies.
This video shows Id who gained the 4th place at the 1st European Poetry Slam contest.
INFORMATIONS ON SLAM POETRY IN HUNGARY
- If you have any question about slam events, just write an e-mail to info-at-slampoetry-dot-hu.
- Budapest slammers always meet on the last Sunday every month at Kőleves restaurant. Every event starts at 6 PM by screening a slam poetry related film/video, actual slamming starts at 7 PM. (free entry)
- Expats have speech slam (more of a stand-up comedy style) events at Spinoza theater-restaurant: http://sites.google.com/site/bpgiftofthegab/ (the last event had a 1000 HUF – around 4€ entry fee)
- Hungarian slammers’ sites: http://slampoetry.blog.hu and http://slampoetry.hu
- European slam poetry: http://www.poetryslam-blog.eu/
- Facebook group of Kőleves-based slammers: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53306813466
- Facebook group of Spinoza slammers: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149103603979
- Myspace site of Budapest Slams: http://www.myspace.com/budapestslam
- Youtube playlist of Budapest Slam 2. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0BE85F7C65CC29C4
- Youtube profiles of those uploading videos from Kőleves evenings:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KoMateDon
http://www.youtube.com/user/kamforgoz
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