The Heartbeats Creative Collective was founded by a group of women in 2016, in Szomolya, a settlement in Borsod County, and it has been operating ever since against all odds. The exhibition presents the almost decade long story of this community: personal accounts, therapeutic and creative processes and the resulting artworks. It also exposes the social and institutional conditions that Roma women living in rural areas and in difficult financial circumstances face day by day, first of all those of childbearing and childcare. Alongside the often vulnerable and traumatic experiences, the exhibition also reveals the forms of resistance and coping that these women use to create security for themselves, their children and their families. Beyond the individual coping strategies, the main intention of the exhibition is to show the power of a small creative community of women for the local society.
The exhibition will be accompanied by workshops, theatre events and guided tours by members of the company.
Curators: Dalma Czímer (Romano Kher), Renáta Gallai (K6 Galéria)
Cooperating photographer: Gabriella Csoszó
Members of the community: Renáta Báder, Andrea Polgár Csörgőné, Barbara Horváth, Kata Horváth, Rita Horváth, Róbert Horváth, Zsanett Horváth, Ildikó Juhacsek, Maja Kapala-Havas, Anett Lakatos, Mariann Lakatos, Rudolf Lakatos, Eszter Pados, Lilla Proics, Edit Romankovics, Róza Szabó, Natália Szitai
Venue: Klauzál6 Project Gallery, Klauzál tér 6. (District 7) / Romano Kher (Napház), Népszínház utca 31. (District 8)
Opening:
- K6 Gallery: June 5, 18.00
- Romano Kher (Napház): June 13, 17.00
Open:
- Klauzál6 Project Gallery: June 5 – 27
- Romano Kher (Napház): June 13 – 30, Tuesday and Thursday: 9.00–17.00
