The name of the project refers to the Cracovia Express foundation, thanks to which Hungarian Centre in Cracow was created, but also to a well-known train Batory which operated for a long time as a multi-functioning link between Poland and Hungary and is remembered now as one of the most popular forms of travelling from one country to the other especially in the 60's and 70's. Batory Express project aims to open the space for intercultural exchange and create a platform for making a re-discovery by the two countries once named “nephews”.
In Warsaw, on June 4, next to the headquarters of Węgierski Instytut Kultury/ Hungarian Cultural Institute, creative text writing workshops organised by Loesje Poland group take place.
Loesje's workshops consist of warming-up games, based on working with associations, and creating short texts. The most interesting and inspiring texts are later chosen to make a new series of black-white posters. Workshops in Cracow and Warsaw are organised as open creative sessions what makes them open for anybody and any topic for the discussion could be offered. However, among the topics of these two sessions appear subjects that Batory Express project is related to, e.g. Polish-Hungarian relations, contemporary Europe, intercultural dialogue.
Workshops are divided into two groups – one of them works in Polish and the other in English. Language fluency is not necessary to participate in workshops. One group is maximum 15 people. A session last about 2,5-3 hours. All necessary materials are provided, admission free.
Hungarian Cultural Institute
10 Moniuszki St
www.batoryexpress.pl
www.loesje.pl