MODINA Showcases 2025 – Trafó (HU) and CNDB (RO)

Two performers, one filming the other who is extending the arms. Dark room, lit with red lights from the back, the filmed body is streamed to a monitor in the middle.

The 2025 round of MODINA Showcases starts soon in Trafo (Budapest) and CNDB (Bucharest).

Header image: Two performers, one filming the other who is extending the arms. Dark room, lit with red lights from the back, the filmed body is streamed to a monitor in the middle. / Artist: Hollow (Viktor Szeri, Tamás Páll, Gyula Muskovics) / Credit: Urška Boljkovac/Kino Šiška

Showcase & Seminar at Trafó (Hungary)

The Trafo showcase takes place on 2, 3 and 9 November and includes the following performances:

  • Still Moving (Liis Vares & Taavet Jansen)
  • Gaitless (Marko Milić & Uroš Krčadinac)
  • Baby (Viktor Szeri & Tamás Páll)

Programme overview

The schedule is as follows, and please follow the link for details and registration.

Schedule 2. Nov: https://trafo.hu/en/programs/mesterseges_valosagok_3_nap

14:00 Workshop for professionals with Hollow (Gyula Muskovics, Viktor Szeri and Tamás Páll) – Registration is required.
15:00 Hollow: Artist talk
16:00 Liis Vares & Taavet Jansen (EE): Still Moving
18:00 Marko Milić & Uroš Krčadinac (RS): Gaitless
19:00 Talk and Q&A with the MODINA artists (Still Moving and Gaitless) moderated by Naoto Hieda

Schedule 3. Nov: https://trafo.hu/en/programs/mesterseges_valosagok_modina_seminar

10:00 Taavet Jansen (EE): Thoughts on Directing performances in Hybrid Spaces – workshop
12:00 Introduction to the MODINA Creative Europe project by Naoto Hieda
14:00 Naoto Hieda (JP): card.glitches.me – workshop

Schedule 9. Nov: https://trafo.hu/en/programs/mesterseges_valosagok_baby

20:00 Viktor Szeri, Tamás Páll, Gyula Muskovics (HU): Baby

MODINA Seminar

As part of the showcases, there are also workshops, artist talks and seminars (total of 6 hours – some require registration).

2. Nov: https://trafo.hu/en/programs/mesterseges_valosagok_3_nap

14:00-15:00Workshop for professionals with Hollow (Gyula Muskovics, Viktor Szeri and Tamás Páll) –Registration is required.
15:00-16:00 Hollow: Artist talk
19:00-20:00 Talk and Q&A with the MODINA artists (Still Moving andGaitless) moderated by Naoto Hieda

3. Nov: https://trafo.hu/en/programs/mesterseges_valosagok_modina_seminar

10:00-12:00 Taavet Jansen (EE): Thoughts on Directing performances in Hybrid Spaces– workshop
12:00-13:00 Introduction to the MODINA Creative Europe project by Naoto Hieda
14:00-16:00 Naoto Hieda (JP):card.glitches.me – workshop

Showcase & Seminar at CNDB (Romania)

The Trafo showcase takes place on 5, 7 and 9 November and includes the following performances:

  • This is Unreal (Pierre Godard & Liz Santoro)
  • Baby (Viktor Szeri & Tamás Páll)
  • Gaitless (Marko Milić & Uroš Krčadinac)

Programme overview

The schedule is as follows, and please follow the link for details and registration.

Iridescent – Festival schedule: https://cndb.ro/en/iridescent-festival/cndb-festival-2025/

5.11 This is Unreal, by Pierre Godard & Liz Santoro
7.11 Hollow: Baby, by Viktor Szeri, Tamás Páll, Gyula Muskovics
9.11 Gaitless, by Uroš Krčadinac & Marko Milić × MIREVI

MODINA Seminar

And the following is the Seminar programme, total of 6 hours:

5.11 20:00 This is Unreal, artist talk (1 hour)
7.11 20:00 Hollow: Baby, artist talk (1 hour)
8.11 15:00-19:00Creative Intelligence Beyond the Digital, MODINA seminar | CNDB (4 hours, including Gaitless Artist talk and discussions)