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SLOVAKIA: ARTISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING THEIR WORK

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Slovakia's artists are up in arms over alleged attempts by Ivan Hudec, the Minister of Culture, to control their work.

They accuse Hudec of removing directors of theatres, museums and cultural centres he considers to be anti-government and anti-Slovak.

Hudec denies the allegations, he says he has never abused his position to carry out personnel changes.

Last week in Parliament Hudec survived a second vote of no-confidence proposed by the opposition.

The reason for the vote was Hudec's increasingly close control of Slovakian cultural life.

According to the opposition the Minister of Culture abused his powers, mishandling finances and replacing disobedient directors of theatres, museums, and cultural centres that are under the ministry.

But the opposition couldn't win enough support for their proposal.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
We didn't succeed to vote the minister out of office, because reasonable arguments have no value in this Parliament. What counts is simply having a majority, motivated by servile relationship of servants and their master.
SUPER CAPTION: Milan Knazko, Deputy of the opposition Democratic Union

The ruling party stood behind Hudec, who is a good friend of Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar, the strongman Prime Minister of Slovakia.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
Show me a country that is run by a minority. I do not know of such a country. After all, we have adopted this political system from other democratic countries. The one who wins the democratic elections then governs.
SUPER CAPTION: Ida Rapaicova, Deputy of the Vladimir Meciar's and Hudec's Party

Meanwhile many artists agree with the opposition: they also accuse Hudec of trying to control their work.

Rudolf Sikora, a noted painter, photographer and art teacher, compares it with the communist years when people like Hudec divided them as pro-socialist and anti- socialist artists.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
Now they have divided us as Slovak and anti-Slovak. They would label us anti-Slovak elements, traitors, cosmopolitans, lickers of the West and so on.
SUPER CAPTION: Rudolf Sikora, Painter, Photographer, Art Teacher

The arts world also says that many disobedient directors of theatres, museums and cultural centres, simply have been replaced.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
Clearly, the people who were not willing to listen to the orders from the Ministry of Culture, those who supported the independent movement Let's save the culture are simply being removed.
SUPER CAPTION: Martin Porubiak, Program Manager of the Slovak National Theatre

Ivan Hudec strongly denies the accusations. He says he has never abused his position.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
I've never abused my position to carry out personnel changes. I've made many compromises. Unfortunately, the facts are being interpreted in a very wrong way. I do not care for example: what play will be performed, who will direct them, or will choose them. Such approach of a minister has no place in a democratic society.
SUPER CAPTION: Ivan Hudec, Slovak Minister of Culture

But for many artists it seems that the political system that broke down in 1989 has been replaced by another totalitarian system.

SOUNDBITE: (Slovak)
What Mr. Hudec is doing is damaging the Slovak culture very much. And not only the Slovak culture - the whole country. What he is doing is very bad advertisement for Slovakia.
SUPER CAPTION: Richard Stanke, Actor of the Slovak National Theatre

Now nationalism - instead of communism - appears to be the ruling doctrine in today's Slovakia.


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Our visit Bratislava travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide (Slovak), top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day including visiting castles, churches, the old town and museums and Bratislava by night for ice hockey. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Bratislava tourism brochure, Bratislava itinerary or Bratislava, Slovakia city tour.

10 Things to do in Bratislava, Slovakia Travel Guide Video Transcript:

We're visiting Bratislava, Slovakia and in this video we're going to show you guys 10 things to do in Bratislava. Let's get started.

Our first stop was Devin Castle, which is located in Devin, a borough of Bratislava. This is the one attraction we visited that was a little further from the Old Town - a 30-minute bus ride.

Devin Castle is a ruined castle that sits on Slovak territory at the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers.

We ate at a restaurant called “Modra Hviezda” which is located at the base of Bratislava Castle and feels like a cave.

Bratislava Castle was Built in the 9th century and modified over the centuries many times over, this 4-towered castle sits perched on a hill overlooking the Danube River.

You get nice views over the Old Town, plus you have the Slovak National Museum & the Baroque Gardens on the north side of the palace.

The following day, we set out to explore the Old Town and stopping cafe for a decadent breakfast.

Bratislava’s Old Town is compact & easy to explore on foot and cover most of the sights in one day. We went on our own do-it-yourself tour finding all sorts of interesting statues & landmarks.

The Blue Church is located on Bezručova Street, which is about a 10-15 minute walk from the Old Town designed in the art nouveau style.

Locals in Bratislava like to say that the best view of their city is from the UFO Bridge because you can’t see the UFO bridge. You get amazing views of Bratislava during sunset.

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Speech by Henry Hughes, Segment of Slovak Visual Art 1960-2000, March 2012, London.

Part from the speech by Henry Hughes, at the opening of Independent Scene, A segment of Slovak Visual Art 1960-2000 in London, March 2012.
What you see here in this space is the crème de la crème and very carefully chosen work chosen by Zuzana Bartosova, a step ahead of the works perhaps in the National Museum Collection.
Jankovič piece, The Movable Hands are moving, waving in unison. And that in sense sets the scene the way that artists have responded, artists who are outside the official system right up to 1989 maintained their own independence and contacts with artist in surrounding countries and responded to ideas in outside world. Most of those artists, almost working in isolation. But almost all these works here are kind of key works of the individual artists concerned. In sense, there was a double divorce if you were living in Bratislava. There was a divorce from centralized part, artistic patronage provided by Prague, which was a dominant partner in this federated republic, and of course there was a divorce from the west. And the isolation in Bratislava really was the fertile element I think in sense, that artists were left to their own devices, maybe they were followed a bit by the security police, but on the whole they could do what they wanted provided they didn't put their heads up above the parapet and I think this is the essential message you are getting from this exhibition. All those artists and their work up to 1989 have formed the basis of the Slovak Art.