In October 2023, we moved into Népszínház, a street named after the former People’s Theatre that stood in the center of Budapest until 1965. We took over an abandoned, municipality-owned shop space at Népszínház Street 26. Additionally, we acquired an unused phone booth in the street and a micropark. Our aim is to strengthen cohesion and solidarity in this diverse yet highly segmented social environment through the means of art and by stimulating the imagination.
KÖME and the artist’ co-op. Pneuma Szöv. are constructing a People’s Theater, where anything can happen, and within this anything, the most diverse entities can find their own roles. We are particularly interested in how grassroots initiatives, working with artistic tools, can influence the way people perceive each other and their own roles in shaping their environment, and how they can impact institutional developments.
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The focus of the place-making process is the abandoned shop space at Népszínház Street 26. Thanks to the support of the Józsefváros Municipality, we can lease this space for the next 5 years. We aim to transform this space into an inclusive meeting point, a communication hub for Népszínház Street. Our goal is to go beyond conventional cultural representations and “safe spaces,” creating surfaces that can connect the most diverse people despite social fragmentation.
Read more about our opening Népsziasztok! Placemaking Festival here (in Hungarian)
Join our facebook group Népsziasztok!
More info about Népszínház micropark and the micropark project of Jóseph Town here.
