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Last week, we hosted the Berlin edition of Beyond Bare Life. Neglected by Institutionalized Care: a wonderful two-day series of events featuring talks, a film screening, creative workshops, an exhibition tour, and performances. Over two inspiring days, we shared ideas, exchanged experiences, asked difficult questions, and created space for meaningful conversations. It was filled with thought-provoking moments and lots of fun.

A heartfelt thank you to all the participants who contributed to the programme, to our collaborators and speakers, and to the enthusiastic visitors who joined us on this journey.

Stay with us, we'll be back soon with the next chapter of the Beyond Bare Life project.

photos: @aliz._.farkas,@fatyolviola Fátyol,@koltaydorottyaszonja,@lazeszter, @nedina112025, Tamás Sipos Szabó by @beyond_bare_life

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Programme on the 27. June 2026.
“This will be the perfect thing to do in Berlin’s 40°C heat.” 🙂

Venue: Festraum and Seminar room 220
Humboldt University, Luisenstrasse 56.
10:30–10:40
Introduction by Eszter Lázár (Hungarian University of Fine Arts), Edina Nagy (ELTE Faculty of Humanities) & Dóra Vargha (Humboldt University and University of Exeter)

10:40–12:30
What Can the Baby Already Do? Maternal Care under Socialism.
Come and Deconstruct your Book with us … and Learn Something about Emmi Pikler.
Creative workshop
Viola Fátyol photographer and visual artist (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest)
Annina Gagyiova, historian of medicine and childhood (Czech Academy of Sciences)
What Can the Baby Already Do? Maternal Care Under Socialism.
Come and deconstruct your book with us...and learn something about Emmi Pikler.

In 1940, the Hungarian paediatrician Emmi Pikler published What Can the Baby Already Do?, a book that would accompany generations of parents and appear in numerous translations. In West Germany, it became widely known under the title Friedliche Babys, zufriedene Mütter (Peaceful Babies, Happy Mothers), first published in 1982. In a conversation with historian Annina Gagyiova, Fátyol will explore Emmi Pikler’s legacy, the reception of her work in Germany, and the ways family history resonates in her own artistic practice. Their dialogue opens up broader questions about motherhood, memory, and the stories and images that shape our understanding of both. Visitors are invited to join the conversation and explore the art of liberation through creative acts.
14:00-16:00
Berlin Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Guided Tour of Special Exhibition Horizontal. Poetics and Politics from the Sickbed [in English]

27 June 2026 – Casino for Social Medicine
18:15–19:00
thaqil al awwal A Rhythmic Exoskeleton
Audiovisual performance, 45’
Mohamed Abdelkarim visual artist (Egypt, Cairo/Netherlands, Rotterdam)

thaqil al awwal is an audio-visual performance that contemplates and experiments with an ancient 8-beat rhythmic cycle used as a clinical “dosage” to balance the stagnation of the Black Bile (Melancholy). Drawing on the 9th-century Al-K taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @beyond_bare_life

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We warmly invite everyone to join us in Berlin on 26–27 June for the events of Beyond Bare Life – Berlin Edition.
26 June 2026
13:30–19:30 Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Campus Nord, Philippstraße 13, Haus 3 10115 Berlin
27 June 2026
10:30–12:30 Festraum and Seminar Room 220 Humboldt University Luisenstraße 56 10115 Berlin
14:00–16:00 Berlin Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
18:00–20:15 Casino for Social Medicine Sonnenallee 100 12045 Berlin
Participants Mohamed Abdelkarim, Tina Bara, Kate Fisher, Aliz Farkas, Viola Fátyol, Annina Gagyiova, HODWORKS, Dorottya Szonja Koltay, Fruzsina Müller, Ketil Slagstad, Hilary White
Organisers: Eszter Lázár and Edina Nagy, curators of Beyond Bare Life, together with Dora Vargha, head of the Socialist Medicine research group at Humboldt University.
Graphic design Zoltán Visnyai
Detailed programme: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kCZX9MbY6agWX3YNMZgdgOBk36YN8qKG/view?usp=drive_link
Participation is free of charge.
We hope to see you in Berlin!
Eszter, Edina, Dóra taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @beyond_bare_life

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26. June 2026
venue: Tieranatomisches Theater Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Campus Nord, Philippstraße 13/Haus 3, 10115 Berlin
13.30 - 14.00: Introduction by Dóra Vargha, Eszter Lázár, Edina Nagy, organizers and curators of the programme Beyond Bare Life - Berlin Edition
14.00 - 15.30: Creating Histories Beyond the Binaries. Workshop & conversation with Aliz Farkas, artist, Kate Fischer, historian of medicine and Ketil Slagstad, physician and historian of medicine.
In an open discussion with researchers, we will explore ways of working with historical sources to recuperate silenced voices of gender and sexual minorities — examining collaborative and archival strategies that uncover perspectives through personal representation, medical files, and the press. In the second half of the workshop, through an interactive creative process, we will combine these historical materials with our own thoughts to create an artistic approach.
15.30 - 16.00: Coffee break
16.00 - 18.10: Tripperburgs and Controlling Unruly Women in the GDR. Film Screening and conversation.
16.00 - 17.20: Tina Bara: Harriet (75 min) in German, with English subtitles
17.30 - 18.15: In conversation (in German, with English translation) Tina Bara, photographer and filmmaker and Fruzsina Müller, historian of medicine.
HARRIET portrays a resilient woman who was subjected to severe persecution in the GDR, of a kind that is regarded as one of the darkest chapters of the forty-year socialist history of the German Democratic Republic.
The point of departure for the conversations between filmmaker and photographer Tina Bara and Harriet are the so-called “Tripperburgen” (‘gonorrhoea castles’), which were established from the 1960s onwards in all major cities across the country. These were venereology wards operating within state medical institutions, to which young women suspected of carrying sexually transmitted diseases were forcibly committed: they were confined for several weeks and subjected to involuntary treatment. Harriet is one of the women whose lives were traumatically affected by this experience.
18.30 - 19.30: HODWORKS: BODY STATE III taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @beyond_bare_life

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HODWORKS: BODY STATE III
26. June 2026.
18:30–19:30
venue:
Tieranatomisches Theater Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Campus Nord, Philippstraße 13/Haus 3, 10115 Berlin

Body State III is part of HODWORKS’ three-part dance performance series Body State I–III, developed within the framework of the Beyond Bare Life. Neglected by Institutionalized Care project.

For the Berlin edition, HODWORKS presents Body State III.
Performers: Károly Tóth, Jessica Simet, Imola Kacsó, Márton Gláser
Choreography: Adrienn Hód

The performance seeks to uncover the intersubjective power structures that permeate institutionalized care while simultaneously re-examining the relationship between the individual and the self. In a world that is increasingly aestheticized and permeated by violence, how can we maintain genuine care for the well-being of our bodies, with all their frailty and vulnerability? What do we allow ourselves, and to what extent? Is it even possible to arrive at a clear and truthful understanding of our bodily well-being?

In the grey area between care and will, the work focuses on bodily sensations and explores what care means as a relationship to ourselves and to others.
Founded in 2007 by Adrienn Hód, HODWORKS has become one of Hungary’s leading independent contemporary dance companies. The ensemble of freelance artists is active both in Hungary and internationally. Their performances explore uncharted, boundary-pushing directions, often focusing on the human body in its most fundamental physicality. Questions concerning the body’s existential condition, shaped by the shifting dynamics and fragile balance between health and illness, play a central role in their artistic research and performance practice. At the same time, their work critically examines normative conceptions of what is considered “healthy” and “sick.”
Detailed programme: : https://drive.google.com/.../1kCZX9MbY6agWX3YNMZg.../view...

Music: Rozi Mákó

The photographs were taken during HODWORKS’ performances Body State I and Body State II.
HODWORKS: https://www.instagram.com/hodworks/

photo: Kalicz Máté @matekalicz and Máté Lukács taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @beyond_bare_life

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Megnyílt a Puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei című kiállítás! A 2024 óta tartó kutatási projekt legfrissebb eredményeit mától a Drégely utca 19-es szám alatti elhagyott rendelőintézet falai közt vehetik szemügyre az érdeklődők.
Ezúton is nagyon köszönjük a @hodworks társulatának remek performanszát és az Erste Stiftung támogatását akik nélkül ez a kiállítás nem jöhetett volna létre! Végül, de nem utolsó sorban köszönjük mindenkinek aki eljött és velünk ünnepelt ezen a fontos napon!
A kiállítást megelőző kutatás kapcsán felmerült aktuális kérdéseket a kiállító művészek és meghívott szakértők közreműködésével megvalósuló, nyitott beszélgetések formájában vitatjuk meg az elkövetkezendő két hétben. Az események pontos részleteiről a kiállítás közösségi média felületein találnak részletes tájékoztatást. A részvétel ingyenes, mindenkit szeretettel várunk!

Kiállítás // Exhibition :
Helyszín │ Venue
1097 Budapest, Drégely utca 19.
Megtekinthető │ On view
2026. 03. 27. – 04. 30.
Kedd-vasárnap 16-20 óra
Tuesdaz–Sunday 4–8 PM

Kiállító művészek │ Exhibiting Artists
Mohamed ABDELKARIM, Sammy BALOJI & Filip DE BOECK, Tina BARA, Rufina BAZLOVA, Mohamed BOUROUISSA, CSORBA Eszter, FARKAS Aliz, FÁTYOL Viola, Andreas FOGARASI, KOLTAY Dorottya Szonja, Halina SKIBNIEWSKA, SZEBENI András, SZIDU Evdoxia
Közreműködő │ Contributor
HODWORKS
Kurátorok │ Curated by
LÁZÁR Eszter, NAGY Edina

Fotók: Neogrády-Kiss Barnabás @neogradykissbarnabas taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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7 months ago

A puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei című kiállítás harmadik és egyben utolsó kísérőprogramjának keretében Tomasz Fudala művészettörténész, a Varsói Modern Művészeti Múzeum munkatársa és Kőrösi Boglárka, az ELTE Atelier Interdiszciplináris Történeti Program doktori hallgatója Halina Skibniewska lengyel építésznő munkásságáról, valamint az 1980-as években épült, pesthidegkúti mozgássérültek számára kialakított lakótelepről beszélgettek.

Nagyon köszönjük, mindenkinek aki részt vett a eseményen!

ENG//

As part of the third and final accompanying program for the exhibition, art historian Tomasz Fudala, a staff member at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and Boglárka Kőrösi, a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary History Program at ELTE Atelier, discussed the work of Polish architect Halina Skibniewska and the housing complex built in the 1980s in Pesthidegkút for people with physical disabilities.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the event!

Fotók / Photos: @neogradykissbarnabas taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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7 months ago

Ismét bezárja kapuit a Drégely utcai rendelőintézet, búcsúzik az itt ideiglenesen megrendezett A puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei című kiállítás.
Még egyszer hálásan köszönjük a művészeknek és a szakértőknek a részvételt, az Erste Stiftungnak és minden támogatónknak a segítséget és persze mindenkinek, jelenlétet és figyelmet. 30 nap / 120 óra nyitvatartás, 12 tárlatvezetés, 5 kapcsolódó program, 22 eltévedt, rendelésre jelentkező páciens, (közülük egy kiállítást nézni is visszatért), 1 csőtörés, néhány lepottyant mű… Bezártunk, de a Puszta életen túl a nyár folyamán egy berlini esemény keretében folytatódik majd, melyről hamarosan bővebben is beszámolunk.

Addig is mindenkinek jó egészséget kívánunk!

The clinic on Drégely Street is closing its doors once again, bringing to a close the temporary exhibition titled “Beyond Bare Life. Neglected by Institutionalized Care.”
Once again, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the artists and experts for their participation, to the Erste Stiftung and all our supporters for their assistance, and of course to everyone for their presence and attention. 30 days / 120 hours of opening hours, 12 guided tours, 5 related programs, 22 lost patients who came in for appointments (one of whom even returned to see the exhibition), 1 burst pipe, a few dropped artworks… We’ve closed, but, the project “Beyond Bare Life” will continue this summer as part of an event in Berlin, which we’ll report on in more detail soon.

Until then, we wish everyone good health!

Fotók / Photos: @neogradykissbarnabas taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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5 months ago

A puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei című kiállítás második kísérőprogramjának keretében Farkas Alíz képzőművész es Borgos Anna pszichológus a queerség és a pszichiátria a Kádár-kori kapcsolatáról beszélgettek.
Szó esett többek között a saját betegei által készített rajzokat gyűjteményező orvos, Reuter Camillo tevékenységéről, a pszichiáter, Jakab Irén 1956-ban megjelent, róla szóló köteteiről, Farkas Alíz műveiről valamint a homoszexualitás és a normától eltérő nemi szerepek megítélésének változásáról is. Az esemény végéhez közeledve a közönség kérdéseihez kapcsolódóan a téma jelenkori párhuzamaira is kitért Anna és Aliz.

Nagyon köszönjük, hogy ennyien eljöttetek az LMBT történeti hónap keretében megrendezett eseményre.

Fotós: @neogradykissbarnabas taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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7 months ago

A puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei. kiállítás első kísérőprogramjának keretében Tina Barbara képzőművésszel és alkotótársával, Harriet Wollerttel Lászlófi Viola történész, a CEU kutatója beszélgetett az NDK történelmének egyik sötét foltjának számító ún. Tripperburgokról. A kiállításra készült film kapcsán szó esett az intézetek működéséről, a rendszert kritizáló, a szocialista normakövetést megtagadó nőkről, valamint a filmkészítés körülményeiről. Harriet, az erfurti tripperburg egykori „kezeltjeként” személyes, egész életére és kapcsolataira kiható traumatikus történetét osztotta meg a közönséggel. Ugyanakkor mindvégig hangsúlyozta azt az elképesztő pozitív életszemléletet, amely túlélésének legfontosabb – ha nem az egyetlen – feltétele.

As part of the exhibition first accompanying program, historian Viola Lászlófi, a researcher at CEU, spoke with artist Tina Barbara and her creative partner, Harriet Wollert, about the so-called “Tripperburgs,” one of the darkest chapters in the history of the GDR. In connection with the film made for the exhibition, they discussed the operation of the institutions, the women who criticized the system and refused to conform to socialist norms, as well as the circumstances surrounding the filmmaking. Harriet, a former “patient” of the Erfurt Tripperburg, shared her personal, traumatic story — one that has affected her entire life and relationships — with the audience. At the same time, she consistently emphasized the incredibly positive outlook on life that was the most important — if not the only — condition for her survival.

Fotós │Photographer
Neogrády-Kiss Barnabás ( @neogradykissbarnabas ) taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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2026. március 26-án, a kiállítás megnyitója alkalmából mutatta be a HODWORKS a Puszta életen túl projekttel való hosszú távú együttműködésének második állomását a Drégely u. 19. szám alatt található rendelőben.

ELŐADÓK: Tóth Károly, Simet Jessica, Kacsó Imola, Gláser Márton
KONCEPCIÓ ÉS KOREOGRÁFIA: Hód Adrienn, Simet Jessicával együttműködésben
ZENEI KOMPOZÍCIÓ: Mákó Rozália
A PROGRAM KURÁTORAI: Lázár Eszter, Nagy Edina
TÁMOGATÓK: a Holland Királyság Nagykövetsége, Erste Stiftung, OFF Alapítvány
VIDEÓ 2#: Szabó Sipos Tamás

Bővebb információ:
HODWORKS – Testállítás

JÖN! JÖN! JÖN!

TESTÁLLÍTÁS 3#
A puszta életen túl. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei. Berlin edition
2026. június 26.
Helyszín: Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin

BODYSTATE 2#

On March 26, 2026, HODWORKS presented the second chapter of its long-term collaboration with the Beyond Bare Life project at the opening of the exhibition, held in the former medical office at 19 Drégely Street.

PERFORMERS: Károly Tóth, Jessica Simet, Imola Kacsó, Márton Gláser
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Adrienn Hód in collaboration with Jessica Simet
MUSIC COMPOSITION: Rozália Mákó
CURATORS OF THE PROGRAM: Eszter Lázár, Edina Nagy
SUPPORTED BY: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Erste Stiftung, OFF Foundation
VIDEO 2#: Tamás Szabó Sipos

More information:
HODWORKS – Body State

COMING SOON! COMING SOON! COMING SOON!

BODYSTATE 3#
Beyond Bare Life. The Neglected of Institutionalized Care. Berlin Edition
June 26, 2026
Venue: Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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Április 11-én, szombat délután négytől Nagy Edina és Lázár Eszter magyar nyelvű tárlatvezetést tartanak A puszta életen. Az intézményesített gondoskodás mellőzöttjei című kiállításon. Minden kedves érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk a programra, melynek keretében a kurátorok nemcsak a kiállított művekről, hanem a teljes Puszta életen túl kutatási prjektről is mesélnek majd.

Helyszín:
1097 Budapest, Drégely utca 19.

A kiállításon bemutatásra kerülő művek nagy része a hidegháborús időszak néhány olyan egészségügyi, intézményi példáját veszi alapul, amelyek jellegükből adódóan – legyen az elnyomó, progresszív vagy a kettőt paradox módon ötvöző – jól tükrözik a korszak ambivalenciáját. Az egykori szocialista blokk és a gyarmatosított országok egészségügyi infrastruktúráinak összehasonlítása a tekintetben is tanulságokkal szolgálhat, hogy milyen formában és hatókörrel jelenhettek meg bizonyos újító törekvések koloniális majd posztkoloniális kontextusban. Amikor egészségügyi intézményekről beszélünk, konkrét fizikai terek jutnak az eszünkbe: egy kórház, egy pszichiátria vagy szanatórium. A kiállítás útvonalai is ilyen terek mentén szerveződnek. Mint például az elmegyógyintézet, a munkások éjszakai szanatóriuma vagy éppen egy olyan láthatatlanná tevő tér, mint a „Tripperburg”. E térkategóriák nem csupán betegségtípusokhoz és konkrét intézkedésekhez kapcsolhatók, hanem mindezek történeti változásait is érzékeltetik.
A kiállítás egy 2024 őszén elkezdett, hosszú távú oktatási, kutatási és kiállítási projekt része. A címben szereplő „puszta élet” kifejezést Giorgio Agamben olasz filozófustól kölcsönöztük. Az agambeni puszta élet a biológiai élet tényét jelenti, messze a teljes fizikai, lelki és társadalmi jóléttől. A kiállítás címe a puszta életre ítéltekre utal, akiket éppen azok a társadalmi és gazdasági szektorok hagytak magukra, amelyeknek a lehető legjobb egészséget kellene biztosítaniuk számukra.

Fotók: @neogradykissbarnabas taken in Budapest IX. kerület by @beyond_bare_life

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