PROGRAMMES
A Start to the year celebration
Just as last year’s event, A Start to the Year in the Collection, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation organises a get-together at its headquarters on Szentkirályi Street on Hungarian Culture Day, 22 January 2024, Monday, during which we will present our latest publication: a photobook entitled 99 Years, 99 Photographs, which was unveiled on 20 November 2023, on the Gala Dinner commemorating the 111th birthday of our namesake.
RegistrationVenue
Budapest,
Szentkirályi street 51
Date
Start
2024.01.22.Monday17:00
End
2024.01.22.Monday19:00
Start to the year in the collection 2024
Photography – historical documentation – political awareness
On Hungarian Culture Day, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation organises its New Year’s event entitled “Start to the Year in the Collection”, during which we will present not only the latest results of the archival work in our collection but the recently released publication 99 Years, 99 Pictures – Photographs from the life of Otto von Habsburg as well.
The new photo book, prepared by the Foundation and Helikon Publishers, leads the reader through the life of Otto von Habsburg, taking us to previously unknown places and scenes—Ninety-nine eventful years in 99 pictures, from his early childhood to the end of his life. The volume contains photographs from 23 countries on four continents, some by renowned photographers, with detailed descriptions in 5 languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Hungarian. It draws on the Foundation’s rich visual heritage, the approximately 30,000 images of its collection. Nevertheless, the book is not merely unique in terms of photographic history and art but also provides an opportunity to discuss the methodology of dealing with visual history sources and to reflect on the changes in political awareness brought about by the rapid growth in the significance of images.
Programme
17.00 Welcoming address – Gergely Prőhle, Director, Otto von Habsburg Foundation
17.20 Opening speech – Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Regional Development
17.45 Book launch presentation – László Csorba, Professor Emeritus, ELTE
18.15 Round table discussion
Beatrix Lengyel, Head of the Historical Photography Department, Hungarian National Museum
Lipót Répászky, Chief Executive Officer, National Audiovisual Archive
Moderator: Szilveszter Dékány, Senior Research Fellow, Otto von Habsburg Foundation
19.00 Reception
The interlude will include J. Haydn’s String Quartet “Bird” in C major.
Performed by: András Vavrinecz, violin; Zsófia Fóris, violin; Dorina Anna Molnár, viola; Izumi Hagiwara, cello; students of the Music Academy, their teacher Oszkár Varga.
We look forward to welcoming you to the event!
