About the project / Queer Memory

Authors of the exhibition:
Jana Jablonická-Zezulová
Eugen Korda

Project warrants:
Róbert Pakan
Andrej Kuruc
Péter Hanzli
Marie Janoušková

Authors of the expert research papers:
Jan Seidl
Judit Takács
Jana Jablonická-Zezulova

Art direction:
Eugen Korda

Production and project management:
Nikola Tokárová

Revisions and translations:
Pali Jablonický
Sára Činčurova
Béres-Deák Rita
Csáky Ágnes

Video editing, subtitles:
Seregély Ágnes

Image documentation sources:
Arcanum, ba.foxy archive, archives of Jaromír Břoušek, Viktória Fürjes, archives of: Háttér, Iniciatíva Inakosť, Tamás Kende, Gyula Kroutil, Společnost pro queer paměť, Jana Jablonická-Zezulová, Drawing Collection of the National Széchényi Library, National Széchényi Library Manuscript Collection Jan Seidl, Judit Erzsébet Szabó, Gábor Takács-Bencze, Judit Takács, Zoltán Tölgyesy, TASR, wikimedia.org.

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Love and freedom to express love have always been among the most fundamental human needs, essential to build a happy and meaningful life. Yet, we can still encounter public opinions that perceive queer people as outsiders that have no place in our history. When people argue that homosexuality and the LGBT movement are trends "that were born in Western Europe," it’s no surprise - our history textbooks contain no mentions of homosexuality in our region.

What were the obstacles faced by men who loved men and women who loved women in the past? Were they able to find love in a time when society denied their human nature? Who were the first people in Czechoslovakia and Hungary who decided to fight “an ethical fight” for their dignity and right to self-identification?

This exhibition reveals the unknown stories of forbidden love over the past hundred years that still have a lot to teach us today.

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