Identity questions are key to every society. Identity involves many topics like ethnicity, language, age, gender, economic situation, labour, traditions, living surroundings and many more. Currently, many artists, theatre makers, authors, researchers, and many more reflect on identity in their work and on various levels like individuality, society, history and others. In contrast to simplified and harmful public debates and statements, they often critically reflect various approaches to individual identity and to the exclusivity it often involves. With their artistic language, they offer possibilities for dialogue and reflection as well as new forms of collaboration which are desperately sought by many people in their questions towards (their) identity.

The project THE ART OF BEING ME aims at starting a series of artistic events and artist talks on identity questions that are reflected in the work of the artists involved. Objectives are to give the involved artists a platform for discussion and exchange on identity questions with an interested audience, in particular artists, students of the arts and people reflecting on identity questions.

The project is financially supported by EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture –(the European network of organisations engaging in cultural relations from all EU member states) and organised by the Czech Center, the Goethe Institute and the Austrian Cultural Forum with the support of British Council, FinnAgora, and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hungary. Curators are Noémi Herczog and Krisztián Török.