Hungary

Peter, Digital Artist

„I believe in storytelling.“ 

Peter is a citizen of the world but calls Budapest his home. As an artist, he moves between the digital and analogue – he started out as a classical painter, but soon got so fascinated by the new technologies around, that they have since become a vital part of his art. 
 

“I think a lot depends on how ready you are, to try out something new. How ready you are to accept, that you might not yet be good at something. I definitely have this courage to let something go. And this courage opens up new doors, that I love to go through.” 

He is the first Hungarian artist who worked with NFT and has even organized a physical NFT exhibition. At the same time, he is incorporating more and more analogue elements into his digital work, using colour, oil, spray or photos to enrich them and leave some space for the element of surprise, the analogue world might hold. 

Lili, Hockey Player

Lili started playing hockey when she was eight years old. Initially, she would just accompany her brother to the training, but soon she was more into it than him. 14 years later she is still playing. 

She loves that hockey is a team effort, where players complement each other and make each other stronger. Training also taught her things she can use in her daily life: To show strength and endurance, to never give up, to get up again and again, no matter what happens. 

 

“If you work hard, you will succeed in the end and win. Maybe not immediately, setbacks are possible, but the point is that you must always try to give it all.” 

As a child, Lili played in the boys’ team, forty boys and two girls. For a long time, she was playing in one of the best teams in the country, until she decided to switch to a female team when she was 17. Next to her studies and her job, hockey is now more of a hobby – but one she wants to dedicate the rest of her life to. 

Renata, Boxer

Renata is a boxer and box trainer, although she would rather call herself a box therapist. She wants to help people to release stress, build up self-confidence and feel better. 

She works with teenagers who are mobbed in school or stressed-out executives, as well as with elderly people who suffer from Parkinson or dementia. 

Renata reached her greatest athletic goal when she was 40 – she became world champion in the professional league. Since then, she has gradually turned into a trainer and therapist. 

“If you hit a sandbag for half an hour and you are very tired, this is when everything comes out. The anger, the aggression, everything. And then people start talking. Or crying.” 

Renata is convinced, that boxing can help people to switch-off their thoughts: 

“We are always told we need to stop thinking. But we can’t do it. They don’t teach that in school. So the easiest way to get there is by hitting a sandbag. The point is, the more tired you are, the less you think. After thirty minutes with the sandbag, you really don’t care anymore about anything. Your brain is as empty, as the psychologists want it to be. And you can look inside yourself.” 

Renata thinks that the world out there has too many rules, so her boxing club does not. The most important thing is, that everyone who comes here feels welcome and respects everyone else – and that they go home really tired. 

Szorgos Gazda, Farmers

Melinda und Gergely moved to the countryside eight years ago. Here, they grow and process fruits and vegetables, which they sell on local markets. They work without any chemical substances and tolerate a few weeds on their grounds. Their business is going well, especially the pandemic led to substantial growth. But it hasn’t always been like this: 

“It was a bit hard for us when we first started going to the markets. We would come there with ten tomatoes, and bring eight back home, because we couldn’t sell them to the usual price. We just knew how much work was in them.” 

After a while, word about their products got around, and since then people have been coming back again and again. 

“My only wish is to keep living as we do.” 
 

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