Katalin Ladik

Katalin Ladik (born Újvidék, 25 October 1942) is a Hungarian poet, performance artist and actress. She was born in Újvidék, Kingdom of Hungary (today Novi Sad, Serbia), and in the last 20 years she has lived and worked alternately in Novi Sad, in Budapest, Hungary and on the island of Hvar, Croatia. Parallel to her written poems she also creates sound poems and visual poems, performance art, writes and performs experimental music and audio plays. She is also a performer and an experimental artist ( happenings, mail art, experimental theatrical plays). She explores language through visual and vocal expressions, as well as movement and gestures. Her work includes collages, photography, records, performances and happenings in both urban and natural environments.

Biography

Katalin Ladik studied at the Economic High School of Novi Sad between 1961 and 1963. She then joined the Dramski Studio (Drama Studio) acting school in Novi Sad, between 1964 and 1966.
Between 1961 and 1963, she worked as a bank assistant. During this time, in 1962, she began to write poetry. From 1963 to 1977 she worked for Radio Novi Sad. She joined the newly established Novi Sad Theatre in 1974, becoming a member of its permanent ensemble in 1977 and working there until 1992. She primarily acted in dramatic roles. Over the years, she also played major and minor roles in various TV-films and movies. She led the poetry sections of literary magazines ''Élet és Irodalom'' (1993–94) and ''Cigányfúró'' (1994–99). Between 1993 and 1998 she taught at ''Hangár'' musical and theatrical education center.

She is a member of the Hungarian Writers' Union, the Hungarian Belletrists Association, the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists and the Hungarian PEN Club.

Awards

Katalin Ladik has earned various awards, including the ' Award (1991), the award of ''Mikes Kelemen Kör'' (Mikes International – Association for Hungarian Art, Literature and Science in the Netherlands) (2000), the József Attila Prize (2001), the Mediawave Parallel Culture Award (2003), the National Award for Culture of the Republic of Serbia (2009), and the Laurel Wreath Award of Hungary (2012).

Katalin Ladik has earned various awards, including the ''Kassák Lajos'' Award (1991), the award of ''Mikes Kelemen Kör'' (Mikes International – Association for Hungarian Art, Literature and Science in the Netherlands) (2000), the József Attila Prize (2001), the Mediawave Parallel Culture Award (2003), the National Award for Culture of the Republic of Serbia (2009), and the Laurel Wreath Award of Hungary (2012).

In 2015, she received the Klára Herczeg Award in senior category from the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (Hungary).

In 2016, she was awarded with the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace.

Her awards for acting include the ''Oktobarska nagrada grada Novog Sada (October Award of the City of Novi Sad)'', a collective award to the cast of Radio Novi Sad in 1967; first place at ''Smotra vojvođanskih profesionalnih pozorišta (Festival of Professional Theatres in Vojvodina)'' in 1978, for the role of Masha in '' Three Sisters'', directed by György Harag, performed at the Novi Sad Theatre. The same role earned her the first place of ''Udruženje dramskih umetnika Srbije / Association of Dramatic Artists of Serbia'', in 1979. Katalin Ladik also received the ''Magyar Televízió Elnöki Nívódíja / Award of the President of Hungarian Television for Acting Excellence'' for acting in András Rajnai’s TV film series, ''Televíziós mesék felnőtteknek (Television Tales for Adults)'' in 1980. In 1986, she was awarded first place at ''Smotra vojvođanskih profesionalnih pozorišta / Festival of Professional Theaters in Vojvodina'' for the role of Skinner in Howard Barker’s ''The Castle'', directed by David Gothard, performed at the National Theatre in Subotica.

2017 Artisjus Literary Award for her poetry volume „A víz emlékezete” („The Memory of Water”)

2017 Janus Pannonius Filius Ursae Award for her literary oeuvre for „being defiant, provocative, and confrontational towards the actual literary canons”

2019 Ferencváros Pro Urbe Award

2020 „My Country” () Award in recognition of her lifetime achievement

2021 Medal of culture for lifetime achievement, ie. for overall creativity/work awarded by Miloš Crnjanski Centre

2021 Novi Sad" International Literary Award, which is awarded by the 16th International Novi Sad Literary Festival organized by the Society of Writers of Vojvodina

2021 Literary Prize Bernard Heidsieck awarded by Centre Pompidou for her work as a whole in experimental poetry

2022 Hungarian Order of Merit Officer's Cross, one of the highest Orders in Hungary

2022 Prize in Fiction (Poetry) category of the Society of Hungarian Authors

2022 Alföld Literary Prize

Poetry

Katalin Ladik became known after 1962 through her surreal and erotic poems. In addition to a number of books in Hungarian, volumes of her poetry were published in Yugoslavia, France, Italy and the United States. Her poems also appeared in various magazines and anthologies worldwide, translated into Spanish, German, Polish, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Hindi, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian, Macedonian, Rusyn and Slovenian.

Prose

Her first novel, entitled ''Élhetek az arcodon? (Can I Live on Your Face?)'' was published in 2007 by ''Nyitott Könyvműhely''. It is considered to be an eminent work in Hungarian Avant-garde literature. It is partly autobiographical, partly self-reflecting. The novel alternates between reality and fiction, prose and poetry, sometimes switching to a prose poem style. Its main target audience is that part of the artists’ community who are receptive to esoteric allusions.
The book is about three women: the Editor, who lives in Budapest, the Artist, and the Glasswoman who lives in Novi Sad, all of whom bear the same name. The shared name determines their lives. Initially, they are unaware of one another, but throughout the book their lives get gradually intertwined. After they get to know one another, they begin to live each other's life, which changes everything for them forever.
One of the peculiarities about the book is the uniquely rich textual documentation (letters, newspaper articles, posters) and the large number of photos.

Publications

Volumes in original language

* Ballada az ezüstbicikliről (Ballad of Silver Bike) , poems , Hungarian , with gramophone recording , Forum, Novi Sad, 1969
* Elindultak a kis piros bulldózerek (The Small, Red Bulldosers Have Taken Off) , poems , Hungarian , Forum, Novi Sad, 1971
* Mesék a hétfejű varrógépről (Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine) , poems , Hungarian , Forum, Novi Sad, 1978
* Ikarosz a metrón (Icarus on the Subway) , poems , Hungarian , Forum, Novi Sad, 1981
* A parázna söprű – Bludna metla (The Promiscuous Broom) , poems , Hungarian-Serbian bilingual , Forum, Novi Sad, 1984
* Kiűzetés (Exile) , poems , Hungarian , Magvető, Budapest, 1988
* Jegyesség (Engagement) , poems , Hungarian , Fekete Sas - Orpheusz, Budapest, 1994
* A négydimenziós ablak (The Four-Dimensional Window) , poems , Hungarian , Fekete Sas, Budapest, 1998
* Fűketrec (Grass-Cage) , poems , Hungarian , Orpheusz, Budapest, 2004
* Élhetek az arcodon? (Can I Live on Your Face?) , prose , Hungarian , Nyitott Könyvműhely, Budapest, 2007
* Belső vízözön (Deluge Inside) , poems , Hungarian , Parnasszus, Budapest, 2011
* Ladik Katalin legszebb versei (The Most Beautiful Poems of Katalin Ladik) , poems , Hungarian , AB-ART, Bratislava, 2012
* A víz emlékezete (The Memory of Water) , poems , Hungarian , Kalligram, Budapest, 2016
* Idővitorla (Time Sailing), Selected Poems (1962-2022) , poems , Hungarian , Forum, Novi Sad, 2022
* Béranya versek (Surrogacy Poems) , poems , Hungarian , Tipp-Cult Kft, Parnasszus Könyvek, P-Art, Budapest, 2022

Translated volumes

* Poesie Erotiche (Erotic Poems) , poems , Italian , selected and translated by: Giacomo Scotti , La Sfinge, Naples, 1983
* Erogen Zoon , poems , Serbian , translated by: Katalin Ladik, Selimir Radulović, Judita Šalgo, Arpad Vicko , Književna Zajednica Novog Sada, Novi Sad, 1987
* Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine , poems , English , translated by: Emöke Z. B’Racz , New Native Press, Sylva, 1992
* Poèmes (Poems) , poems , French , selected by: Tibor Papp , translated by: Katalin Kluge, Tibor Tardos , CiPM / Spectres Familiers, Marseille, 1999
* Ikarova senka (Icarus’ Shadow) , poems , Serbian , translated by: Katalin Ladik, Selimir Radulović, Judita Šalgo, Arpad Vicko, Draginja Ramadanski , Orpheus, Novi Sad, 2004
* Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine , poems , English , translated by: Emöke Z. B’Racz , Burning Bush Press, Asheville, 2005
* Engagement , poems , English , translated by: Emöke Z. B’Racz , Burning Bush Press, Asheville, 2006
* Kavez od trave (Grass-Cage) , poems , Croatian , translated by: Kristina Peternai , Matica hrvatska, Osijek, 2007
* Poems , English , Cultural Centre of Vojvodina, "Miloš Crnjanski", Novi Sad, 2022
* Mogu li da živim na tvom licu : romaneskna životna priča (Can I Live on Your Face: novelistic life story) , prose , Serbian , (Re) konekcija, Novi Sad, 2021
* Raspjevane žeravice: izbrane pjesme 1962-1982 (Singing embers: selected poems 1962-1982) , poems, Croatian , DAF, Zagreb, 2022

E-books

* Fűketrec (Grass-Cage) , poems , Hungarian , Mikes International, The Hague, 2003
downloadable, pdf format
* Fűketrec (Grass-Cage) , poems , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2003
downloadable, multiple formats
* A négydimenziós ablak (The Four-Dimensional Window) , poems , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, multiple formats
* Ikarosz biciklijén (On Icarus’ Bicycle) , poems , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, multiple formats
* Kiűzetés ~ Jegyesség (Exile ~ Engagement) , poems , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, multiple formats
* A négydimenziós ablak (The Four-Dimensional Window) , poems , Hungarian , Mikes International, The Hague, 2004
downloadable, pdf format
* Kiűzetés ~ Jegyesség (Exile ~ Engagement) , poems , Hungarian , Mikes International, The Hague, 2004
downloadable, pdf format
* Ikarosz biciklijén (On Icarus’ Bicycle) , poems , Hungarian , Mikes International, The Hague, 2004
downloadable, pdf format
* Engagement , poems , English , Firefly Inx, Asheville, 2012
downloadable, pdf format
* Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine , poems , English , Firefly Inx, Asheville, 2012
downloadable, pdf format
* Milyen ízű vagyok? (How Do I Taste?) , poems , Hungarian , A hónap könyve, Szentendre, 2012
buyable, pdf format

Audiobooks

2020: Liquid mirror (Folyékony tükör) presented by Vera Sípos
00:00:00 – Folyékony tükör 1; 00:55:47 – Folyékony tükör 2
Audiobooks by contemporary authors published online by DIA, the Digital Literature Academy of PIM

Discography

Sound poetry

* Ballada az ezüstbicikliről (The Ballad of the Silver Bicycle) , SP , supplement for book with same title , Forum, Novi Sad, 1969
* Phonopoetica , SP , Galerija Studentskog kulturnog centra, Belgrade, 1976
* Poésie Sonore Internationale (International Sound Poetry) , audio cassette , anthology of sound poetry, Paris, 1979
* La Nouvelle Revue d’Art Moderne, Special 2. (The Magazine of Modern Art) , audio cassette , Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Sonore (International Sound Poetry Festival), Paris, 1980
* Adriano Spatola: Baobab Femme , audio cassette , anthology for sound poetry magazine, Publiart Bazar Reggio Emilia, 1982
* Yugoslavian Sound Poetry , audio cassette , anthology of sound poetry, 1987
* Hangár / Hangar , audio cassette , anthology of sound poetry, Amsterdam – Budapest, 1987
* Aki darazsakról álmodik (Who is Dreaming About Wasps) , LP , recording of the radio play "Furcsa, aki darazsakról álmodik" (Strange Is the One Who Is Dreaming About Wasps) , Radio Novi Sad, 1988
* Spiritus Noister: Nemzeti zajzárványok / National Noise-Inclusions , audio cassette , Bahia Music, Budapest, 1996
* Vajdasági Magyar Zenei Esték / Vojvodina Hungarian Music Evenings 1988 , CD , JMMT, Novi Sad, 1998
* Vízisámán / Water Shaman , CD , Budapest, 1999
* Spiritus Noister – Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate , music CD , Hungaroton, Budapest, 2003
* Vodeni anđeo / Water Angel , music CD , Nova Misao, Novi Sad, 2011
* Phonopoetics , Vinyl, LP , Alga Marghen (Milano), in co-production with acb Gallery (Budapest) Milano, 2019
* Water Angels , Vinyl, LP , Alga Marghen (Milano), in co-production with acb Gallery (Budapest) Milano,, 2021

Music (experimental music, jazz)

As vocalist, Katalin Ladik collaborated with prominent Croatian, Serbian and Hungarian composers, such as Dubravko Detoni, Branimir Sakač, and Milko Kelemen (1971–73, ensemble ACEZANTEZ); Ernő Király (1963-2002); Dušan Radić (Oratorio Profano, 1979); Boris Kovač (1986-1990); Deže Molnar ( 1989–91); Zsolt Sőrés a.k.a. Ahad, and Zsolt Kovács (1996-, Spiritus Noister).
* Ernő Király , LP , Udruženje Kompozitora Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1978
* Boris Kovač: Ritual Nova I , LP , Symposion Records, Overstrand, 1986
* Boris Kovač: Ritual Nova II , CD , Recommended Records, London, 1989
* Ernő Király - Spectrum , CD , Autobus, Paris, 1999
* Deže Molnar: Weird Garden , CD , vocals on Track 1 (Water Clock) , Studentski Kulturni Centar Novi Sad, 2010
* I Belong to the Band Bakers Of The Lost Future , CD , vocals on Track 3 (Poets Of The Absurd On Chalk) , Inexhaustible Editions, Budapest, 2016

Poetry readings, sound poetry performances

Online Audio

* Fűketrec (Grass-Cage) , sound poetry , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2003
downloadable, mp3 format
* A négydimenziós ablak (The Four-Dimensional Window) , sound poetry , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, mp3 format
* Ikarosz biciklijén (On Icarus’ Bicycle) , sound poetry , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, mp3 format
* Kíűzetés - Jegyesség (Exile - Engagement) , sound poetry , Hungarian , Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár (MEK), 2004
downloadable, mp3 format

Live performances

2011
* Négy fekete ló mögöttem repül (Four Black Horses Fly Behind Me); Jégmadár (Icebird); excerpts from Belső vízözön (The Deluge Inside) , poetry reading , Dzsudi Remake evening, Merlin Theatre, Budapest ,

Performance art

Most of Katalin Ladik's performances balance on the borderline between performance art and theatre: the performance of sound poems is accompanied by theatrical body action and in many cases, the surrounding space is structured similarly to a traditional theatre. Those who examine her poetry often refer to her sound poetry performances. On the other hand, no detailed analyses have been produced about the dramaturgical characteristics of her performances, and the relations of sign systems between her poetry and performances. It is a well-reasoned choice, however, to locate her in the context of female performance artists, as Katalin Ladik uses her body and person as the medium of her art in her performances, which occupies a special position within the history of Western art.

A list of performances, happenings, actions

1960s-'70s

1968
* Budapest, Szentendre - Hungary , UFO , Tamás Szentjóby, Miklós Erdély, Katalin Ladik , happening
1970
* Belgrade - Serbia , Pozorište Atelje 212, Podrum teatar (Theatre Atelje 212, Theatre in the Basement) , performance
* Zagreb - Croatia , Žanr Festival eksperimentalnog filma (Genre Experimental Film Festival - GEFF) , performance
* Budapest - Hungary , József Attila Művelődési Ház (Cultural Centre József Attila) , with Jenő Balaskó , literary performance
* Belgrade - Serbia , Dom Omladine (Youth Centre) , performance
* Temerin - Serbia , performance
1971
* Bačka Topola - Serbia , UFO Party , performance
* Samobor - Croatia , Samoborski Fašnik (Carnival in Samobor) , Eros sa ovogu svijeta (Eros of This World) , UFO Party , performance
* Biograd - Croatia , UFO Party , performance
* Zagreb - Croatia , Studentski Centar (Student Centre) , performance
* Belgrade - Serbia , Dom Omladine (Youth Centre) , performance
* Zagreb - Croatia , Teatar Poezije Zagreb (Poetry Theatre Zagreb) , Četvrta dimenzija kutije (Fourth Dimension of the Box) , performance
1972
* Osijek - Croatia , Annale Komorne Opere i Baleta (Annual Festival of Chamber Opera and Ballet)
* Zagreb - Croatia , Teatar ITD (Theatre ITD), performance
* Novi Sad - Serbia , Tribina Mladih (Youth Tribune) , performance
* Belgrade - Serbia , Studentski Kulturni Centar (Student Cultural Centre) , Festival Expanded Media , performance
* Balatonboglár - Hungary , Kápolna Galéria (Kápolna Gallery) , Group Bosch+Bosch , performance
1974
* Belgrade (Serbia), Student Cultural Centre / Studentski Kulturni Centar, Festival Expanded Media /performance/
1975
* Zagreb (Croatia), Student Centre Gallery / Galerija Studentskog Centra: "Eksperimenti u jugoslovenskoj umjetnosti" (Experiments of Yugoslav Art) (Group Bosch+Bosch) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Student Cultural Centre / Studentski Kulturni Centar, Festival Expanded Media: "Ljubavi, Singer" (Loves, Singer) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Youth Tribune / Tribina mladih: "Change Art" /action/
* Novi Sad (Serbia): "Spuštanje Novog Sada niz reku Dunav" (Floating Novi Sad Downstream the Danube) /action/
1976
* Belgrade (Serbia), Student Cultural Centre / Studentski Kulturni Centar, Festival Expanded Media: "Change Art" /action/
* Zagreb (Croatia), Gallery of Contemporary Art / Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti /performance/
1977
* Zrenjanin (Serbia), Cultural Centre / Kulturni Centar: "Poezija, fonična i vizuelna poezija Katalin Ladik" (Poetry, Phonic and Visual Poetry by Katalin Ladik)
* Kraków (Poland): "Phonopoetica" /performance/
* Zagreb (Croatia), Information Centre / Informativni Centar: "Phonopoetica" (with Vujica R. Tucić) /performance/
* Amsterdam (Netherlands), Stedelijk Museum: "Tekst in Geluid" (Text in Sound) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Student Cultural Centre / Studentski Kulturni Centar: "Phonopoetica" /performance/
1978
* Kranj (Slovenia), Prešeren Theatre / Prešernovo Gledališče /performance/
* Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Youth Theatre / Pozorište Mladih, Festival Malih i Eksperimentalnih Scena (Festival of Small and Experimental Theatre): "Četvrta dimenzija – krik" (Fourth Dimension – Scream) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Youth Tribune / Tribina mladih: "Pesnički maraton" (Poetry Marathon) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Sonja Marinković Student Club / Studentski Klub ‘Sonja Marinković’: "Čudak je ko čekiće sanja" (Weird Is the One Who Dreams About Hammers) /performance/
* Würzburg (Germany), Hand Press Gallery / Handpresse Galerie: "Randkunst-Kunstrand" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), National Library / Narodna biblioteka: "Umetnost se ne ponavlja, ne ponavlja, ne ponavlja..." (Art Does Not Repeat Itself, Not Repeat Itself, Not Repeat Itself...) /performance/
* Zagreb (Croatia), Gallery of Contemporary Art / Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti: "Nova umjetnička praksa 1966-1978" (New Art Practice 1966-1978) /performance/
1979
* Subotica (Serbia), Youth Centre / Dom Omladine: "Az éneklő varrógép – The Singing Sewing Machine" (with Zsolt Király) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Youth Tribune / Tribina Mladih: "The Screaming Hole – A sikoltozó lyuk" /performance/
* Amsterdam (Netherlands): "One World Poetry" /performance/
* Utrecht (Netherlands), Gallery ‘T Hoogt / ‘T Hoogt Galerie: "One World Poetry" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Youth Tribune / Tribina Mladih: "Mesék a hétfejű varrógépről" (Stories of the Seven-headed Sewing Machine) /performance/

1980s-'90s

1980
* Paris (France), Pompidou Centre / Centre Georges Pompidou: "Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Sonore" (International Sound Poetry Festival) /performance/
* Le Havre (France), Cultural Centre of Le Havre / Maison de la Culture du Havre: "Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Sonore" (International Sound Poetry Festival) /performance/
* Rennes (France), Cultural Centre of Rennes / Maison de la Culture de Rennes: "Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Sonore" (International Sound Poetry Festival) /performance/
* New York City (USA), Washington Square Church, The New Wilderness Foundation: "International Sound Poetry Festival" /performance/
* Baltimore (USA), School 33 Art Center, The Merzaum Collective's Desire Productions Present: International Festival of Disappearing Art(s) /performance/
* Gyula (Hungary), Castle Theatre / Várszínház, Knights’ Hall / Lovagterem: " Alice" /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Salon Museum of Contemporary Art / Salon Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti, Exhibition of Group Bosch+Bosch: "Orman koji ubrizgava (Injecting Closet)" /performance/
1982
* Budapest (Hungary), Cultural Centre Jókai, Studio ‘K’/ Stúdió ‘K’ Jókai Művelődési Központ: "Ladik Katalin újvidéki költő és előadóművész szerzői estje" (An Evening with Novi Sad Poet and Performer, Katalin Ladik) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Cultural Centre Petőfi Sándor / Petőfi Sándor Művelődési Ház: " Telepi esték – Ladik Katalin szerzői estje" (Evenings in Telep – with Poet Katalin Ladik) (with , Zsolt Király) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Young Artists’ Club / Fiatal Művészek Klubja: "Ladik Katalin szerzői estje" (An Evening with Katalin Ladik) (with Miklós Erdély, László Beke and Zsolt Király) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Cultural Centre Jókai, Studio ‘K’ / Stúdió ‘K’ Jókai Művelődési Központ: "Ladik Katalin szerzői és előadói estje" (An Evening with Katalin Ladik) (with Miklós Erdély, László Beke and Zsolt Király) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Museum of Contemporary Art / Muzej Savremene Umetnosti: "Verbo-Voko-Vizuelno" ("Phonopoetry" with Judita Šalgo) /performance/
* Osijek (Croatia), Students’ Youth Centre / Studentski Centar Mladih, Osiječko ljeto (Summer in Osijek): "Čudak je ko čekiće sanja" (Weird Is the One Who Dreams About Hammers) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Youth Centre / Dom Omladine: "Ikar u metrou” (Icarus on the Subway) (with Judita Šalgo, Selimir Radulović) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Youth Centre / Dom Omladine, Beogradsko leto (Summer in Belgrade): "Ufo Party" /performance/
* Kanjiža (Serbia), Literary Camp / Književna Kolonija: "Konkretna i vizuelna poezija" (Concrete and Visual Poetry) (with Vujica R. Tucić and Bob Cobbing) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Address: Istarski kej 37. sp. 8. st. Rade Šević: "Sound Poetry Performance" (with Vujica R. Tucić and Bob Cobbing) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Youth Tribune Gallery / Tribina Mladih Galerija: "Phonopoemim" – Exhibition Launch for Slavica Grkavac: tapiserije "Jokastin kompleks" ("Jocasta Complex" Tapestry) /performance/
* Paris (France), UNESCO: "Guerre a la guerre" (War Against War) /performance/
* Milan (Italy), UNESCO: "Guerra alla guerra" (War Against War) /performance/
* Paris (France), UNESCO Pompidou Centre / Centre Georges Pompidou: "Polyphonix 5" /performance/
1983
* Vienna (Austria), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival): "Mandora 1." /performance/
* Zagreb (Croatia), Gallery of Contemporary Art / Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti: "Nova umjetnost u Srbiji 1970-1980" (New Art of Serbia 1970-1980)
* Belgrade (Serbia), Youth Centre / Dom Omladine: "Oluja-po motivima Šekspira" (Tempest – Based on Shakespeare) – Exhibition Launch for Slavica Grkavac: tapiserije "Jokastin kompleks" ("Jocasta Complex" Tapestry) /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Youth Centre / Dom Omladine: "Magic Bread" (with Paul Pignon)
1984
* Glasgow ( UK), Third Eye Centre, Poetsound 1984: "Mandora 1." /performance/
* Milan (Italy), (Cultural Association of) Cooperativa Intrapresa: "Milanopoesia" /performance/
* Szeged (Hungary), József Attila University (Today: University of Szeged) / József Attila Tudományegyetem: "Mandora 1." /performance/
* Cogolin (France), Rencontres Internationales de Poésie Contemporaine (International Festival of Contemporary Poetry): "Mandora 1." /performance/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Cultural Centre / Kulturni Centar: "Mandora 1." /performance/
1985
* Belgrade (Serbia), Magaza Theatre / Pozorište Magaza: "Mandora 2." /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Cultural Cente of Lágymányos / Lágymányosi Művelődési Otthon: "Mandora 2." /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Metropolitan Cultural Centre / Fővárosi Művelődési Ház: "Alice" /performance/
* Zemun (Serbia), Festival Monodrame i Pantomime (Festival of Monodrama and Pantomimes): "Mandora" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), ‘Sonja Marinković’Cultural Centre / Kulturni Centar ‘Sonja Marinković’, Youth Tribune / Tribina Mladih: "Mandora" /performance/
* Stari Bečej (Serbia) /performance/
1988
* Szeged (Hungary), JATE Club: "Polyphonix" /performance/
* Pécs (Hungary): "Alice" /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Vigadó Chamber Hall / Vigadó Kamaraterem, Hangár Est (‘Wall of Sound’ Evening): "Alice" /performance/
1989
* Spoleto (Italy): "O Fortuna" /performance/
* Nové Zámky (Slovakia): "O Fortuna" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia): "O Fortuna" /performance/
1990
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Sport and Activity Centre of Vojvodina / SPENS Sportski i Poslovni Centar Vojvodina: "Otkrovenje" (Revelation) (with Zoltán Pletl) /performance/
* Vác (Hungary), Greek Chapel / Görög Templom, Ex-panzió 2. Festival: "Angyal/Angel" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia): "Seraphine Tanz" /performance/
1993
* Szentendre (Hungary), Dalmát Cellar / Dalmát pince, UHF Kisújrevue /performance/
* Szeged (Hungary), JATE Club: "Alice" /performance/
* Vác (Hungary), Greek Chapel / Görög Templom, Expanzió 5. Festival /performance/
1994
* Szeged (Hungary): "Performancia" with Lukács Bitskey /performance/
* Zebegény (Hungary): "A helyettesítő asszony (The Substitute)" /performance/
* Pécs (Hungary): "A négydimenziós ablak (The Four-dimensional Window)" with Tamás Szalay /performance/
1995
* Marseille (France), International Poetry Centre / Centre International de Poèsie: " Kassák" /performance/
1996
* Marseille (France), Meyer Gallery / Galerie Meyer: "L’ agneau de Dieu et le double" (The Lamb of God and Its Double) /performance/
* Ajaccio – Corsica (France): "L’ agneau de Dieu et le double" ( The Lamb of God and Its Double) /performance/

2000s

2002
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Cultural Centre of Novi Sad / Kulturni Centar Novog Sada, INFANT (International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre): "Fűketrec / Grass-cage"
2003
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Chamber Theatre of Music / Kamerno Pozorište Muzike, INTERZONE Festival: " Tesla – Project" /performance/
2004
* Monza (Italy) /performance/
* Salerno (Italy) /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Chamber Theatre of Music / Kamerno Pozorište Muzike, INTERZONE Festival: "Tesla – Project"
* Budapest (Hungary), A38 Ship / A38 hajó: "Lomtalanítás" (Cleaning the House) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art / Ludwig Múzeum – Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum: "Torony-Lomtalanítás" (Cleaning the Tower-House) /performance/
2005
* Terény (Hungary), Expanzió Festival: "Angel" /performance/
2006
* Budapest (Hungary), Serbian Theatre in Hungary / Magyarországi Szerb Színház / Srpsko Pozorište u Mađarskoj: "Tesla", /audio-visual oratorio/
* Otterlo (Netherlands), Kröller-Müller Museum: "Change Art" /action/
* Amsterdam (Netherlands): "Tesla" /performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Sport and Activity Centre of Vojvodina / SPENS Sportski i Poslovni Centar Vojvodina, Inventors Association of Vojvodina, TeslaFest: "Tesla" /performance/
2007
* Nové Zámky (Slovakia), Art Gallery / Galéria Umenia: "Gyakorlatok üres húrokon – Kassák-kód" (Exercises on Empty Strings - Kassák Code) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Erlin Club Gallery / Erlin Klub Galéria: "Fűketrec" (Grass-cage) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Mu Theatre / Mu Színház: "Az Eszmélet szövedéke" (The Weave of Consciousness) (with Péter Bajka, Bern Atom Santi, Eszter Bereczky, Zsófia Varga) /performance/
* Verőce (Hungary), Ekszpanzió XX Festival: "Tesla, Audio-visual Oratorio" /performance/
* Szigliget (Hungary), Artist House of the Hungarian Public Foundation for Creative Art / Magyar Alkotóművészeti Közalapítvány Alkotóháza, József Attila Kör 18. irodalmi tábora (18th Literary Camp of the József Attila Circle): "Az Eszmélet szövedéke" (The Weave of Consciousness) (with Péter Bajka, Bern Atom Santi, Eszter Bereczky, Zsófia Varga) /performance/
2008
* Budapest (Hungary), Petőfi Literary Museum / Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, A Szépírók Társasága V. őszi irodalmi fesztiválja – Nők a férfi birodalomban (5th Autumn Literary Festival of the Hungarian Belletrist Association – Women in a Men's World): "Diptichon" (with Endre Szkárosi), performance
* Belgrade (Serbia), ARTGET Gallery – Cultural Centre Belgrade / Galerija ARTGET – Kulturni Centar Beograda (World Poetry Day): "Tesla – Homo Galacticus" /performance/
* Szigliget (Hungary), József Attila Kör 20. irodalmi tábora (20th Literary Camp of the József Attila Circle): "Trip-ti-chon" (with Veronika Czapáry), performance
* Budapest (Hungary), Irodalmi Centrifuga (Literary Centrifuge): "Trip-ti-chon" (with Veronika Czapáry), performance
* Bratislava (Slovakia), Ars Poetica Medzinárodny Festival Poézie /The 6th Ars Poetica International Poetry Festival /sound poetry performance
2009
* Visegrád (Hungary), The Roof Terrace of King Matthias Museum / A Mátyás Király Múzeum tetőterasza, Ekszpanzió XXI Festival: “Kerub" ( Cherub) /performance/

2010s

2010
* Budapest (Hungary), Gallery A22 / A22 Galéria, Tibor Papp's Exhibition Opening: "Óraköltemény" (Poem-Clock) /performance/
* Subotica (Serbia), Kosztolányi Dezső Theatre / Kosztolányi Dezső Színház: "Tesla – Homo Galacticus" /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Millenáris Theatre / Millenáris Teátrum, Book Festival: "Szabadkőműves szex" ( Freemason Sex) (with drMáriás) /performance/
* Štaglinec (Croatia), "Voda" – "Water" Međunarodni Susret Umjetnika (International Art Festival): "Veliko spremanje" (Spring Cleaning) /performance/
* Eger (Hungary), Small Synagogue Gallery of Contemporary Art / Kis Zsinagóga Kortárs Galéria, artAlom élőművészeti fesztivál (artAlom Performing Arts Festival): "Bukott angyalok" (Fallen Angels) /performance/
* Szeged (Hungary) – Subotica (Serbia), Railway line, Kultúrcsempész Sínbusz Fesztivál (Culture-smuggler Railbus Festival): Megaphone-assisted readings by Gábor Virág, Slobodan Tišma, Gábor Lanczkor, Tamara Šuškić, Vladimir Kopicl, Katalin Ladik, Siniša Tucić, Roland Orcsik
2011
* Budapest (Hungary), Kunsthalle (Palace/Hall of Art) / Műcsarnok: "Preparababrakabaré" /performance/
* Marseille (France), Museum of Contemporary Art / Musée d'Art Contemporain, Poésie Marseille 2011, 8ème Festival (8th Marseille Poetry Festival, 2011): "Le Grand Ménage" (Spring Cleaning) /performance/
* Târgu Mureș (Romania), National Theatre - Small Hall / Teatrul Naţional – Sala Mică, Testet öltött szavak rendezvény (Words Embodied – Event series): "Alice" /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Mu Theatre / Mu Színház, Ismeretlen kutatása improvizációs alkotóműhely (Searching the Unknown – Improvisational Workshop): "Hangmozdulat" (Sound Movement) (with Kati Dombi) /performance/
2012
* Budapest (Hungary), Hungarian Writers' Association / Magyar Írószövetség: XXIV. Ekszpanzió Festival, "Idézet" Szimpozion és Kiállítás ("Quotation" Symposium and Exhibition): "Ásó, kapa, nagyharang" ("Till Death" lit.: Spade, Hoe and Bell) /performance/
* Komárom (Hungary), Fort Monostor – Film Museum / Monostori Erőd – Filmmúzeum, Mediawave 2012 Festival: "Nagytakarítás" ("Spring Cleaning") /performance/
* Łódź (Poland), MS2 – Lodz Museum of Art / MS2 – Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi: "Alicja w krainie kodów" (Alice in Codeland) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Address: 8th district, Pál street 6.: Gödör bújócska – irodalom, zene, film, tánc, színház, beszélgetés (Gödör Club Hide-and-seek – literature, music, film, dance, theatre, discussions) /sound poetry performance/
* Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, City Hall Art Gallery, A B Series Workshop: ''"Nagytakarítás"'' ("Spring Cleaning") /performance/
:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Arts Court Theatre, A B Series: ''"Alice Kódországban"'' ("Alice in Codeland") /performance/
2013
* Budapest (Hungary), Óbudai Társaskör, Kassák Museum, Kassák Year: ''"Alice Kódországban"'' (Alice in Codeland) /performance/
* Hvar (Croatia), 17th International Festival of Radio Plays and Documentary Radio Dramas PRIX MARULIĆ, „Tesla. Homo Galacticus” /performance/
* Székesfehérvár (Hungary), Vörösmarty Theatre Studio, Contemporary Art Festival: ''"Alice Kódországban"'' (Alice in Codeland) /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Fuga, Autonómia Filmklub 5, „I Belong to the Band”: Katalin Ladik's voice on „poets of the absurd on chalk”

2014
* Százhalombatta (Hungary), Katalin Ladik - Endre Szkárosi, Slam Poetry /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Mika Tivadar Vigadó, JazzaJ, Katalin Ladik – Jean Michel van Schowburg, Katalin Ladik – Zsolt Sőrés, „Sounds to Go” (Hangok elvitelre) /performance/

2015
* Eger (Hungary), Templom Gallery, artAlom Live Art Festival 2015: "Tranzit Zoon", performance
* Gothenburg (Sweden), Gothenburg Book Fair "Tranzit Zoon", performance
* Vienna (Austria), Campus AAKH Hof 7, Universität Wien, "Singende Schnittmuster – Singing Dress Pattern", lecture-performance, multimedia slide-show
2016
* Poreč (Croatia), Behind the Scenes with Katalin Ladik! Artists on Vacation: "The Sounds of a sewing machine", ''Circe di Parenzo''” /performance/,
* Budapest (Hungary), MÜSZI, @Transart Communication, Katalin Ladik & Zsolt Sőrés „Alchemical Wedding” (Alkímiai nász) /performance/
* Milano (Italy), FM Centre for Contemporary Art, Non-Aligned Modernity. Eastern-European Art from the Marinko Sudac Collection. Katalin Ladik: “Tranzit Zoon” /performance/

2017
* Athens (Greece), Oval Staircase, Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall, “All the In-Between Spaces”, Concept and direction by: Paolo Thorsen-Nagel. Katalin Ladik: “Follow me into mythology” /performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Urania National Film Theatre, Janus Pannonius Grand Prize for Poetry 2017 Festivities of Hungarian Pen Club. Katalin Ladik: Sound Performance based on Concrete Poems of Augusto de Campos
* Limassol (Cyprus), Theatro Ena, SARDAM Mixed-media Literary Festival 5th edition, „Live Lecture” /solo sound poetry performance/
* Nicosia (Cyprus), Artos Foundation, SARDAM Mixed-media Literary Festival 5th edition „Live Lecture” /solo sound poetry performance/
* Limassol (Cyprus), SARDAM Mixed-media Literary Festival 5th edition, "Spring Cleaning", performance/
* Limassol (Cyprus), SARDAM Mixed-media Literary Festival 5th edition, „Wall(ed)”, aRttitude Site-specific dance performance, Katalin Ladik (live sound and voice).
* Budapest (Hungary), Trafó, „Alice in Codeland” /multimedia performance/
* Vienna (Austria), Lobby of Hotel Prinz Eugen, Erste Bank Publication Presentation „Sound Poems” /live performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Museum of Contemporary Art Voivodina (MSUV), „K.A.T (Culture – Activism – Theory) Conference”, „Creative Transitions”/live lecture, multimedia and sound poetry performance/
* Novi Sad (Serbia), Bulevar Books, „TraNSporteur multilingual poetry” /poetry reading/
* Lodz (Poland), House of Literature, „Puls Literary Festival, 2017, Hungarian Day”, „Sounds in Lodz” / live lecture, multimedia performance and live sound poetry performance/

2018
* Berlin (Germany), neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nBgK), "Alice in Codeland", multimedia performance
* Berlin (Germany), Akademie der Künste, „Underground und Improvisation”, „Follow me into Mythology” /live lecture and soloperformance/
* Berlin (Germany), Akademie der Künste, „Underground und Improvisation”, „Desire of Touch” /Duoperformance with Natalia Pschenitschnikova/
* Budapest (Hungary), Mersz Klub, „Túlélni a documenta 14-et” (Surviving documenta 14) /live lecture and soloperformance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Hungarian University of Fine Arts, „Túlélni a documenta 14-et” (Surviving documenta 14) /live lecture with Emese Kürti/
* Budapest (Hungary), Közkincs Könyvtár, "MŰVÉSZ + NŐ" (ARTIST + WOMAN), „Feminizmus és művészet ma?” (Feminism and Art Today?), „Túlélni a documenta 14-et” (Surviving documenta 14) /live lecture/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Cultural Center of Belgrade, "Spoken Word, World Poetry Day" /poetry reading/
* Belgrade (Serbia), Cultural Center of Belgrade, "Spoken Word, World Poetry Day", "Alice in Codeland" /multimedia performance/
* Zagreb (Croatia), „Showroom of Contemporary Sound”, „Transitions” /live lecture/
* Rome (Italy), Falconieri Palace (Hungarian Academy in Rome), „Fountains of Rome - Mouth to Lung!” /live lecture and sound performance/
* Budapest (Hungary), Három Holló – Drei Raben, „Antracit szájrúd (Antracit mouthpiece) /sound poetry performance/
* Berlin (Germany), Akademie der Künste, "19. poesiefestival berlin 2018, Weltklang – Night of Poetry", sound poetry performance
* Berlin (Germany), German Centre for Poetry (Haus f’ür Poesie), "lyrikline - Listen to the Poet", poetry reading and live voice recordings for the archive

2019
* Basel (Switzerland), Music Academy of Basel, Master Class in Free Impovisation, „Homo Ludens” (live lecture)
* Dresden (Germany), Lipsiusbau, „Alice in Codeland” / performance
* Rotterdam (the Netherlands), DE PLAYER, in collaboration with KRAAK, „BRAUBLFF #8 (Materie und Laut), Memory of Water / sound installation and sound poetry performance
* Brussels (Belgium), DE PLAYER, in collaboration with KRAAK, „BRAUBLFF #8 (Materie und Laut), „Memory of Water” / sound installation and sound poetry performance
* Madrid (Spain), Elba Benitez Gallery, „O-PUS” (solo exhibition curated by Adam Budak) / sound poetry performance
* Paris (France), Palais de Tokyo, The Liberated Voice, Sound Poetry, „Memory of Water” /sound installation

2020s

2020
* London (UK), Café OTO, Tinted Window with issue No.2: Verbivocovisual dedicated to 'Materializzazione del Linguaggio', a 1978 Venice Biennale exhibition curated by Mirella Bentivoglio/ sound installation (Memory of Water) and performance (Tranzit Zoon)
* Budapest (Hungary), Trafo Gallery, Nyitott műterem #21 (Open Studio), Zoom conversation with Emese Kürti
* Budapest (Hungary), acb Attachments, „Szerelmem, Sing-her!” (My Love, Sing-her!). Opening of solo exhibition „Sewn Sounds” (Bevarrt hangok)

2021
* Veszprém (Hungary), Pannon Várszínház (Pannon Castle Theatre), „Alice Kódországban” (Alice in Codeland)/ performance
* Budapest (Hungary), Art9 Gallery, „Új szakralitás” (New sacrality) / sound poetry performance
* Budapest (Hungary), MAMŰ, Opening of the exhibition „Graphic Score” /sound poetry performance
* Budapest (Hungary), Kassák Múzeum, „A víz emlékezete” („The Memory of Water”), Finissage of the exhibition „Poetry & Performance - Performance Art in Eastern Europe” /sound installation

2022
* Budapest (Hungary), Godot Gallery, opening of the exhibition of drMáriás / sound poetry performance
* Vienna (Austria), Alte Schmiede, „akustische Poesie” („Acoustic poetry”) / sound poetry performance
* Bratislava (Slovakia), Slovak National Gallery, „Follow me into mythology” / sound poetry performance and live lecture
* Budapest (Hungary), Kassák Múzeum, „Szkárosi-emlékest” (Memorial evening), „Gyaloghíddal a csillaglejtőn” (Footbridge over the stargate )/sound poetry
* Berlin (Germany), Collegium Hungaricum, „The Poets’ Sounds” / sound poetry performance
* Cologne (Germany), Loft, „The Poets’ Sounds” / sound poetry performance
* London (UK), London Woolwich Works, LCMF (London Contemporary Music Festival) “Sad and Ruined” /sound poetry performance
* Belgrade (Serbia), „The Poets’ Sounds” / sound poetry performance
* Limassol (Cyprus), Art Studio 55, SARDAM-Literature Festival, sound poetry and „Tranzit Zoon” performance

Workshops with performances (selection)

2018
* Zagreb (Croatia), „Showroom of Contemporary Sound”, „Noćna pjesma morskih ježeva” („Night song of sea lizards”) /improvisation and sounding in visual and concrete poetry workshop for the students of the Department of Animation and New Media of the Fine Art Academy in Zagreb (OZAFIN), as a part of the project Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union/
2021
* Berlin (Germany), Lettrétage im ACUD Studio, Poets’ Sound Production Workshop 1, creation of the visual score „Drei Eier”
* Cologne (Germany), LOFT Cologne, Poets’ Sound Production Workshop 2, finalizing the visual score „Drei Eier”
* Berlin (Germany), Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Poets’ Sound Production Workshop 3, rehearsal of the visual score based performance „Drei Eier”

Concerts, musical performances (selection)

1969
* Opatija (Croatia): Jugoslovenska muzička tribina (Yugoslav Music Tribune) (Ernő Király: Refleksija)
1970
* Opatija (Croatia): Jugoslovenska muzička tribina (Yugoslav Music Tribune) (Ernő Király: Refleksija; Branimir Sakač: Bellatrix - Alleluja)
* Novi Sad (Serbia): Muzika i Laboratorija (Music and Laboratory) (with Ernő Király)
* Osijek (Croatia): Annale komorne opere i baleta (Annual festival of chamber opera and ballet)
1971
* Zagreb (Croatia): Muzički biennale (Music Biennale – International Festival of Contemporary Music) (MBZ Radionica/Workshop II with Ernő Király, et al.; Chamber Music - Branimir Sakač: Bellatrix - Alleluja)
* Dubrovnik (Croatia): Dubrovačke ljetne igre (Dubrovnik Summer Festival) (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
* Radenci (Slovenia): Festival sodobne komorne glazbe (Contemporary Chamber Music Festival)
1972
* Munich (Germany): (Cultural Program of the 1972 Summer Olympics) (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
* Radenci (Slovenia): Festival sodobne komorne glazbe (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble) (Contemporary Chamber Music Festival)
* Osijek (Croatia): Annale komorne opere i baleta (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble) (Annual festival of chamber opera and ballet)
* Novi Sad (Serbia), ‘Radivoj Ćirpanov’ Workers’ University / Radnički univerzitet ‘Radivoj Ćirpanov’ (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
* Belgrade (Serbia), Studentski kulturni centar (Student Cultural Centre) – Festival Expanded Media (ACEZANTEZ Ensemble)
1979-2012
* Belgrade (Serbia), Dom Sindikata – BEMUS Belgrade Music Festival: “Oratorio Profano” (composer: Dušan Radić, conductor: Oskar Danon

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