Mészáros Júlia, N.: 35 éves a Győri Művésztelep. Történeti áttekintés, művek, életrajzi adatok, beszámoló a jubileumi találkozóról - Győri művészettörténet 4. (Győr, 2003)
Országos Szimpózium Találkozó, Győr
Lect.: Colin Foster sculptor, professor at the Pécs Unbiversity 6.30 p.m. Comment József Cserny 6.40 p.m. Prize-giving 7.15 p.m. DINNER 9.00 p.m. Making the Closing Document A SHORT REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE Júlia N. Mészáros welcomed the guests, then spoke briefly about the fact that the objective of the present conference was, besides the commemoration of the 35-year-old Artists’ Symposium of Győr and the Hungarian movement of symposia, common thinking of the establishment of still closer links of Hungarian artists’ symposia with education of art as well as the survey of resources necessary for the operation of the artists’ symposia and of the common tasks necessary for the transformation of the movement of symposia appropriate to our age, with especial regard to the National Sculptural Symposium to be held at the Exhibition Hall in Budapest the following week and the International Sculptural Symposium of Győr planned for next year. (Her lecture corresponds to the English version of the study at the beginning of this volume.) Subsequently, József Cserny delivered a lecture on the development of the Hungarian movement of symposia after 1945, and its antecendents. He commemorated the fact that the first National Meeting of Symposia had been organized 13 years ago in Győr, which city celebrates the 35th jubilee of the establishment of its artists’ symposium. Number 35 seems quite mystical, he said, because the movement of symposia also started in Hungary 35 years ago. But let us not forget that the movement of symposia actually started in ancient times, it can be traced back to Platon and Aristotle, to the beginning of university education, teacher-pupil relation based on close co-operation, and in Hungary e.g. Kazinczy wrote to a friend as early as the reform period that Hungarian men must be accustomed to answering „word for word” so that peoples can understand one another’s language. In other words, he urged the movement of symposia for that is its essence. It is the establishment of the Hungarian Council of Art in 1946 that can be regarded as the beginning of the movement of symposia after 1945. This organization made numerous positive decisions until it was closed down. Although the Society of Symposia was only established in 1990, the movement of symposia had basically begun before the operation of the Society, in the 60s. It is extremely interesting how its members were able to co-operate, living all over the country and everybody doing something different from their artistic 316
