{"id":15367,"date":"2026-01-15T11:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/?page_id=15367"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:15:51","slug":"bratislava-kosice-back-and-forth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/bratislava-kosice-back-and-forth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bratislava \u2013 Ko\u0161ice, back and forth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Bratislava-Ko\u0161ice (back and forth)<\/h1>

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Robert Fico, ex-Prime Minister of Slovak Republic spoke about illusory motorway D1 in 2007. He said that it will connect western and eastern Slovakia by 2010. It has never happened.<\/p>

I\u00a0couldn\u00b4t help myself but wonder, what it would be, if it worked out. Whether the motorway delete or at least eliminate the differences between slovak regions and Bratislava as the capital of Slovakia. How would people think, what would they do and how would they perceive the country they live in. Would they understand Slovakia the same way as they did nowadays? Would be Bratislava stop pretend to be a small state in the big one?<\/p>

On the Bratislava-Ko\u0161ice trainline, I\u00a0watch the country, people and situation. I\u00a0 am actually looking for the definition of what it means to be Slovak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In my opinion, it could only be understood if I knew the country I lived in. Slovakia has changed a lot over the last two years, we have made very important steps through the incidents that happened. First of all, it was the murder of J\u00e1n Kuciak and Martina Ku\u0161n\u00edrov\u00e1 that moved the country forward. The killing led to widespread anti-corruption protests that forced then-Prime Minister Robert Fico and the country\u2019s chief of police to step down. On the other hand it brought the rise of extreme nationalism and hatred against minorities and ethnic groups.<\/p>

My previous projects have been dealing with the issue of false and empty self-determination of Slovaks. Bratislava- Ko\u0161ice (back and forth) shows Slovakia in a portrait series. My goal is to show the people who embody all those already mentioned events. They are bitterly sad, sometimes smiling, but still a little crooked.<\/p>

The radial from west to east offered me to capture people in their natural environment, not situationally, but rather story-like. These are not moments that once happen and then disappear. Each of them carry its own story with a reference to the past and a transition to the future.<\/p>

The project Bratislava-Ko\u0161ice (back and forth) is the big portrait of Slovakia, which I composed from many significant moments. If someone asked me how many hours I have spent in the car, I would answer that I have no idea. It was a\u00a0 <\/span>lot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chairman of Voluntary Fire Department. Bud\u010da, Slovakia, 2019<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Robert Fico. He joined the Communist Party of Slovakia in 1987. Member of National Council of the Slovak Republic, served as a Prime Minister of Slovakia (2006-2010, 2012-2018). He has been the leader of left-wing political party SMER-social democracy. He had to resign after weeks of public protests over the slaying\u00a0 <\/span>of a journalist Jan Kuciak and his fianc\u00e9e Martina Ku\u0161n\u00edrova in 2018. Nitra, Slovakia, 24th<\/sup> of February 2020<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Celebrating of International Women Day organized by political party SMER. Women pensioners are applauding to Robert Fico. Trnava, Slovakia, 10th<\/sup> fo March 2015<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There was an incident in Va\u017eec village in december 2019. It has occured between Roma boys and non-Roma girl. It had started a battle between the families of the children, Jo\u017eko ended up with a broken head and emotional trauma. The nationalist party \u013dSNS abused the conflict for its own propaganda. Va\u017eec, Slovakia. 14th of January 2020<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Proud of the Family March. A young, good-looking couple wearing the logos of the nationalist party \u013dSNS. Until the 2020 parliamentary election, the party had the image of a skinhead party elected by either marginalized radicals or frustrated young protesters. Crowds of Kotleba voters are expanded by women and elderly. The number of people with an university degree has also doubled, although this group is still below average. Bratislava, Slovakia. 5th<\/sup> of April, 2020<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Protests \u201cStand up for Descent Slovakia\u201d have been supported by thousands of people and personalities. In addition, Slovaks have asked the murder of J\u00e1n Kuciak and his fianc\u00e9e Martina Ku\u0161n\u00edrov\u00e1 to be investigated. Other demand was to take all the political responsibility of Robert Fico and other members of his government for situation that had occurred. The protests were the largest ones since the times of Velvet Revolution in 1989. Bratislava, Slovakia, 6th of April 2018<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bratislava-Ko\u0161ice (back and forth) \u00a0 Robert Fico, ex-Prime Minister of Slovak Republic spoke about illusory motorway D1 in 2007. He said that it will connect western and eastern Slovakia by 2010. It has never happened. I\u00a0couldn\u00b4t help myself but wonder, what it would be, if…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15367","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borisnemeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}