Do you live in Trenčín? ALTOFEST project is open to citizens’ participation!
You have until the end of April to apply and be part of Altofest’s Trenčín People.
Culture transforms your life. Your house is waiting to become a stage for art and community!
Write to lenka.abaffyova@trencin2026.eu asking for:
– more info by email or phone (in Slovak)
– a personal info session with curators via a Zoom call (in English)
– a meeting in person with the curators in the slot 29th of March-2nd of April
Discover more about Altofest:
https://www.trencin2026.eu/en/projekt/altofest-2/
https://www.teatringestazione.com/altofest/Trencin2026/
WHAT IS ALTOFEST?
Altofest is a pioneering “human-specific” project that has been reimagining the relationship between performing art and everyday life. Founded in Naples in 2011, Altofest is a festival held in people’s homes. This award-winning project transforms everyday spaces into places of encounter and extraordinary experiences, connecting art and everyday life through the principles of gift and hospitality.
In this 2026 Special Edition, programmed for the European Capital of Culture, we invite the citizens of Trenčín to host international artists in their homes for two weeks, transforming domestic spaces into a stage for art and dialogue. All the houses are then open to the audience, who move from house to house, discovering art in the most unexpected and familiar corners of their own city.
“To host an artist at home is to rediscover the beauty of care, of welcome, of trust. The legacy we leave is a void — the space we open for one another.”
— Anna Gesualdi & Giovanni Trono
“For One Another”
“For One Another” is the main theme of this special edition. It refers to the need to stay together as a community because each one’s destiny is bound to the others’.
It explores the profound ethical and social connections that bind individuals, moving beyond self-interest to a shared commitment to each other’s flourishing.
“For one another” centers on mutual obligation, reciprocity, and recognizing shared humanity, seen in ethics like the Golden Rule (treat others as you’d be treated) and Kantian ethics (treat people as ends, not just means), emphasizing responsibility to the ‘Other’ as fundamental to self-identity, evident in concepts like Levinas’s face-to-face encounter, fostering solidarity, and highlighting virtuous friendship as mutual care for growth.