What if rain could make the city speak?
What if rain could make the city speak? On 29 January at 14:00, join us for Walk In The Rain — a public audio-walk and urban intervention with an artis Deren Demir that reveals hidden messages across Trenčín. Messages you can only see when it rains. Using eco-friendly, rain-activated stencils, the walk uncovers climate-related texts […]
Film Club Special: The History of Film with Peter Konečný
This time, the Young Film Club is transforming into a special guest event. Instead of the usual shared screening and discussion, we invite you to an exceptional lecture on the history of film, intended for everyone who loves cinema and wants to understand it better. Our guest will be Peter Konečný – film critic, journalist, […]
DOBROtraining
Gateway to Volunteering DOBROškolenie is the gateway to volunteering for Trenčín 2026. DOBROškolenie dates: January 7, 2026 January 8, 2026 January 13, 2026 January 14, 2026 January 15, 2026 January 20, 2026 January 21, 2026 January 22, 2026 January 27, 2026 January 28, 2026 January 29, 2026 Do you want to become a volunteer for […]
Introduction of the exhibition with the artist Maj Horn and curator Lýdia Pribišová
Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. As part of her work, Maj Horn creates masks and costumes. She uses used textiles, paper, and organic materials. This approach becomes a method of seeing other species, and working with material transformation as forms of changing perspective. In the exhibition this approach is combined with Slovak folkloric animal mask traditions. A site-responsive process took place prior to the exhibition in Spring and Fall, 2025. Numerous meetings and events were held with ecologists, artists and other local people. Gradually, a community emerged, sharing stories about their connections with, and knowledge of, the plants and animals of Trenčín and the surrounding area. These public events included lectures, performances, workshops, shared meals, and walks. We held discussions with herbalist and plant guide Veronika Repková, and with artist, researcher, and urbanist Isa Klee, focusing on how sustainable interspecies relationships can be built in times of climatic and social change. Together with Sylva Mertanová, director of the Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, we visited a site inhabited by beavers. The exhibition will culminate in a walk. On 1 March, a public performance will bring all the masks and costumes to life. Maj Horn (b. 1987, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Her artistic practice explores nature-culture relations, storytelling and ecological thinking. She works with performance, installation and socially engaged art. She holds a master’s degree from the Funen Art Academy, followed by postgraduate courses in Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen. Hosts: Jana Gombiková, Kasha Potrohosh, Paulína Pokryvková, […]
GOODspot
GOODspot – the community heart in the Bunky by Hviezda GOODspot is part of the upcoming Community and Cultural Centre (CCC) – a space to support and connect active citizens, communities, associations, artists, and young people. It’s a dynamic ecosystem where community-cultural “micro-organisms” meet – initiatives, creators, schools, and associations. The space serves as a safe and open place for volunteers of Trenčín […]
Béčka – An Original Theatre Production
The original play Béčka by Michal Belej was created on commission for the artistic collective Príchod Godota. The production is built on personal experiences and doubts that haunt actress Heidi Šinková and actor Ľuboš Janák. Both are professionally trained actors who have not yet attained worldly fame—and with each passing year, the question of why […]
Opening of contemporary art exhibitions at the castle
6 February 2026, 6:00 PM – Trenčín Castle We invite you to the opening of three exhibitions that, as part of the Contemporary Castle project, will enliven the historic spaces of Trenčín Castle with contemporary art. Discover artistic interpretations of space, time, memory, and myth by internationally renowned artists whose works were created specifically for […]
TEATRI MOBILI
As part of the European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026 programme, we invite families with children as well as the general public to an exceptional theatre experience in the unconventional setting of the Italian travelling truck theatre TEATRI MOBILI, which will park directly in Trenčín. During the afternoon hours, audiences can look forward to a […]
Invitation to participation | Walk in the Rain Public Space Project | Trenčín 2026 – TrenAir with Diren Demir
We invite you to participate in the project of our resident Diren, who is spending the month of January with us. His project Walk in the Rain is an interactive street art project developed within the Trenčín 2026 – European Capital of Culture residency programme. The project invites local voices to collaboratively intervene in the […]
Yasuaki Onishi (JP): Crystallized Silence
Yasuaki Onishi (JP) Opening: 6 February 2026, 6:00 PM Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle, Barbora Palace – Knights’ Hall Exhibition partner: EU–Japan Fest What happens when a work based on fragility is placed within the massive architecture of a castle? Crystallized Silence, an exhibition by Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi, transforms […]
Carla Rebelo (PT): Barbora’s Thread
Carla Rebelo (PT) Opening: 6 February 2026, 6:00 PM Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle – Barbora Palace (small hall) In Barbora Palace, history can be read even without words – in surfaces, in the rhythm of the architecture, in the way light falls across the floor. Portuguese artist Carla Rebelo […]
The Well of Love Exhibition
Kerem Ozan Bayraktar (TR), Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar (TR), Ekmel Ertan (TR), Buşra Tunç (TR) Duration: 7 February – 28 August 2026 Venue: Trenčín Castle (Gothic Chapel + basement / underground of the cannon bastion) Project: Contemporary Castle The Legend of the Well of Love is present at Trenčín Castle in the stones, […]
FROM IDEA TO PROJECT III.
Project Management for Small Initiatives – Continuation At the third meeting of the From Idea to Project series, we will further develop ongoing project ideas and jointly look at their next steps. The meeting will create space for summarizing, clarifying direction, and sharing experiences from the entire series. Once again, the topic will be approached […]
FROM IDEA TO PROJECT II.
Project Management for Small Initiatives – Continuation At the second meeting of the From Idea to Project series, we will continue working with project ideas and go into greater depth. The meeting will offer space for further progress, joint reflection, and sharing experiences. Once again, the topic will be approached in a very practical way […]
Concert Slovnorama (NOR/SK)
Slovnorama is a fresh Norwegian–Slovak music project in which Nordic melancholy meets Slovak temperament. It is led by Slovak singer and actress Vanessa Weisz and Norwegian musician and producer Erling Ramskjell, whose collaboration began during Erling’s residency in Trenčín as part of the TREBØ project. What was originally planned as a one-off concert quickly evolved […]