People

Ľubomír Burgr

Artistic Director, theater and dance programmer. Ľubomír Burgr studied violin at the Kosice Conservatory and in 1996-1999 music composing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2000 he and his colleagues founded the Association for Contemporary Opera, which is linked with activities of the theatre SkRAT (2004), in which he acts as an author, director, actor and composer.

Slávo Krekovič

Artistic Director and music programmer. He obtained his PhD at the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Slávo is a co-founder and Artistic Director of the NEXT international music festival and the KRAAA festival. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the contemporary culture magazine 3/4.

Barbora Nemčeková

Barbora Nemčeková graduated in film science and film criticism at the Faculty of Film Studies of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. During her studies she participated in the literary competition Medziriadky. She worked as the editor-in-chief of the online film magazine Kinečko, headed the film section of the cultural monthly Kapitál and was the editor of Film.sk magazine. Her texts can be found in the filmological magazine Kino-Ikon, the feminist web magazine Druhá směna, Pontón magazine or in the archive of Kapitál. She is programmer of the independent Kino inak at A4 and a cultural worker. She likes pigeons and sleeps in her spare time.

Ľudovít Nápoký

Executive Director, Project Manager and Coordinator of Artistic Residencies. Ľudovít started in A4 as a volunteer while working on his PhD. Eventually he abandoned his studies to allow himself to be devoted to A4 fully. As a project manager he is responsible for Re-imagine Europe, artistic residences and the TEH (Transe Europe Halles).

Katarína Hrašková

Production manager. Production and Operations Manager. Katarína is currently studying film studies at VŠMU. She has always been close to production in art and culture - during high school (where she studied Chinese language) she founded and managed a cinema in Zvolen, at all levels - production, dramaturgy and visual identity. She has been working in film distribution and production, ad hoc in graphic design.

Tereza Rusnáková

Tereza is the coordinator of volunteers at A4. She graduated in Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, but started her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Banská Bystrica. Paradoxically, she entered the culture world during the pandemic, when there was room for new ideas. She founded VNS*festival in Považská Bystrica and has been involved in the cultural life of her hometown ever since. Alongside intermedia, she has also successfully finished a teaching training programme - after all working with young people and in a cultural environment has always been close to her heart.

Joey

ESC volunteer in PR & Media. With a bachelor in Multimedia and Creative Technologies from the Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Science and Arts, and experience in cultural projects, they handle communications, social media, and visual content to connect A4 with its audience.

Hugo

ESC volunteer. My name is Hugo Bordas, and I’m originally from France. I studied graphic design and artistic direction, with a focus on editorial and book design. This year at A4, my role is behind the camera, making it the perfect opportunity to develop my skills in event photography and gain deeper insight into the cultural sector.

Marta

ESC volunteer. Filmmaker. Marta studied Audiovisual Communication and Photography and in the last years she has worked in various roles related to culture. She is from Spain but has been living in Milan until now, when she came to A4 to work as a videographer.

Ole

ESC volunteer and technical support. Ole recently finished high school in Germany, specialising in music and English. This upcoming year he will be assisting with technical tasks in and around A4.