Pavol Čižmár

Our coordinator Lenka didn’t go too far with the award, just to the neighboring office.

Since the assignment sounded to appreciate someone who contributed to the good mood and spread positive vibrations to the surroundings, she added a fellow Palina to the award-winning chain.

Paul Čižmar is not a boot, but a film director who currently helps to invent, organize and coordinate a cultural revolution called Trenčín 2026. He is a programme manager and, among other projects, he is in charge of the Garáž Festival of Young Music, which was held in the new cultural area Þ Cells at Looke.

There we have tried how the space works, and since then there have been concerts and community events, and he speaks enthusiastically and mentions the Gastronomic degustories project, in which they try to link gastronomy with art.

I make these events as such. There’s a bit of dramaturgy in it, a selection of environments where you plant them, how you make them artistically, ” says Paul.

She commends that many things have moved forward in the cultural field in Trencin in recent years. There are a number of new premises for meeting people and organising diverse community events. Cultural events are increasing.

We can hardly go to those cultural events, so many are created here, and he added.

Paul is also an activist of Living Neighborhoods, a community project in the part of the city where he lives. He’s been doing the project with his girlfriend for five years. When he started, he was greatly influenced by his visit to Barcelona.

I saw a big live park where people spent time together, doing birthday parties, practicing, dancing. Seniors, young, young children. A million different things worked together, and they all thought it natural. I said to myself that I would like to do this with us once, and I added to my conclusion.