The Csíkszereda International Jazz Festival awaits jazz lovers with an outstanding musical offer for five days. Fourteen concerts are included in the festival's program between July 27 and 31, but jam sessions, dance performances, children's programs, crafts and jazz painting also enrich the jazzy days. The visual elements of the festival, Fazakas Barna's advertising graphics, also reflect the colorfulness of the program and jazz music.
Fazakas Barna talked to artist, DJ, photographer and advertising graphic artist four years ago about Liget.ro's life path, its diverse activities, and what challenges it faces. At the time, he was still living in Belgium, where he worked as a barman, and was planning to move home. Since then, this has been realized, and he came from his home in Czíksszentkirály for the current conversation.
"After we last talked, autumn came again, I fixed a few things on the house, but I ran out of money, so I went back to work in Belgium for another year. But by then I had already practically moved home, I had brought home my music and all my belongings. After a year, I came home again, it was three years ago in June, and I've been home ever since."
As he said, since he moved to Csíkszentkirály, he was able to immerse himself even more in his work during the pandemic. Although he didn't have a problem with this in Belgium either, since he worked two or three nights a week in a pub and could devote four days to his other jobs and activities. "It was also a relatively productive period. The big difference compared to living at home was that when I wasn't working, I didn't meet anyone, I didn't talk, my phone didn't ring for weeks. And then I told myself that I can do this at home. At home, however, it's a bit different, because it's true that I'm in the village, I come up to the city, there are acquaintances and friends here that I can meet. I also have a permanent job here, although I only earn a quarter of what I earn there. I insist on living a relatively free life.”
He added that he is still in the process of finding what he came home for. This is the fourth time that he starts almost from "zero". Although many people know it, it is not easy to start over after 25 years of absence. "The most difficult thing was not to come to work for eight to ten hours a day, but to solve the situation so that I could make a living on the one hand, and on the other hand, so that I could slowly renovate my house. I work every day, I have fun every day, I relax, I do everything every day, there are no weekdays, no weekends, I set my schedule."
Source: Liget.ro
Author: Beáta Péter
Photo: Attila Pinti
