For this reason people from the Budapest art community started to call me ''Anna Jordan Project'', the name I still use as moniker for the visual arts I create. I was this crazy person who would just paint and constantly engage in projects, whenever I had free time. At one point, before I came to Berlin I had a painting atelier in Budapest for two years, that was wonderful. It’s relatively easy to start drawing or painting, all you need is a paper and pen, it costs nothing. Because of the limited resources available to me my roots are in visual arts. It was worth it.Īrt was always the biggest inspiration in my life. I think everyone should have the right to fight for it and be able to live a safe and independent life.
But it’s a good example of how far people will go if they have to and for the hope of a better future. The Allegorist: No! Can you imagine! In addition I spoke only a little German and no English ( laughing - ed.). Without knowing about it back then, they have symbolised my dreams, reminded to never get lost in the fog and where I’m going. The fact that I could come with a train was a big plus because I could carry as much as I could with me, and from all the things that I could've brought I chose a microphone and a guitar that I could not play. I tried to prepare for the move but in a country, where minimum wage in 2010 was around 240 EUR gross a month, I ended up coming by train, with 20 euros only. I had never been in Berlin and hadn't really seen much of the world so I didn't know what to expect but it felt like if I don't do it now, I won't do it ever. I was afraid to get stuck so I thought I am going to first try my luck elsewhere.
I have heard stories about how educated people would work in bars forever. In Hungary ''to go abroad'' at the time usually meant leaving for England, it was the mainstream thing to do - so to say. When I moved I didn't have the expectation that I would be able to work with the arts and I had no idea that Berlin is such a musical city.
Because I was kind of an outsider in Hungary too, I’ve always felt like it doesn't matter where I am. I came to start a new life in hope for any kind of opportunity really. Is that a general thing or specific to music and arts? There weren’t many opportunities and you can’t really shape your destiny. I always knew that I wouldn't live in Hungary forever. The Allegorist: 10 years ago I moved to Berlin - I was 24.
For how long are you here in Berlin and why did you move?
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