Zsuzsa Bakonyi

multisensory artist (photographer, performer)

Member of L1 Association (2025-)

10 Questions – 10 Answers

– Where would you like to wake up tomorrow morning?
– In Bali, recently I feel a longing there.

– Please name a book, a movie, a piece or a song, which you think is about you?
– There are many songs written about Susan in many languages  and since I believe in nomen est omen, I always paid special attention to them. Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne (and the Italian version of Fabrizio de André) are close to my soul.

– What was your greatest rebellion as a teenager?
– Nothing interesting, my parents were quite strict, I did not have much room to rebel.

– What would you do, if you wouldn’t be doing what you do now?
– Florist, or gardener. Or a lawyer, or a manager in an NGO… I am interested and talented in
too many things to be honest.

– What year would you type into a time machine, and why?
– End of 1890s in Budapest – it must have been an amazing time to be alive in this city.

– What are the first three items on your bucket list?
– Family with many kids. A dog. And an own farm and animals.

– What is your greatest fear?
– That my truest desires will not be fulfilled in this life.

– What ’superficial’ things do you waste your time with?
– I can spend a lot of time in sadness, but I guess it is who I am and it doesn’t feel like a waste of time.

– What kind of superstitions or rituals do you have before entering the stage?
– If I can, I offer my dance to higher powers and ask that my performance should serve and give the most possible.

– When and how do you get your best ideas?
– While jogging and actually literally anywhere, anytime.

– Which historical figure or fictive personality would you like to share a cup of coffee/tea or a glass of wine with?
– Milan Kundera

– What is your oldest piece of clothing?
– Probably a green scarf I found on the then-called Moszkva tér (Moscow square) about 20 years ago. Since then, I often find a lot of clothes, shoes and important things I need on the streets or random places.

– Which sense is the most important for you?
– If I can choose only one, then the smell.

– Is there one fact about you, which would surprise others if they would know it?
– I am actually quite rigid and take a lot of things much more seriously than how it appears to people.

– How do you see yourself in ten years?
– Exactly 50 years old :D

(March, 2025)