A Welsh legend that became a Hungarian classic!

The Bards of Wales

A unique projection mapping in the capital of Wales
presenting the story of the Bards and commemorating the anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian Poet János Arany

The year 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer of the poem, one of Hungary's greatest poets, János Arany. The legend of the Welsh bards, thanks to this famous writing, is a story that every Hungarian learns by heart in school.

According to the legend, King Edward I executed 500 Welsh bards for failing to sing his praises at a banquet in Montgomery Castle in 1277. Arany saw parallels between the story of the bards and the situation in Hungary at his time. In 1857 when Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph toured Hungary and it was suggested that his visit should be commemorated by a poem. Arany was a well-liked poet who had translated Shakespeare, but together with his fellow writers he refused to compose poems in praise of the head of a hated regime. Instead he wrote the epic ballad 'A Walesi Bárdok' (The Bards of Wales) for private circulation, publishing it only in 1863, disguised as a translation of an old English ballad in order to bypass the Austrian censors.

Translation by Peter Zollman
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The team:

Gábor KITZINGER - director, character design, modelling, animation
Márton NOLL - director, editor, animation
Marcell ANDRISTYÁK - modelling, animation
István RITTGASSER - VFX, compositing
Éva KERTÉSZ - animation
Kim Doan Quoc - animation
Balázs Horváth - animation
Csilla Domonkos - music, sound design
Zsolt Gyulai - audio post prod
Patrick Mullowney - narration
Tamás Zádor - producer, technical director
Gábor Horváth - UK management
Judit Bakonyi - assistant, mockup maker

Sponsors:
HCC
NKA

Technical provider:
EMF Live

Special thanks to:
Cardiff Council St. John the Baptist Church
Alun Davies - Honorary Consul of Hungary in Wales

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The projection mapping telling the story of the bards on the beautiful facade of the centrally located St John the Baptist Church was projected repetitively 4 times per hour from 7pm to 10pm for one evening.