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Budapest, April 24, 2007 11:30

Magyar Telekom jointly announced a street-art competition with the Lát-Kép Association for young artists who were given the possibility to embellish four grey T-Com switching cabinets in Budapest with their art work. In the next few days the winning artists will begin their work which will be financed in full by Magyar Telekom. In view of the success of this competition, the organizers have announced a competition for the transformation of another two switching cabinets in Budapest.

The Lát-Kép Nonprofit Public Benefit Association and Magyar Telekom are both committed to the improvement and embellishment of the Budapest townscape. In addition to events like the annually organized Ray Painting, Magyar Telekom has started to support another initiative to bring color to the appearance of the city.

Magyar Telekom jointly announced a competition with Lát-Kép Egyesület for street-artists on the occasion of Earth Day to contribute to the development of a cleaner and better arranged townscape. The competition is intended to give an artistic appearance to the grey T-Com switching cabinets found in many locations of the capital. Any technique, idea or style could be used in the competition, the organizers did no wish to limit the artistic freedom of the competitors. The only condition was that the entrants should be young artists not yet known to the public.

The jury of experts selected from the artworks received those of Zsuzsa Trieb, Vince Énárt, Bálint Sági and Gábor Boross. Two switching cabinets in Bem rakpart in Buda, one in Attila út and one in the city center at Szabadság tér will be given a new appearance. The switching cabinet at Szabadság tér will be repainted by the winner in the presence of journalists, at the time of the press conference. The young artists will each receive 15,000 forints to cover their costs and 50,000 forints as a fee. A special coating will protect their artworks from grime and defacement.

In view of the success of this competition, the Lát-Kép Association and Magyar Telekom have announced a competition for the transformation of another two switching cabinets.

For detailed information on the winners and the latest competition visit www.lat-kep.hu