You are cordially invited to the CEU Open Gallery for the opening of two exhibitions on July 3, 2024 at 7:15 pm.
Iva Dimovska, co-organizer of the ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐/๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ will open the event, followed by Philipp Thapa, a fellow of Sustainable Europe Research Institute Germany, and lead researcher of The Big Green, who will briefly introduce the two exhibitions as part of the 2024 USS/E Conference.
Reception to follow.
The two exhibitions will be displayed at CEUโs Open Gallery from ๐๐๐น๐ 4 - ๐ญ๐ฏ as a part of the 24th Annual Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe.
The Big Green, a pan-European project that explores sustainable development with the cultural and creative sectors and that is co-funded by the European Union (2023โ27), is the co-organizer of this event, together with the Democracy in East Central European utopianism research group
The Open Gallery awaits visitors Tuesday - Saturday from 12 pm to 6 pm. Admission is free.
๐๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ
An Exhibition by Zsรณfia Szรกntay DLA /Nautes Architects/
Step into the realm of Egalopolis, an exhibition born from Zsรณfia Szรกntay DLA's /Nautes Architects/ decade-long exploration of the profound connection between utopia and architecture. Aligning with the Utopian Studies Society's 2024 conference theme, this display delves into the concept of utopian built space as an embodiment of individual and communal aspirations for freedom.
Embark on a captivating journey that commences in the fictional realm of the City of the Sun, traversing the dramatic narrative of the Southern Railway Bridge's supporting structure, culminating in the heart of Budapest.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐: Zsรณfia Szรกntay DLA architect, founder of NAUTES Architects, earned her doctor of liberal arts degree at BUTE. Her theses, โCodex Encoder โ The message of utopian architectureโ is based on a decade long research on the built space of literary and architectural utopias. In 2023 Zsรณfia had her first solo exhibition at Budapest Gallery showcasing her theses, art work and fiction book. Besides architecture she studied theoretical linguistics at ELTE and developed a linguistic based method for analysing spatial categorisation, that was introduced at the 2019 International Pragmatics Conference in Hongkong PU. Zsรณfia is married and the mother of one daughter.
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด
An Exhibition by Saลกa Spaฤal
The MycoMythologies series researches the multilayered question of how mushrooms can help humans think about the possibilities of entangled life in capitalist ruins. As speculative artistic research, MycoMythologies explores not only how fungal underground networks can inform humans, but also how technologies tend to define the teachings that humans receive. The series forms a collection of ontogenetic mythological stories paired with biotechnological installations. Through the MycoMythologies series, the artist expresses deep admiration for the wisdom, work, and legacies of Lionโs Mane (Hericium erinaceus), Octavia E. Butler, Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), radiotrophic fungal communities, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
MycoMythologies: Patterning is a biotechnological installation that captures growing fungal landscapes contaminated by the human microbiome โ bacteria, fungi, and archaea derived from the blood, sweat, and tears of the artist. The growing and evolving fungal mycelium of Hericium erinaceus is viewed with a microscope and analysed by computer vision. The images are then rendered on three screens as they are mapped, sonified, and collected into a database named Atlas of Collaborative Contamination. The installation questions whether we can see ourselves as entangled rather than sovereign, reflecting on contamination as a productive exchange between different life forms while we live in ecosystems where human and other-than-human bodies are infrastructures for each other.
Saลกa Spaฤalโs exhibition and her participation at the 24th USS/E Conference is supported by The Big Green, a pan-European project that explores sustainable development with the cultural and creative sectors. Co-funded by the European Union, 2023โ27.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐: Saลกa Spaฤal MA [she/her], a postmedia artist, merges living systems research with contemporary art, emphasising the interconnectedness of the environment-culture continuum within planetary metabolisms. Her artistic endeavours include developing caring biotechnological methodologies and interfaces that engage with both organic and mineral soil agents. In parallel, she explores the fragility of posthuman scenarios, intricately weaving mechanical, digital, and organic logics within the realms of contemporary biopolitics and necropolitics.
Her works were presented at venues such as ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe [DE], Ars Electronica [AT], Centre de Cultura Contemporร nia Barcelona โ CCCB [ES], Laboratoria Art & Science Foundation / New Tretyakov Gallery [RUS], National Art Museum of China [CHN], Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova [SI], Onassis Cultural Centre Athens [GR], Transmediale Festival [DE], GHMP Prague City Gallery [CZ], Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana [SI], Museo Extremeรฑo e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporรกneo [ES], Perm Museum of Contemporary Art [RUS], Chronos Art Centre [CHN], Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb [CRO], Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina [SRB]. She received awards and nominations Ars Electronica Starts Prize [2021], Japan Media Art Award [2020], New Technological Art Award [2019], New Aesthetica Prize [2020], Prix Cube [2015] and Prix Ars Electronica [2015].