INDEPENDENT. CONTEMPORARY. ART
OFF-Biennale Budapest 2015

“OFF-Biennale is an unprecedented initiative in the Hungarian cultural life. The organisation of this event series, involving several hundred participants, was undertaken without any institutional or financial backing by a small group of professionals who brought together the actors of OFF with the aim of laying the foundations for an independent, diverse visual arts scene.

OFF was realised according to a model previously untested in Hungary: it was implemented without state funding, independently of the state cultural infrastructure, relying on international and private support, on collaborations among various actors of the contemporary art field, through self-organization and an enormous amount of voluntary work. Artists and artist collectives, curators, non-profit venues, commercial galleries, civil organizations, private supporters, collectors, and culturally engaged volunteers have formed a network to show the Hungarian public that contemporary art is not the privilege of a few, but a collection of exciting and thought-provoking artistic practices that speak to all of our lives.