“Májusfa”  art education workshops and public art exhibition

May 1–31, 2015

Organisers: Tamás Komoróczky, Moebius Drawing School

In connection with Off-Biennale, we have planned an art workshop and a related outdoor exhibition to be realized within the framework of a collective collaboration.

The art workshop would be implemented in cooperation with the Moebius Drawing School, which has several years of experience in art education, together with its lead teachers and a group of 6–7 students who regularly participate in their program and are interested in the project. The sessions would take place in an open-minded, free-spirited environment; the lead teachers (Luca Korodi and Donáta Gajzágó) place emphasis on encouraging the creative imagination of their mostly high school–aged students, using simple materials in a bold and accessible way.

We have chosen the theme of the “maypole.” The maypole is a symbol of the renewal of nature and a widely recognized symbolic element of springtime youth traditions across Europe. In our case, it could provide a concise structural framework for the sub-themes collectively explored during the workshop (freedom, compassion, solidarity, empathy, equality). At the same time, we do not intend to impose any kind of direct didactic approach on the project; rather, what is perhaps more important is the final aesthetic appearance of the jointly created object—an “abstract sculpture”—as well as the reflection on, experience of, and analysis of the creation process itself. It also means confronting the fact that collaborative work may involve a certain degree of individual compromise—even the possible sacrifice of aesthetically pleasing fragments.

The structure of the work would be installed at the outdoor venue, the Pagony garden area, in the first days of May, and the sculpture would be built and developed once a week—treated as an ongoing process over time—so that, week by week, it gradually reaches its final form, after which the result can be inaugurated and documented.

Workshop participants: students of the Moebius Drawing School, approximately 6–7 people

Workshop lead teachers: visual artists Luca Korodi, Donáta Gajzágó, and Tamás Komoróczky

Venue: Pagony (1114 Budapest, Kemenes utca 10.)

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