Project Zone

May 19–31, 2015

During OFF Biennale Budapest, Project Zone will create a video and documentary display, presenting independent art spaces from Budapest. The exhibition is based on an interactive, online archive, which was started in 2014 as a research platform for grassroots, non profit artinitiatives. The continuously growing database maps the appearance, or disappearance of so-called project spaces from 1989 up until today. The overview of the last 25 years will be experienced through the exhibition design as well as opening performance of Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop. Project spaces are civil initatives operating without the regular support of state institutions or the income from commercial strategies. They might appear in form of artist run galleries, in private apartments, studios, or even grocery shops turned into after-hour presentation interfaces. Given their non-profit engagement, their position remains precarious, they are nevertheless places for progressive artistic production and presentation. We may call them ‘temporary autonomous zones’, able to demonstrate an artistic approach complementary or even critical towards the prevailing art institutional focus. Thus, the aim of Project Zone is to develope a user friendly, collective platform, which on the one hand emphasizes the importance of Budapest-based project spaces, while on the other hand introduces their activity to a wider audience.

Participants: Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop, Márk Fridvalszki, Krisztina Hunya, Bea Istvánkó, Fanni Tihanyi, András Zalavári

Curators: Krisztina Hunya, Bea Istvánkó

Venue: Amatár (1035 Budapest, Veder utca 14.)