From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy)

October 10 – November 3, 2017

Szabolcs KissPál’s installation examines the nature of political ideologies. As a case study, it aims to reveal the historical antecedents to which the current Hungarian state traces back its concept of the nation, and how it enforces this in society. The artist leads the viewer along three narrative threads from the irredentist movements of the mid-war period to the current state religion and its allusions to blood and motherland, which is also laden with pagan overtones. The work was produced with the help of the grant of Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst and Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2016.

Exhibiting artist: Szabolcs KissPál

Curators: The curatorial team of OFF-Biennale

Venue: Institute of Political History (1052 Budapest, Alkotmány u. 2.)

Supported by Goethe-Institut Budapest | The main cooperation partner of this year’s OFF Biennale is GfZK – Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig. The cooperation project is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.