{"id":6232,"date":"2026-02-25T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/en\/esemeny\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T19:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:37:39","slug":"disappearing-countryside-the-back-of-beyond","status":"publish","type":"projekt","link":"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/en\/2015\/disappearing-countryside-the-back-of-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappearing Countryside &#8220;The Back of Beyond&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Disappearing Countryside &#8220;The Back of Beyond&#8221;<\/h1>\n<h2>April 24 \u2013 May 15, 2015<\/h2>\n<p><span>Inspired by the report of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) released in April 2014 titled <em>\u2019Settlements on the Edge of Existence\u2019<\/em> the online news portal VS.hu commissioned a series of videos to help the understanding of the phenomenon. As matter of concern the report discussed 60 villages where the population decreased by 50% between the two latest census records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Exhibiting artist: M\u00e1t\u00e9 Bartha<\/p>\n<p>Curators: Zsuzsanna St\u00e1nitz, M\u00e1t\u00e9 Bartha<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Telep Gallery (1075 Budapest, Mad\u00e1ch Imre \u00fat 8.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6224\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6224\" title=\"Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive\" src=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-590x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" class=\"wp-image-6224 size-featured_small\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-590x393.jpg 590w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7380.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6226\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6226\" title=\"Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277-590x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"587\" class=\"wp-image-6226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277-686x1030.jpg 686w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4IMG_7277.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6229\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6229\" title=\"Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive\" src=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-590x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" class=\"wp-image-6229 size-featured_small\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-590x393.jpg 590w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/offbiennale.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7372.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Emese Kiss \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exhibiting artist: M\u00e1t\u00e9 Bartha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"biennale_esemeny":[34],"projekt_category":[36],"tagek":[],"class_list":["post-6232","projekt","type-projekt","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biennale_esemeny-34","projekt_category-exhibitions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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