September 11, 2019 -
October 6, 2019
Budapest -
Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
The Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, in Budapest (HU) hosted PARALLEL Intersection in September 2019. This is the crossing point of the 2nd and 3rd cycle PARALLEL new artists, as well as the 18 European institutions member of the Platform. Among other activities, the event presented ‘Zeitgeist’, the closing exhibition of the 2nd cycle artists, and the Showcase of the 3rd cycle artists.
‘Zeitgeist’: the exhibiting young contemporary artists created their works using the broadest range of the photographic toolkit and applying a diversity of techniques and new media. Their pieces deal with current issues and the problems of our environment as well as topics concerning their generational scope of interest. According to the curatorial concept, the artworks within Zeitgeist are presented in a thematic order organized under four titles: Post-truth, Anthropocene, Mystique, and Identity. The totality of the works together represent the Zeitgeist, or the spirit of our times defining the way of thinking, the aspirations, and the objectives of people living in the first quarter of the 21st century.
2nd cycle artists: Agata Wieczorek (PL), Ana Zibelnik (SI), André Viking (DK), Christel Thomsen (DK), Cihad Caner (TR), Dániel Szalai (HU), Diogo Bento (PT), Dries Lips (BE), Ela Polkowska (PL), Fábio Cunha (PT), Federico Ciamei (IT), Garrett Grove (US), Hannamari Shakya (FI), Inês Marinho (PT), Jake Mein (NZ), Jessica Wolfelsperger (DE), José Alves (PT), Laura Konttinen (FI), Louisa Boeszoermeny (DE), Marie Lukasiewicz (FR), Martin Eberlen (UK), Mateusz Kowalik (PL), Matthew Thompson (IE), Nils Stelte (DE), Rocco Venezia (IT), Roisin White (IE), Sinead Kennedy (AU).
3rd cycle artists: Anka Gregorczyk (PL), Anna Siggelkow (DE), Carola Lampe (DE), Caroline Kolkman (NL), Cecilie Nicoline Rasmussen (DK), Cian Burke (IE), David Barreiro (ES), Diego Ballestrasse (AR), Domonkos Varga (HU), Elsa Gregersdotter (SE), George Selley (UK), Georgs Avetisjans (LV), Gustavo Balbela (BR), Indrė Urbonaitė (LT), Joachim Bøgedal (DK/SE), Johanna Karjalainen (FI), Jordi Barreras (ES), Joshua Tarplin (US), Jošt Dolinšek (SI), Margherita Muriti (IT), Negar Yaghmaian (IR), Sara Perovic (HR), Sara Wu (TW), Shelli Weiler (US), Simone Sapienza (IT), Søren Lilholt (DK), Theo Ellison (UK), Vitaliy Galanzha (UA), Yushi Li (CN), Yuxin Jiang (CN)
Showcase: September 2019 was the begging of the PARALLEL journey for the 3rd cycle artists, that showed their work for the first time within the platform.
‘Zeitgeist’ Curator
JUDIT GELLÉR
EMESE MUCSI
‘Showcase’ Curator
ISTVÁN VIRÁGVÖLGYI
Project Coordinator
VIVIEN BORONYÁK
