‘research’
ALBERT Ádám: System Analysis (KEMKI) I–IV, 2022–2023
… “The aim is no longer to make the letters legible, but to create new systems. Just as in a research report, what is presented is not the raw data itself, but their interpretation from a certain perspective.” (Ádám Albert) It is by abandoning the traditional, linear principle of reading, by breaking away from the usual process of perception, and by interpreting the letter-structures as puzzles, that we—detached from the constraints of interpretation—can avail ourselves to the patterns …
Eszter Szőnyeg-Szegvári
… is mainly focused on the processing of the archives of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts. Her research interests include the Hungarian art and institutional history of the second half of the 20th century, and more specifically, the public and poster art of the period, as well as industrial design and object culture. She is a lecturer at the University of Fine Arts, a professional consultant at Köztérkép, and vice-president of the Hungarian Poster Association. She publishes …
Éva Bárdits
… is managing the collection’s inventory. Her main areas of interest include critical cultural research and underground-DIY cultural practices.
György Szücs
… Department of the Hungarian National Gallery, of which, in 1999, he became the secretary for research, and from 2010 to 2023, he served as deputy director for research. He is a researcher of 20 th -century fine art, with a special focus on the following topics/areas: the art scene of Nagybánya/Baia Mare, Romanian/Transylvanian art in general, cultural life during the interwar period, and socialist realism. In addition to curating numerous exhibitions, he has also authored and edited …
Artist Archives of the Future
… the Andrzej Partum Archive (managed by Muzeum Sztuki) and Artpool staff are conducting comparative research in one another’s respective archives. The Andrzej Partum Archive (1938—2002), named after a prominent artist and theorist of the Polish neo-avantgarde, represents the art network of the 1970s and 1980s. Similar to—and in part overlapping with—Artpool, it has a significant collection of mail art, including works by several Hungarian artists (e.g. Sándor Pinczehelyi, László Beke, …