‘Artpool’

30 years of artpool.hu curated by Judit Bodor and Roddy Hunter   ➤  OPENING EVENT WITH PERFORMANCE  Thursday, 21 May 2026, 18:00 pm (CET) Opening speech by János Sugár Performance :  Roddy Hunter: a u t o m a t i n g {a r t p o o l . h u}     ➤  ASSOCIATED EVENT Thursday, 21 May 2026, 16.00-18.00 pm (CET) HISTORY/REALITY #4: from The Garden of Communication to the Dark …

… in post-digital contexts. Presented in association with  archivuminternetwork : 30 Years of artpool.hu,  History / Reality #4  invites reflection on archiving networked art in an age of automation emerging superintelligence, systems we are still only beginning to understand. The title of the event draws on two texts from different moments in internet history. In  The Garden of Communication  (1998), Anna Balint reflected on the early internet’s potential, describing artpool.hu as “an …

… 25-30 minutes long. --- In 2023, on the anniversary of Endre Szkárosi's death, the Artpool Foundation, thanks to the generous support of his widow, Zsuzsanna Rónai, invited applicants for a two-year research scholarship in order to facilitate the processing of the oeuvre of Endre Szkárosi, who died in 2022. The winners of the competition were given the opportunity to study the Szkárosi documentation in the Museum of Fine Arts - KEMKI - Artpool Art Research Center, as well as …

… experimental creative career, a segment of which is now on display for Hungarian audiences. The Artpool collection exhibition emphasizes Vigo's special relationship with artists’ periodicals, showing how the artist used this medium not only to create a creative shared space, but also as an effective tool for disseminating art.   The finissage of the exhibition will feature the launch of a special issue of the magazine and excerpts from a documentary film currently in production.  …

… relatively unknown in Europe, with too few events dedicated to it. The new collection display at Artpool, an essential historical archive of Mail Art, aims to make visible and promote in Europe this marginal yet essential poet, artist, and publisher. The day after the opening, a roundtable discussion will explore, among other things, Vigo's European connections. Participants:   Marie Boivent, professor of Visual Art at Université Rennes 2 (France), curator of the collection …