REVIEW
The young artist, who is a new discovery in America and Britain, did not bring the expected sensation to Budapest. Instead of a special experience of bodies, Hungarians can witness the hollow sounds of empty space.
Schinwald's ventures into the body and human existence have covered many different genres. He has shot films about performances, some of which are shown at the Budapest exhibition. Portraits that he has painted over, prints, found objects, puppets, photos, and film that records endlessly slow movements communicate Schinwald's main topic: the body as prosthesis, the systematic examination of the relationship between its role and its being as a shell.
There is nothing wrong with exhibitions where few objects are displayed in a large space if they create space, air and a vibrating medium. Or if the experience of space is formed with a well-prepared concept that is part of the material on display. This is certainly the case here but the experience lacks effect. Schinwald has set out to create one single experience that involves the entire space of the Műcsarnok from the entrance to the apse at the back.
