Műcsarnok Reexamines Terror

English


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Ayong Kim: Mystery of the Poisoned Spy

"Your fear is an external object," says Anikó Erdősi, the curator of the exhibition, entitled t.error. It includes photographs, drawings, prints, video installations and documentations of actions and performances from South Africa, the United States, Columbia, Finland, South Korea, Pakistan and Hungary. They radically dissect the clichés to present a fresh picture of terror.

 

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Siemon Allen: Cards

Siemon Allen brings to the exhibition a wall of nationalist collectors' cards from the United States. They show the tools of war, politicians and war slogans intended to encourage national pride...especially for children between 8 and 14 years.

 

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Bryan Zanisnik: Remembance

The Finn Jari Silomäki shows "personal war stories of an outsider" - images that show the aftermath of war, in the minds of those who have never lived through one as well as in the bullet marks on a wall.

 
Xaviera Simmon shows a terrible tragedy in a playground incident, a paraphrase of the Bush doctrine against terror.
 
The exhibition documents a street performance by Rainer Ganahl and a "Suitcase Story" of terrorist stereotypes in the media by the Pakistani artist Alia Hassan-Khan.
 

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Schneemeier Andrea: Fear

The Ukrainian-American Bryan Zanisnik presents an extraordinary document of home film footage of his own grandmother playing hit man and soldier, made when the artist was just thirteen.

 
On September 10, the opening day of the exhibition, the Hungarian artist Andrea Schneemeier will perform her piece Anxiety Theatre, and on September 11, she will set up a Temporary Office of Fear in busy public spaces in Budapest. There she will ask passers-by to share their fears with her. The collection of documented personal fears will be shown in the Műcsarnok after the performance.
 
t.error runs from September 10 until October 15.
 
Author: Eszter Götz / Photo: Műcsarnok