Although the black mirror was originally a divination tool used in magical practices, today the concept of the black mirror mostly refers to the screens and displays of digital devices and their malfunctions, or the “freezing” of devices—in a figurative sense, the switched-off, dark screen shows us a distorted image of the present, thus functioning as a metaphor for technological self-reflection in our culture.
The exhibition, which can be considered the first stage of a longer and more comprehensive research project, draws primarily on the Ludwig Museum’s collection, in addition to a few invited artists, and through this, it maps the dystopian artistic assumptions and thought experiments of the Hungarian art scene over the past decades.
Exhibiting Artists:
BLUE NOSES; BORSOS LŐRINC; Luchezar BOYADJIEV; CSÁKÁNY István; ESTERHÁZY Marcell; Endri DANI; Andreas FOGARASI; DROZDIK Orshi; GELLÉR B. István; GERBER Pál; Oto HUDEC; KASZÁS Tamás; KERESZTES Zsófia; Krištof KINTERA; KISSPÁL Szabolcs; Eva KOŤÁTKOVÁ; LAKNER Antal; Ciprian MUREŞAN; Nam June PAIK; Jevhen NYIKIFOROV; PUKLUS Péter; Gentian SHKURTI; SOCIÉTÉ RÉALISTE; SZACSVA Y PÁL; Olekszij SZAJ; SZALAI Tibor; SZOMBATHY Bálint; VÁRNAI Gyula; WALICZKY Tamás; Peter WEIBEL
Curators: József Készman, Borbála Kálmán
