The starting point of the exhibition is the contemporary ornamental patterns that cover the metal grid structure of the new Ethnographic Museum’s facade, built as part of the Liget Budapest Project. These patterns come from the traditions of different peoples and cultures preserved in the museum, which the designers reduced to a simple form. The result is a metal grid of around half a million pixels that runs along the façade of the building. The ornamentation is a tapestry woven from the motifs of Hungarian and universal culture, symbolising the 150-year-old Ethnographic Museum’s unrivalled collection. The planned interactive exhibition is an exciting all-arts experiment, a sound, light and space installation, that uses contemporary art to make folk tradition and its timeless content accessible.
National Commissioner: Julia Fabényi Curator: Mária Kondor-Szilágyi
Exhibitors: Marcel Ferencz, architect, Judit Z. Halmágyi, architect, Péter Mátrai, composer-architect, Ferenc Haász, light designer
Collaborating professional partner: Ethnographic Museum Main supporters: Ministry of Culture and Innovation, Városliget Zrt.
Press conference: 3 may 2023 Press days: 18–19 May 2023
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