Diary

2017

The starting point of my sound installation is a story, rooted in the life's work of a fictitious modernist imigrant artist. For our generation, modernism serves as a historical background to which we all relate in one way or another. Building upon this, I approach modernism as a distant myth. Now, turning to the story itself, it features, to be precise, three characters. The central character is entirely fictitious: János Lavin, a Hungarian artist who met his end in London. (The English writer and art historian John Berger used László Péri as a model for this character. Another significant figure is Walter Gropius, who, in the installation, undergoes a transformation from a real historical figure into a fictional character. These characters manifest themselves through forms, words, and sounds, acquiring tangible presence. This physical embodiment, in fact, constitutes the fundamental sculptural aspect that has engaged me for that time.

The summoned character come into contact with one another through objects, written and spoken words, and thoughts. I reconfigure these relationships, subtly altering the size and placement of objects, thus creating new relationships. In this constructed context, the modernity portrayed in the story - encompassing its architectural and material culture - takes on a contemporary political and philosophical significance, a nuanced meaning. However, this isn't the final objective; rather, it's the meanings that evolve from these new contexts, ones that are transformed and refracted. These meanings are often open to multiple interpretations, being simultaneously political, historical, or personal in the context of a fictitious artist's life events.**