The last few days of October saw the opening of an unusual multimedia exhibition of cyberart at Budapest's Ludwig Museum on Castle Hill. The title of the exhibition, lasting from October 25th until November 25th, is '...

“AN ARTIST WHO DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH IS NOT AN ARTIST”

2001.7.26　 Text: Mark Griffith

Commercial globalisation is a key phrase among social activists and anarchists, especially now that commercial air-transport enables campaigners to move from continent to continent to protest at international-trade me...

DEZSO SZABO “TORNADO”

2001.6.25　 Text: Mark Griffith

In early April, Budapest's Vintage Gallery (a specialist centre for photographic shows) hosted an exhibition by a Hungarian photographer who has a curious view of nature. Dezso Szabo has gone a lot further than other...

MIKLOS SZALAY AND ROBERT LANGH “DIARY”

2001.5.25　 Text: Mark Griffith

Budapest has a show of interactive computer art until May 25th (open every day noon to 8pm at the C3 Gallery in the Castle District) called 'Kalendarium', one of the Hungarian words for 'diary'. This is the work of tw...

JANOS KOSA “PAINTER ROBOTS”

2001.4.25　 Text: Mark Griffith

In contrast to last month's affectionate collaboration of art and computer science - Chatterbots at C3 - April in Budapest sees a curious exhibition of paintings which show exactly the opposite: thinly-veiled hostilit...

SMALLTALK: CHATTERBOTS TALK WITH EACH OTHER

2001.3.25　 Text: Mark Griffith

When computers can think, what will they talk about? When they chat with us, and - more intriguingly - with each other? Until 25 March, Budapest's C3 gallery and cultural centre hosts a wonderfully atmospheric in...

CINETRIP

2001.2.25　 Text: Judy Finn

You can mix light and sound, air and water, past and future at one extraordinary dance-music event each month in Eastern Europe. During the Cinetrip evenings in Budapest, revellers bathe in hot water steaming up from ...