CAPAZINE – LET’S PLANT

Visiting is free of charge
October 20, 2021 – October 31, 2021
Tuesday–Friday: 2pm–7pm
Saturday–Sunday: 11am–7pm
Closed on Monday and on public holidays.
Capa Center – 8F Gallery
Curator: Judit Gellér
Exhibiting Artists: József Bankó and Márk Martinkó, Viktória Balogh and Tamás Páczai, István Bielik and Márton Magócsi, Eszter Biró and Emőke Kerekes, Réka Bohus and Anna Fabricius, Máté Ladjánszki, Eszter Lázár and Lilla Váczi, and Bálint Pfliegel and Milán Rácmolnár
Case Study: Hanga Tóth

“The pavement rises around the tree.
It adapts, although it is not even alive.”
(Krisztián Peer, Fearing For Me From Yourself, excerpt)

In 2015, leaders from around the world signed an agreement in Paris to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so that global warming does not rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Climate crisis is not to be envisioned as a distant, pessimistic future anymore: we have been witnessing the effects first-hand through extreme weather events and changes in wildlife patterns for years now. Every small step we take to reverse the damage to our planet, such as planting a plant or building and tending a garden, helps.

Started in 2021 the CAPAZINE – LET’S PLANT photography workshop thrashed out the concept of the garden. It takes patience, confidence, and enthusiasm to tend to a garden and the plants within. Plants play a crucial part in combating climate change – their role in the cycle of nature, including the absorptiof of sunlight, the creation of organic compounds, and the resulting release of oxygen, are becoming more important than ever. Seeds planted in the soil are a symbol of hope hope for the future. In the darkness down there, just as when photographs are developed, a mysterious process is taking place, a transformation that cannot be disturbed. And then the shoots pushing up, and later the blossoming flowers incite joy in those who are looking at them, and the foliage of trees and bushes brings relief and comfort.

With the gesture of enclosure and a desire to own our own piece of land, gardens are artificially created to form a natural environment. Taking into account the character of the given landscape and area, a garden requires planning, maintenance, and work in harmony with the needs of plants and people. The garden is a place for puerile discovery, play, self-absorption, contemplation, relaxation, recollection, and forgetfulness. The scenery changes with time; it evolves on and on with the development of plants, the seasonal changes of colors, and the ongoing lives of those who shape and use the garden.

Just like every garden is different, be it an indoor garden, a private yard, an urban park, a community garden, an orchard, a kitchen garden, a botanical garden, or an ornamental garden, the approaches the workshop participants have chosen to examine these demarcated green spaces turned out very different, too. The artists of CAPAZINE – LET’S PLANT – József Bankó and Márk Martinkó, Viktória Balogh and Tamás Páczai, István Bielik and Márton Magócsi, Eszter Biró and Emőke Kerekes, Réka Bohus and Anna Fabricius, Máté Ladjánszki, Eszter Lázár and Lilla Váczi, and Bálint Pfliegel and Milán Rácmolnár – direct our attention to the diverse modalities of plants and the love of vegetation by studying various aspect of the natural life and functions of plants.

Judit Gellér
curator, one of the leader of the CAPAZINE – LET’S PLANT workshop