European Kinship – Eastern European Perspective

Opening: Wednesday, 12 February, 2025, 6 pm
Exhibiting artists: Szabolcs BARAKONYI, Anita HORVÁTH, Katerina KOUZMITCHEVA, PICTORIAL COLLECTIVE, Agnieszka SEJUD, Zsuzsi SIMON, SPUTNIK PHOTOS, Júlia STANDOVÁR, Éva SZOMBAT, Ilona SZWARC, Karolina WOJTAS, Ada ZIELINSKA
Curators: Wiktoria MICHAŁKIEWICZ (PL, REZO Agency), MUCSI Emese (HU, Capa Center)
Collaborating partners: Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Warsaw), Polish Institution (Budapest), British Journal of Photography (London)
Venue: Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
8 Nagymező Street, 1065 Budapest
The exhibition is open:
13 February 2025 - 20 April 2025
Tuesday–Friday: 1 pm – 6 pm
Saturday–Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
Closed on Mondays and holidays.

How can Eastern Europeanism be defined? What is it that is distinctively its own, that binds the peoples who live here and share a common history and geography? And what are the global solutions to local specificities? Or what and how does all this become one in Euro-ness? What are the trends towards deeper European integration and more international cooperation? And how do they affect artistic-photographic practices dealing with the world around us, its phenomena, its effects, and the related feelings and problems? The six-chapter exhibition European Kinship – Eastern European Perspective reflects on European identity through the work of Polish and Hungarian photographers, exploring contemporary experiences from a specifically regional point of view.