Parallel Intersection Budapest 2019

Free admission:
2019. 09. 14. – 2019. 10. 06.
Every day 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Closed on public holidays.
Capa Center
Curators: Judit Gellér, Emese Mucsi, István Virágvölgyi

The Parallel Intersection international group exhibition held in the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center is the closing event of the second cycle of the four-year PARALLEL European Photo Based Platform project. The main profile of the platform established in the cooperation of 18 European institutions of photography is to provide opportunities for young talented artists and curators to introduce themselves on the international scene of photography.

Parallel Intersection exhibits the participating photographers’ works in two main shows. In the Showcase exhibition, the artists selected in 2019 into the third cycle of the program present their portfolios in the form of standardized banners in the Project Room of the Capa Center. In the Zeitgeist exhibition, the works of the artists participating in last year’s second cycle are shown organized into four parts.

SHOWCASE exhibition

In the digital age, we tend to forget how crucial a cleverly composed collection of business cards could be only a couple of decades ago. Part of the Parallel Intersection, the Showcase exhibition is a collective introduction – similar to a bouquet of business cards – in which 30 artists selected by the jury from the applicants of the public call will put their business cards on the table. This is an important milestone for them, as well as a promise for us because parallel to that, they will embark upon the work of the year before them to prepare, in the framework of the Parallel Platform, their newest works, armed with the advice of mentors, curators and peer artists. Thus thirty artists of promising talent are debuting in Budapest, whom we shall see again in Landskrona. (István Virágvölgyi, curator)

Exhibiting artists: Anka Gregorczyk (PL), Anna Siggelkow (DE), Carola Lampe (DE), Caroline Kolkman (NL), Cecilie Nicoline Rasmussen (DK), Cian Burke (IE), David Barreiro (ES), Diego Ballestrasse (AR), Domonkos Varga (HU), Elsa Gregersdotter (SE), George Selley (UK), Georgs Avetisjans (LV), Gustavo Balbela (BR), Indrė Urbonaitė (LT), Joachim Bøgedal (DK/SE), Johanna Karjalainen (FI), Jordi Barreras (ES), Joshua Tarplin (US), Jošt Dolinšek (SI), Margherita Muriti (IT), Negar Yaghmaian (IR), Sara Perovic (HR), Sara Wu (TW), Shelli Weiler (US), Simone Sapienza (IT), Søren Lilholt (DK), Theo Ellison (UK), Vitaliy Galanzha (UA), Yushi Li (CN), Yuxin Jiang (CN)

ZEITGEIST exhibition

The exhibiting young contemporary artists created their works using the broadest range of the photographic toolkit and applying a diversity of techniques and new media. Their pieces deal with current issues and the problems of our environment as well as topics concerning their generational scope of interest. According to the curatorial concept, the artworks within Zeitgeist are presented in a thematic order organized under four titles: Post-truth, Anthropocene, Mystique, and Identity. The totality of the works together represent the Zeitgeist, or the spirit of our times defining the way of thinking, the aspirations, and the objectives of people living in the first quarter of the 21st century. (Judit Gellér and Emese Mucsi, curators)

Exhibiting artists: Agata Wieczorek (PL), Ana Zibelnik (SI), André Viking (DK), Christel Thomsen (DK/UK), Cihad Caner (TR/NL), Dániel Szalai (HU), Diogo Bento (PT), Dries Lips (BE), Ela Polkowska (PL), Fábio Cunha (PT), Federico Ciamei (IT), Garrett Grove (US), Hannamari Shakya (FI), Inês Marinho (PT), Jake Mein (NZ), Jessica Wolfelsperger (CH/DE), José Alves (PT), Laura Konttinen (FI), Louisa Boeszoermeny (DE), Marie Lukasiewicz (FR), Martin Eberlen (UK), Mateusz Kowalik (PL), Matthew Thompson (IE), Nils Stelte (DE), Rocco Venezia (IT/GR), Roisin White (IE), Sinead Kennedy (AU)

PARALLEL European Photography Platform

PARALLEL is a platform that brings together creative European organisations committed to promoting  cross-cultural exchanges and mentorships in order to set new standards in contemporary photography. Members include museums, galleries, cultural centres, festivals, art schools and publishers – 18 vibrant European cultural hubs, from 16 countries, that will participate in selecting and hosting emerging artists and curators, organising exhibitions and promoting artistic networking. The large and diverse nature of this network ensures a wide geographical spread and a fertile ground for fostering new dialogues, sparking fresh ideas and helping to boost creativity. The work process is implemented as a two-phase process: Creative Guidance – selection, tutoring, peer learning and curatorship for emergent creators; Exhibition Platform – a wide exhibition network engaging exhibitors, universities and art schools.

Members of PARALLEL

Procur.arte (PT), Capa Center (HU) Galleri Image (DK), Fondazione Fotografia Modena (IT), Format Festival (UK), Fotofestiwal Lodz (PL), Kaunas Photography Gallery (LT), ISSP (LV), Katalog Journal of Photography & Video (Scandinavia), Landskrona Foto (SE), Organ Vida (HR), UGM (SI), The Finnish Museum of Photography (FI), Le Château d’Eau (FR), YET Magazine (CH), PhotoIreland (IR), Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum (GE), NGO Mystetski Mandry/Odesa Photo Days (UA)

Tutors

1st Cycle Tutors – Artists: Rui Prata (PT) curator, teacher | Peggy Sue Amison (US/IE) artistic director, curator, writer | Hester Keijser (NL) curator, critic | Federico Clavarino (IT) photographer, teacher | Alejandro Castellote (ES) curator, critic, writer
1st Cycle Tutors – Artists: Annika Von Hausswolff (SE) visual artist, teacher | Filipa Valladares (PT) curator, publisher | Maria Kapajeva (EE) artist, teacher | Marta Ponsa (ES) art historian | Monica Alcazar-Duarte (MX/GB) photographer | Moritz Neumüller (AT) curator, teacher
2nd Cycle Tutors – Curators: Alison Nordström (SE) scholar, writer, curator | Karen Mcquaid (GB) curator
3rd Cycle Tutors – Artists:  Natasha Caruana (UK) photographer| João Pina (PT) photographer| Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger (FI) curator, writer, researcher | Paula Nascimento (AO) curator, architect |  Laia Abril (ES) phtographer| Stratos Kalafatis (GR) photographer | Nomaduma Rosas Masilela artist, curator, writer | Francoise Poos (LU) researcher, curator

The Platform is designed and led by Procur.arte and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.