SECOND SKIN

Second Skin. Visual Codes of Social Constructions
Curator: Kata Oltai

Why do men feel offended when they are considered to be feminine and still why is it comical when a man is dressed in female clothes? What kind of social roles do we freely adopt and which of them are forced upon us? The exhibition entitled Second Skin. Visual Codes of Social Constructions is exploring the innumerable issues of self-expression at the Capa Center. The exhibition between 30 September and 2 November displays the pictures of more than 30 contemporary photographers starting from the period before the end of communism until today. The exhibition is curated by art historian Kata Oltai.

How do we build up our personality, cultural identity and belonging to any group in a global culture which is becoming more and more homogeneous? What do we think of ourselves and how do people see us? Do we freely choose certain social roles or are they forced upon us?

These are the issues among others which are explored by the exhibition entitled Second Skin. Visual Codes of Social Constuctions, curated by Kata Oltai.

The exhibition displays the works of more than 30 contemporary photographers – Alíz Arató, András Bánkuti, Szabolcs Barakonyi, Csilla Cseke, Lajos Csontó, András Dér and László Hartai, Ágnes Eperjesi, Anna Fabricius, Viola Fátyol, Andrea Gáldi Vinkó, Pál Gerber, Gábor Gerhes, Luca Gőbölyös, András D. Hajdú, Tamás Király, Kenguru, Endre Koronczi, Árpád Kurucz, Lilla Mitro, Kriszta Nagy x-T, Márta Pintér, Róbert Szabó Benke, Réka Szent-Iványi, Éva Szombat, Technica Schweiz, Zsuzsi Ujj, Tamás Urbán, Tibor Várnagy, Éva Velledits, Dorottya Vékony – Júlia Farkas, Zsuzsi Vinkler, Krisztián Zana – at the Capa Center between 30 September and 2 November. At the same time, the exhibition is also looking for an answer to the question, what meaning is assigned by the majority society or a subculture to certain pieces of clothes and accessories and how “uniforms” are created for certain social rites.

Second Skin. Visual Codes of Social Constructions
Curator: Kata Oltai art historian

Press conference: on Monday, September 29, 2014, at 6 pm
Please register for participation at info@capacenter.hu till September 28.

Opening of the exhibition: on Monday, September 29, 2014, at 8 pm
opening remarks by Veronika Hermann, literary historian, cultural theorist

The exhibition is open to the public:
30/09/2014 – 02/11/2014
weekdays and weekends 11 am – 7 pm