585,000 m2: History of the Jewish Quarter of Budapest A Mixed Media Exhibition
April 7, 2016CLOSING PARTY – SOUNDS OF THE GHETTO CONCERT
April 21, 2016WhiteBox Presents
In association with The Balassi Institute- Hungarian Cultural Center
585,000 m2
History of the Jewish Quarter of Budapest
A Mixed Media Exhibition
April 7-21, 2016
Wednesday through Sunday 11am – 6pm
Participating Artists
Zsuzsi Flóhr, Zsófia Szemző, Márton Szirmai, Dániel Halász, István Illés, Levente Csordás in collaboration with Miklós Mendrei and Benjamin Kalászi, Balázs Varjú Tóth, Mátyás Csiszár along with Csaba Kalotás (music) and Éva Szombat (photo).
585,000 m2 examines the symbolic spaces and the inscriptions of history -from the pre-World War 2 period to the present-found in the Jewish Quarter in the 7th district of Budapest, through visual art statements. The title is a reference to the massive surface area of the Quarter, a dense urban neighborhood overflowing with signifiers.
