In the past fifteen years or so, the theme of memory, and inseparably, that of oblivion, has come to the forefront of sociological discourse in Hungary. It is a fact that memory is selective. We remember what and how we want to, recreating events in ways we want to remember them. But what are influences of individual memory on the workings of collective memory? How fragmented is our memory and how does it relate to the context. The works featured in the exhibition ‘Vérité exposée - About Memory' deals with the fragmented nature of memory, with difference and repetition, with re-creation of situations and events and the strategy of re-enactment in relation to history and memory. The exhibited works of Sven Augustijnen, David Claerbout, Ana Torfs and Els Vanden Meersch lay emphasis on individual and historical memory and oblivion, as well as on processes of perception, changing points of view, and time as an entity that fundamentally influences memory.
The exhibition's title is referring to Ana Torfs's ‘Vérité exposée' (Truth Exposed, 2006) a series of 24 prints. Every print shows a distorted projection of a square-shaped light, each time from a different angle, with the word ‘Vérité' (Truth), written by hand in the middle.
From April 11 to May 31 mei in Ernst Múzeum, 1065 Budapest, Nagymezo u. 8. Open Tue-Sun from 10am to 7pm. Opening on April 10.
Info: www.mucsarnok.hu