EXHIBITION OPENING: Learning from nature? - Botany
Szeretettel várunk mindenkit a Tanulni a természettől? - Botanika című kiállításunk megnyitójára december 7-én 17 órától a MODEM-ben!
Schedule
Program:
The exhibition will be opened by Tamás Korpa, Alföld prize-winning poet, followed by a guided tour with artists and curators. In addition, there is also the possibility of community cymbals from 5 p.m. in front of MODEM, on Baltazár Dezső Square.
About the exhibition:
For centuries, Debrecen has occupied a special, prominent place in the history of Hungarian botany. Thanks to the Herbarium (1578) written by Péter Méliusz Juhász and the two-volume Magyar Füvészkönyv (1807), the basic manual of Sámuel Diószegi and Mihály Fazekas, the city has long been considered the domestic center of botany and natural sciences. MODEM's latest exhibition builds on this diverse heritage, presenting Debrecen's unique natural collections and attractions, such as the Museum of the Debrecen Reformed College, the Botanical Garden of the University of Debrecen and the Hortobágy National Park.
MODEM's latest temporary exhibition revolves around 3 main themes: the observation of Anthropocene mosaic landscapes, the reinterpretation of natural symbolism and the use of speculative storytelling. From December 7, 2024, visitors will have the opportunity to explore and even rethink different ways of living with nature.
The presented works of art were created during the intensive two-week summer workshop of the Debrecen International Art Colony, which MODEM organized for the 9th time in the summer of 2024. The invited artists, architects, musicians and designers immersed themselves in the rich natural history of Debrecen and its surroundings, stimulating both artistic research and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Exhibiting artists:
CENTRALA – Małgorzata Kuciewicz & Simone De Iacobis (PL/IT), Nivón Daniel Godinez (MX/NL), Szonja Illés Zsófia (HU), Katalin Kortmann-Járay & Karina Mendreczky (HU), Júlia Eszter Kuzma (HU), Gaja Mežnarić Osole & Krater Collective (SI), Thea Lazăr (RO), Bálint Szabó (HU), Nóra Szabó (HU), Dorottya Vékony (HU)
Curators:
Attila Horányi, Szabolcs Süli-Zakar, Gábor Krisztián Török, Dorottya Vékony
On December 7, 2024, the Táncolnak a kazlak - Imre Égerházi 100th centenary oeuvre exhibition will also open in MODEM's 3rd floor exhibition space, to which everyone is also cordially invited!
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1759809888104006/
The openings are free!
With their participation, visitors accept that audio and video recordings are made during the programs, which can be used for promotional purposes on MODEM's interfaces.
Center of Modern and Contemporary Art - Modemart
“The MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art is a cultural institution with international connections, which has two main missions: the exhibition of the most significant 20th century Hungarian and international works of art, and the representative presentation of the current schools and progressive efforts of the contemporary visual art and culture as well as most respected Hungarian and international artists.” The MODEM intends to realise those ambitious goals that the institution has set for itself during the start-up period. With one of the best infrastructural conditions in East-Central-Europe, the MODEM is to be an essential part not only of the visual art scene but the whole cultural sphere. The art center is suitable to represent that the culture has high priority for the institutes and the whole town. Therefore, one of our basic goals is to make the MODEM a wider intellectual space and forum to where not only the spectators but also the artists return regularly with pleasure. The primary point of view of the MODEM is the reconstruction of its character in the Hungarian art life, with the cooperation with new elements which strengthen the relation with the local and regional community as well as with the broader international cultural scene in a longer term perspective and form and run a multilevel and manifold network. We aim to create a brand new narrative which change the public opinion about the role of the contemporary art and make the visual art the part of the everyday life. An important goal of our programme is to represent the diversity of the contemporary art and to display the attendant art in different forms. In the selection of thematic exhibitions, not only the visual art gets into focus but the architecture and social science as well. The Antal‒Lusztig Collection also plays a major role in the MODEM’s life, since it is permanent part of the ground floor exhibition room. The items of the collection are presented by newly arranged exhibitions twice a year. Furthermore, the professional and accurate cataloguing of the collection has started simultaneously as well.