Fruzsi Kovai: The physiology of transformation

Opening: 16 May, 18:00

Opening hours: 16-18 May, Saturday - Sunday 11:00-18:00

Performance: 16 May 18:30

What would it be, I wondered to myself, leafing through Leonardo da Vinci’s The Mechanics of Man, if I imagined and depicted all my organs, tissues, and cells the way these beautifully illustrated pages show only the penis—in function, in motion, in event, in activity?

After all, nothing in me is static; everything is alive and moving, shifting, swelling and hollowing, puffing and slackening, throbbing and beating, expanding, adhering, popping, and cracking.

And what would it be, I asked myself, if I were to claim that I not only thought of myself this way—but of you?

Bio:

Fruzsi Kovai is an intermedia artist, researcher, and author. Based in Budapest, she facilitates the School of Disobedience's Somatic Writing and Textual Art course.

Her research explores alternative anatomies and subjective physiology through a somatic methodology grounded in her own bodily experiences. Her formal language is interdisciplinary, spanning visual, textual, and performative practices, rooted in both literary and visual arts studies.

She holds a BA in Hungarian and Film Studies and an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies from ELTE-BTK, Budapest. She later continued her studies in Tel Aviv, completing a studio-based MFA at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Due to the intimate nature of her work, her art has primarily been exhibited in private spaces, small galleries, gardens, arbours, and groves throughout Budapest and Tel Aviv.

You can reach here Instagram page here.