Platonov – Restlessness
The exhibition takes its inspiration from the unresolved state of Chekhov's Platonov and examines restlessness as a contemporary experience. The focus is not on the plot, but on the experience of stagnation, indecision, and lack of direction.
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The exhibition takes its inspiration from the unresolved state of Chekhov's Platonov and examines restlessness as a contemporary experience. The focus is not on the plot, but on the experience of stagnation, indecision, and lack of direction.
The focus is not on the plot, but on the experience of stagnation, indecision, and lack of direction. This lack of resolution leads to a misalignment: perspectives that exist side by side, yet never intersect. The exhibition provides a space for this state of affairs—it does not explain or resolve it, but rather makes present the uneasy tension that remains when familiar structures break down but new ones have not yet been created.
Exhibiting artist: Péter Papp
Curator: Miriam Sékou Coulibaly
Opening: January 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Guided tour: January 31, 2026, 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Három Holló, Duna-szalon, 1052 Budapest, Piarista köz 1.
In connection with the exhibition, on Saturday, January 31, 2025, Kelet Nyugati Alkotóműhely will present the premiere of Platonov – Etudes on Superfluity in the Három Holló auditorium, which marks another important milestone in the company's mask-based theatrical experiments.
Organizer: Kelet-Nyugati Alkotóműhely.
Admission to the exhibition is free of charge.
