Fortuna Leguminosae – fortune telling with beans – community workshop

2026-02-28T13:00:00.000Z

What can you fit into a handful of beans? Visions of the future, stories, games—and a little magic.

Bean divination is an ancient form of fortune telling known in many cultures: it is serious and playful, ritualistic and liberating at the same time. In this workshop, we are not looking for answers in the strict sense of the word, but learning to pay attention: to patterns, associations, each other's stories.

Our joint work begins in the exhibition space: we will look at related works by artists Fuzzy Earth (Gedeon Tekla and Sebastian Gschanes) and Zsófia Szemző as possible starting points. The impressions, feelings, and thoughts we gain here will continue to work with us throughout the workshop.

After the ritual, we will sow real seeds: everyone will plant the seeds of the bean group they felt most connected to.

At the end of the workshop, we will conclude with a shared meal—conversation, knowledge sharing, and slowing down.

Feb

28

Schedule

The workshop will be led by:

Gedeon Tekla and Sebastian Gschanes, artists at Fuzzy Earth Zsófia Szemző, visual artist Zita Varga, museum educator

Duration: 3 hours

The workshop will be held in Hungarian, but can also be followed in English. Participation in the workshop is only possible with a program ticket.

Location

Ludwig Museum

The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, located in Müpa, is the first museum in Hungary to exclusively collect contemporary art. In addition to a permanent exhibition of the collection donated by the Ludwigs and a number of temporary exhibitions, the museum aims to raise awareness of the works and their creators through special publications and a variety of art education and art education programmes.

Ludwig Museum1 Komor Marcell street, Budapest 1095