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Nikolett Eross nikol at trafo.hu
Tue Feb 3 14:26:17 CET 2009


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V a k u u m z a j

Trafo Galeria
2009 februar 6 – marcius 29

Megnyito: 2009 februar 5 (csutortok), 19h
Bevezetot mond: * Tamas Gaspar Miklos *, filozofus

Resztvevo muveszek: Doa Aly, Chen Chieh-jen, Csakany Istvan,
Harun Farocki, Isa Rosenberger, Artur ¯mijewski
Kurator: Eross Nikolett

Harun Farocki filmjeinek vetitese 2009 marcius 18-an 18h-kor a KINO-ban!

***

A munkasosztaly a paradicsomba ment?

„A globalis gazdasagi valsag egyik kovetkezmenyekent naponta ujabb 
uzemek bezarasarol, leepitesekrol, elbocsatasokrol hallunk: a 
maskulonben joval lassabban zajlo folyamat, amelynek kereteben peldaul a 
cegek a mind olcsobb munkaerot es nyersanyagokat kinalo orszagokba 
telepulnek at, itthon is drasztikusan, a motivaciokat meg 
felreerthetetlenebb modon lattatva gyorsult fel. A munka elvesztesevel 
nem csak a viszonylagos anyagi, de a tarsadalmi- es az onertekeles adta 
szemelyes biztonsag is odavesz. Kimeletlen, de belathato modon a munkas 
ekkor valik egy pillanatra ujra lathatova, szelesebb politikai es 
tarsadalmi diskurzusok reszeve. Amig a dolgok haladnak a maguk 
elfogadott, azaz normalis medreben, addig o joreszt gazdasagi tenyezo, 
termeloero es fogyaszto, szemelye aligha tart szamot erdeklodesre. Lete 
alapfeltetel, evidencia, alakja epp ezert lathatatlan.
A nem pusztan illusztrativ muveszet, amennyiben erzekenyseget mutat 
azirant a tarsadalmi konstrukcio irant, amelynek maga is resze, idorol 
idore megkuzd a munkas abrazolasanak kihivasaival. Ennyiben komolyan 
elgondolkodik azon a kerdesen, hogy mikent lehet a munkaja felett 
kontrollt nem gyakorlo embert munkaskent, tehat nem pusztan a 
munkafolyamat reszekent, vagy nem kizarolag a munkarol levalasztott 
individuumkent bemutatni. A feladat jo esetben a muvesz sajat szerepenek 
meghatarozasat is elkerulhetetlenne teszi.
A muvesz erezhet egyfajta empatikus sorskozosseget a munkassal, 
tekinthet ra ugy, mint a tarsadalmi valtozas bazisara – a motivaciok sem 
hagyjak feledni a poziciok es tetek kulonbozoseget. Legyen bar oszinte 
es atelt, a munkas iranti figyelem es szolidaritas nem csak annak 
felismereserol szol, hogy ugyanazt a valos tarsadalmi teret osztjak meg 
(igy ezzel a valosaggal foglalkozni nem misszio, de szuksegszeruseg), 
hanem arrol is, hogy ezzel a muvesz sajat muveszetenek definiciojat 
targyalja ujra.”





V a c u u m N o i s e

6 February - 29 March 2009
Vernissage: 5 February 2009 (Thursday)
Opening Speech by: GÁSPÁR Miklós Tamás

Participating artists: Doa ALY, CHEN Chieh-jen, István CSÁKÁNY,
Harun FAROCKI, Isa ROSENBERGER, Artur ZMIJEWSKI

Curated by: Nikolett EROSS

18 March, 6pm: Harun Farocki film at KINO


***

The Working Class has gone to Heaven?

" Twenty years after the democratic transitions in Eastern Europe, 
global capitalism is not a promise or threat any more, but an everyday 
reality. As a result of the crisis we can hear about plants closing, 
layoffs and downsizing every day: the otherwise much slower process, in 
the scope of which companies keep relocating to countries offering 
cheaper workforce and raw materials, has drastically, ever more 
obviously revealing the motives.
The loss of a job not only entails the loss of relative financial 
safety, but also that of the personal security provided by social- and 
self-respect. This is when, in a merciless but understandable manner, 
the worker becomes visible for a moment, part of wider political and 
social discourses.

Inasmuch as not-purely-illustrative art shows sensitivity towards the 
social construct it is part of, from time to time it has to face the 
challenge of rendering the worker – and let us not forget: this also 
comprises resolving its own identity crisis. Consequently, it seriously 
ponders the problem of representing the human, who has no control over 
her/his work, as a worker nevertheless; that is, not solely as part of 
the process or solely as an individual extracted from the context of 
work. There is a good chance that this task will make the definition of 
the artist's own role unavoidable."

In the frame of the project “Land of Human Rights”
www.landofhumanrights.eu







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