Budapest

Initiatives

Venues

• A38, club
• acb Gallery, *2003
• Art Quarter Budapest, AQB, arts complex, *2012
• Auróra, community house, *2014
• Dürer Kert, music venue
• Easy Art Space, bar & events
• FKSE Studio Gallery, *1958
• Freeszfe, Free Theatre and Film University, *2021
• Gödör Underground, *2002
• Gólya, community house/pub/café
• H.A.C.K., hackerspace, *2010
• Három Holló, café
• Internépszínház, people's theatre, *2024
• ISBN, bookshop and gallery, *2017
• KÉK, architectural cultural centre, *2006
• Központ, bar & music venue, *2012
• Labor, *2007
• Liget Gallery, *1983
• Ludwig Museum, *1991
• Manyi - Kulturális Műhely, cultural and community space
• Mucsarnok, kunsthalle, *1992
• Nemdebár, bar
• Nº space, listening environment, audiovisual lab and venue, *2024
• Roham Bár
• Spatial Sound Institute, research and development centre, *2015, [1]
• Szimpla Kert, *2001
• Telep, bar & gallery, *2010
• Trafó, culture centre, *1998
• tranzit.hu, *2005/2011
• Turbina Kulturális Központ, cultural centre

• Past venues: Fogasház (cultural centre, *2009), FabLab Budapest, Kitchen Budapest (media lab, *2007), Merlin (club, *2006), West-Balkán (club), Audiovisual Open Studios (2012-2013), Impex (artist-run project space, 2006-2008), Videospace (gallery, 2007-2012), Tűzraktér (culture centre, *2005), C3 (cultural centre, *1996), Tilos az Á (alternative club, 1989-1995, *2021), Fekete Lyuk (Black Hole, alternative music centre, 1988-1994) [2] [3] [4] [5], Young Artists' Studio (1960-1998).

Initiatives and collectives with no permanent event venue

• Abstract Monarchy Trio
• ACAX, *2006
• Artmagazin, art monthly, *2007
• Artpool, *1979
• Asimov Foundation, *2010
• Autonómia Foundation, *1990
• Balázs Béla Studio, *1961
• Balkon, *1993
• C3, *1996
• Center for Media and Communication Studies
• Dinamo, *2003
• exindex, contemporary art magazine, *2000
• Hungarian Computer Music Foundation, *1998
• Igor and Ivan Buharov, *1994
• Impex, 2006-2010
• Intermedia Dept., HUFA, *1990
• IZO-FR, *2001
• Kiégő Izzók
• Kitchen Budapest, *2007
• Lahmacun Radio, community radio, *2019
• Nextlab, *2004
• Pneuma Szöv., artists' co-op, *2008
• Studio of Young Artists
• Tilos Rádió, *1991
• ÚjMűvészet, art and criticism monthly, *1990
• Ultrahang, *2000
• Vákuum Tv, *1994

• Past initiatives: Black Box video collective (1987-2008), The Indigo Group (1978-1986), Media Research Foundation (*1990), Pararadio (1997-2007) [6], Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Budapest (1985/1991-1996), Videospace (1999-2012), morze infoshop (*2006).

Events

• MetaForum, conference series, 1994-1996, 2024
• OFF-Biennále Budapest, *2014, [7]
• UH Fest, music festival, *2001

• Event listings: exindex.

Past events

• Data is Beautiful, 2012
• V4 Paradigm Shift in Copyright, workshop, 2012
• Hints of Noise Minifest, *2011
• Generation Z, exhibition, 2011
• Kopirájt, exhibition, 2010
• Subversive Excerpts, exhibition, 2010
• +3dB, sound art festival, 2009-2010
• Crosstalk Video Art Festival, *2008
• Fluxus East, exhibition, 2008
• Music In The Global Village, conference, *2007
• Budapest New Technology Meetup, *2007
• Kempelen, exhibition, 2007
• Dorkbot Budapest, *2005
• RE:activism, conference, 2005
• Sound Image Poetry, exhibition, 2002
• Vision, exhibition, 2002
• 2001 science fiction, 2001
• X-Peripheria, music festival, 2000-2003
• Media Model, exhibition, 2000
• The Second, exhibition, 1999
• Perspective, exhibition, 1999
• Making New Waves, 1998-2009
• 8Cyberconf, conference, 1998
• Intersubjectivity: Media Metaphors, Play & Provocation, symposium, 1997
• Videologie, video festival, 1997
• Butterfly Effect, 1996
• Beyond Art, exhibition, 1996
• Autumn Video Programme, 1996
• Networker Congress, 1992
• Problem Video, symposium, 1991
• Sub Voce, video exhibition, 1991
• The Media Are With Us, 1990
• Iparterv, exhbitions, 1968, 1969

Art workers

• Ádám Lendvai (1974)
• Adam Somlai-Fischer (1976)
• Adele Eisenstein
• Ágnes Eperjesi (1964)
• Ágnes Ivacs
• Agoston Nagy
• Ákos Maróy (1973)
• András Kangyal (1968)
• Andrea Kárpáti
• Andrea Szigtevári
• Balázs Bodó (1975)
• Bálint Szombathy (1950)
• Emese Kürti (1976)
• Erika Katalina Pasztor
• Eszter Bircsák
• Eszter Szakács
• Ferenc Sebö
• Flóra Barkóczi
• Gábor Papp (1974)
• Géza Kerti
• J. A. Tillmann
• János Sugár
• Judit Angel
• Károly Tóth (1957)
• Katalin Tesch
• Katalin Timár
• Katarina Sevic (1979)
• Kornél Szilágyi (1971)
• László Kistamás
• László Tölgyes
• Levente Polyak
• Marián Balko
• Marta Elbert (1950)
• Maxigas
• Melinda Sipos (1979)
• Miklós Peternák (1956)
• Nándor Hevesi (1974)
• Nina Czegledy
• Pál Tóth
• Péter Szakál (1975)
• Robert Bereznyei (Tigrics)
• Stefan Marsiske
• Szabolcs KissPál (1967)
• Szilvia Seres (1974)
• Tamás Komoróczky (1963)
• Tamás Rupaszov
• Tamás Szakál (1973)
• Viktor Szathmáry (1979)
• Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák (1969)
• Zsolt Sõrés (1969)
• Zsuzsa Berecz
• Zsuzsa László

• RIP: Bálint Szombathy (1950-2024), Judit Ember (1935-2007), Tamás Király (1952-2013).

Publications

• Nem kacsák vagyunk egy tavon, hanem hajók a tengeren / We are not Ducks on a Pond but Ships at Sea, eds. Rita Kálmán and Katarina Šević, Budapest: Impex – Contemporary Art Provider, 2010, 128 pp. On independent art initiatives in Budapest from 1989 to 2009. Publisher. [8] [9] (Hungarian)/(English)

• Zoltán Kékesi, "A Short Guide to Hungary’s Contemporary Art Scene", ARTMargins, Oct 2010.

• Zsófia Danka, "Arts venues from the neo-avant-garde to the present", Hungarian Contemporary 1, 2019.

• Lucia Udvardyová, Máté Elod Janky, "DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface", Timezones, Sep 2022. Podcast.

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