INDIGO

INterDIszciplináris GOndolkodók, Interdisciplinary Thinkers. Art group, operated in Hungary in 1970s-80s. Founded by Miklós Erdély. Musicians, sculptors and experimental film-makers.

This was the name of one of the artistic courses lead by Miklós Erdély from 1975 until his death. The Indigo course transformed into a group at the beginning of the 1980’s, which still exists today. The group focused on topics that went beyond the scope of the individual tasks of art and raised the question of the responsibility of the individual in society. The two texts distributed by Indigo in the first half of the 1980’s, the Indigo Call for Peace and the Deed of Foundation of the Voluntary Legislative Assembly refer to this interest. In a broader or narrower sense they were linked to the contemporary international peace movement and its ideas. The 1981 installation of the Indigo Group, Temporary Sculpture Made of Cotton Wool, was its first work related to the threat of nuclear annihilation. As with all their works, this too was contrived during discussions among the members affected by loose association of ideas.