ARTIST PROFILE

Szabolcs KissPál

  • Romania (b. 1967 in Tg.-mures (marosvásárhely))
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Szabolcs KissPál works in various media from photography to video, from installation to objects and conceptual interventions. His main field of interest is the intersection of new media, visual arts and social issues.
From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy) - part 3.: Chasm Records (details)

From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy) - part 3.: Chasm Records (details)

  • 2016
  • „Dear Sárika, I got back to Budapest in safety. However, in 3-4 days I have to continue my journey. I recall with great pleasure the memories of you all. I hope we won’t be resentful to each other...?”

  • Revisionist postcard (1920), Chanukah menorah (1940‘s) - made of a WW2 Russian 37mm caliber copper cartridge, and a „Trianon“ Hypodermic needle (1930’s).

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    From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy) V. | 2016

In this section a few of the 70 objects are presented, which are part of the psedu-museum's personalized historical narrative: ◼︎ 1. A Revisionist postcard with the postal stamp dated on August 22, 1920, a few weeks after the signing of the Trianon Peace Treaty and a few weeks before the introduction in Hungary of the first Anti-Jewish Act of the twentieth-century Europe. ◼︎ 2. A Chanukah menorah (1940's) made by Tamás on the frontline, and sent as gift to Sárika, but never received by her. ◼︎ 3. „Trianon“ Hypodermic needles box (1920's) produced by a company owned by Jenő Lusztig, a Jewish merchant from Budapest, who was deported and perished in the Shoah. These needles were used in the Blood Oath rituals by the Turan Monotheists.