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.
Utopia Battery

Utopia Battery

  • 2008
  • two channel video (two monitors), knitted red flag, motion sensor, mechanism

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    Utopia Battery | 2008

In the presence of the viewer the motion sensor turns on the mechanism which unravels the flag creating regular, reusable reels. Once one flag is finished it is replaced by a new one while the reels (‘batteries’) are gathered in the corner. ◼︎ (Shows: Rhythmic Exercizes BWA SOkol, Nowy Sacz PL / Donumenta 2010, Regensburg / Three colors I know… Nassauischer Kunstverein, 2009 Wiesbaden / Inhabitants of the melon-field Írókéz Gallery, 2009 Szombathely / New acquisitions Rarely seen works, Ludwig Museum-Contemporary Art Museum, 2009 Budapest / One by 1 - National Museum for Contemporary Art, 2010 Bucharest / What's Up, Mûcsarnok, 2008 Budapest. Collection of Ludwig Museum Budapest)