ARTIST PROFILE

Eszter Szabó

  • Hungary (b. 1979 in Budapest)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • www.eszterszabo.hu
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    The Reconquest of Paradise | 2011

The Reconquest of Paradise (2011; 3’ HD video) is a 3 minute long animated loop with sound that depicts an 'idealistic' future of Hungary. It is an exaggerate idyll with a centralized common taste that many Hungarians share these days. The video contains hints of actuality; displaying nationalistic and folkloric symbols where christianity is mixed with the world of "ősmagyar"-pagan-shaman-astrological beliefs, full of mysticism and prophecy. The animation is based on a large oil canvas I painted in 2011