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IGOR & IVAN BUHAROV

exhibition / The decorative use of pain

IGOR AND IVAN BUHAROV
“Decorative use of pain”
TRANZITWORKSHOPS, BRATISLAVA
OPENING, OCTOBER 1, 6 P.M. 2011
MUSIC: The Pastorz

“Dekoratívne použitie bolesti.” je rozmerný projekt maďarských medzinárodne uznávaných umelcov, experimentálnych filmárov a hudobníkov Kornéla Szilágyiho a Nándora Hevesiho, ktorí pracujú pod pseudonymom Igor & Ivan Buharov od roku 1995, v kurátorskej koncepcii Dóry Hegyiovej, riaditeľky tranzit.hu. Projekt predstavuje množstvo objektov a fotografií v špecifickej konštelácii ako aj 14 filmových prác. Ich film “Ruderless” zaznamenal výrazný ohlas na viacerých filmových festivaloch ako aj na Manifesta 8 v roku 2010 v španielskej Murcii. V rámci otvorenia sa predstavia aj v polohe hudobníckej ako súčasť projektu The Pastorz
(“Spiritual musical journey through the worlds of people, animals, plants and crystals, crazy maskara show.”).
English below.

ON VIEW UNTIL:

The artists Kornél Szilágyi and Nándor Hevesi, working under the pseudonym Igor and Ivan Buharov for more than 15 years, have been producing films mostly with super 8 technique and combining elements of experimental filmmaking and narrative story-telling. The use of dreamlike imagery, poetical and philosophical texts, and self-written music give the specific atmosphereof their films.. Besides working on the edge of film and visual arts, they also collaborate with different groups beyond the visual art scene. Since 1994 they have played in the bands Labor 40, then Pop Ivan and are co-authors in the collective Kaos Camping, presenting audiovisual performances.

The world created by the Buharovs moves on the frontier of dream and reality, and is influenced by Buddhism and eastern philosophical thoughts. Their films capture archetypical experiences in surrealistic atmosphere. The protagonists are mostly friends and non-actors, who live outside of mainstream and elite culture, and often speak out poetic or philosophical dialogues given to them. The vision of freedom and its impossibility, the slow steps of the individual towards self-liberation are topics touched with melancholy and irony.

In the exhibition "Decorative use of Pain" at the tranzitworkshops in Bratislava, the film production of the Buharovs is put in focus. They are going to present a film installation, three long films, documentaries, and their newest piece “Rudderless”, completed for Manifesta 8. A selection of their poetic and uncanny short films will appear as part of installations: accumulations of paintings, drawings and objects. The position of strange items arranged in the spaces moves between props of the films and anthropological objects transferred from reality.

The exhibition also includes works commenting on the current socio-political situation in Hungary, among them the Smellection Automat, which is an ironic commentary on people’s relation to politics.

Dóra Hegyi is a curator, director of tranzit.hu, based in Budapest, HU. Amongst many she has co/curated and Periferic 8 in Iasi, RO and Manifesta 8 at Murcia and cartagena, ES.

tranzit.sk podporuje | is supported by
ERSTE STIFTUNG

projekt | project
podporuje | is supported by
HIT
Kultúrny inštitút Maďarskej republiky v Bratislave
Dallmayr

tranzit dielne | workshops & ateliéry | studios
podporuje | is supported by
SORAVIA GROUP, SHOPPING PALACE, TRUNK


tranzit dielne | workshops
studená 12, bratislava, slovensko | slovakia

02.10. - 31.10., 2011

otvorené | open
štvrtok - piatok | thursday to friday
od | from 15:00 do | to 17:00
sobota - nedela | saturday - sunday
od | from 14:00 do | to 18:00



External Links
www.tranzit.org
www.buharov.hu
www.popivan.com

www.sused.sme.sk
www.hunginst.sk
www.magyarintezet.hu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1pVKeoCfPE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8qarqV-KTY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_3Sz-lF5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts8JiwDJvN0