art quarter budapest exhibition + residency - october 2021
Art Quarter Budapest
October 1-31, 2021
During a month-long residency in Budapest, Caroline researched Hungarian language, text and music, namely from the 1980s Soviet era as they relate to censorship and the desire for communication between artists in Hungary and abroad. For her ultimate project, Caroline transcribed sound elements from telefonkoncert (April 15, 1983), a concert over the phone that took place over a course of 4 hours between three locations: Budapest - Vienna - Berlin (courtesy of the Artpool Art Research Center). Caroline’s interpretation takes various forms: graphic notation/transcription with a print made in collaboration with Hurrikan Press (as you see here), a sound and deep listening drawing workshop (completed at the residency), as well as a sculptural composition (to be imagined). Through this process Caroline hopes to illuminate that even in times of censorship and the aim to silence human expression, agency can still be amplified amongst voices of an artistic community.
Purchase risograph print here through Weird Babes store.
To hear some of Caroline’s more specific research on Hungarian music, visit some of her radio shows on Other Desert Radio:
Soviet Hungarian Punk Special -1980s Hungarian punk
Magyar Elektronikus Zene - 70s and 80s Hungarian electronic and electroacoustic music
Photos in Gallery Above:
Telefonkoncert Transcript Print made at Hurrikan Press, Budapest Hungary
Artpool Radio 3 Cassette of Telefonkoncert recordings
Budapest telephone line, still from video from Vienna during the 3-location event