Hungarian Artist Rita Süveges Explores Ecological Legacies in Interview on Weather Spectre Exhibition

Rita Süveges, a Hungarian artist, focuses on ecological impacts from industrial systems like monocultural agriculture and fossil fuels through research-based art. Her upbringing on the Great Hungarian Plain exposed her to environmental effects of socialist agricultural policies. Süveges employs an interdisciplinary method merging visual art with technoscientific research to analyze capitalist technological responses to environmental crises. In her project Weather Spectre, she investigates weather manipulation's history and mythology. The interview, conducted by Maja and Reuben Fowkes, discusses her solo exhibition at the Hungarian National Gallery, highlighting her exploration of the socialist Anthropocene. Süveges' work examines extractivism and industrial legacies, using visual narratives to critique environmental management. The conversation delves into her artistic process and thematic concerns, published on ARTMargins Online as part of a special issue. This interview provides insight into contemporary Hungarian art addressing ecological themes.