Ludwig Museum Budapest Launches Virtual 'Slow Life' Exhibition Amid Pandemic
On April 9, 2020, the Ludwig Museum in Budapest launched an online exhibition called 'Slow Life: Radical Practices of the Everyday,' after the physical event was postponed due to COVID-19. Curated by a team including Petra Csizek and Jan Elantkowski, this digital format showcases two years of hard work through images, videos, audio clips, and text. The exhibition explores concepts like slowness and sustainable living, pulling inspiration from the slow food movement and thinkers such as Donna Haraway. Artists like Tamás Kaszás and Endre Koronczi are featured, and a 'Slow Knowledge' A-to-Z lexicon is also available online, offering resources until the physical exhibition can be rescheduled. The curators draw parallels to Marcel Duchamp's 'Boîte-en-valise,' highlighting the theme of 'delay.'
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Slow Life: Radical Practices of the Everyday' was planned for April 9 – August 23, 2020 at Ludwig Museum, Budapest.
- Physical opening postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- Curators launched a microsite exhibition on April 9, 2020.
- Curators: Petra Csizek, Jan Elantkowski, József Készman, Zsuzska Petró, Victória Popovics, Krisztina Üveges.
- Microsite features thumbnail images, video clips, sound files, texts, and links to interviews.
- Exhibition explores slowness, ecology, and alternative lifestyles.
- Includes works by 18 artists: Tamás Kaszás, Endre Koronczi, Krisztina Erdei, Ursula Biemann, Paolo Tavares, Oliver Ressler, Petra Maitz, Eszter Ágnes Szabó, Syporca Whandal, Judit Flóra Schuller, Oto Hudec, Anca Benera, Arnold Estefan, Lois Weinberger, Péter Mátyási, Rita Süveges, Gideon Horváth, Manfred Erjautz, Anna Zilahi, Emese Benczúr, Antal Lakner.
- Microsite includes 'Slow Knowledge' A-to-Z lexicon referencing thinkers like Donna Haraway, Paul Crutzen, Andreas Malm, Carolyn Merchant, Jason W. Moore, Jem Bendell, Geir Berthelsen, Carl Honoré.
- Curators compare microsite to Marcel Duchamp's 'Boîte-en-valise' and his concept of 'delay'.
- Physical exhibition remains postponed indefinitely.
Entities
Artists
- Marcel Duchamp
- Tamás Kaszás
- Endre Koronczi
- Krisztina Erdei
- Ursula Biemann
- Paolo Tavares
- Oliver Ressler
- Petra Maitz
- Eszter Ágnes Szabó
- Syporca Whandal
- Judit Flóra Schuller
- Oto Hudec
- Anca Benera
- Arnold Estefan
- Lois Weinberger
- Péter Mátyási
- Rita Süveges
- Gideon Horváth
- Manfred Erjautz
- Anna Zilahi
- Emese Benczúr
- Antal Lakner
- Man Ray
- Bruce Nauman
- Bill Viola
- James Coleman
- Tacita Dean
- James Turrell
- John Cage
- Guy Debord
- Henry David Thoreau
- Carlo Petrini
- Gabó Bartha
- Donna Haraway
- Jay David Bolter
- Richard Grusin
- Maurizio Lazzarato
- Paul Crutzen
- Andreas Malm
- Alf Hornborg
- Carolyn Merchant
- Jason W. Moore
- Jem Bendell
- Geir Berthelsen
- Carl Honoré
Institutions
- Ludwig Museum
- Ludwig Múzeum
- ARTMargins Online
- MIT Press
- Semiotext(e)
- Institute for Figuring
- Harvard University
Locations
- Budapest
- Hungary
- New York
- United States
- Çukurköy
- Turkey
- Lausitz
- Berlin
- Germany
- Los Angeles
- Cambridge
- Massachusetts