SUPERLUMINAL - CLOSED
(from 13 September 2023 to 23 June 2024)
One of the most fundamental constants in nature is the speed of light in vacuum, which can be measured precisely and is considered an absolute value. The special significance of this physical constant is that, according to the theory of relativity, it is the absolute limit to the speeds achievable in nature: the speed of two physical objects relative to each other can never exceed the speed of light. Several physicists have tried to circumvent this absolute prohibition with various theoretical hypotheses, some of which – who knows – might one day actually allow for faster-than-light (superluminal) travel.
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The exhibition was an attempt to make space for questions which, among many other things, can shed a different light on light itself as a physical phenomenon.
Embedded in a historical context through original or authentically reconstructed works by art historical predecessors as well as some of the most significant Hungarian-born artists, the selection sought to present light objects and installations as well as interactive and immersive light space constructions made in recent years or created especially for the occasion by the leading Hungarian and international figures of contemporary light art.
Artists: István Csákány, Attila Csörgő, Disnovation.org, Justine Emard, fuse*, Vadim Fishkin, Ahmet Said Kaplan, Žilvinas Kempinas, György Kepes, Áron Kútvölgyi-Szabó, MAOTIK, Svätopluk Mikyta, László Moholy-Nagy, Vera Molnar, Nohlab, NONE Collective, Gábor Ősz, Goran Petercol, Olivier Ratsi, Raum Zeit Piraten, Sébastien Robert, Sárgany (Bence Barta & János Borsos), Nicolas Schöffer, Dávid Ariel Szauder, Loránd Szécsényi-Nagy, Agnus Szekeres & Katalin Tesch, Andrea Sztojánovits, Gabey Tjon a Tham, Gyula Várnai, Victor Vasarely, Philip Vermeulen, Kit Webster, Zünc Studio
Curators: Barnabás Bencsik, Borbála Szalai
Curator assistant: Dalma Kovács
ARTISTS:

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL AGNUS SZEKERES & KATALIN TESCH: Oxymoron, 2023 Installation Play Video Six overhead projectors are

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL AHMET SAID KAPLAN: Lumin, 2020 Interactive installation Play Video Bioluminescent creatures emit their

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ANDREA SZTOJÁNOVITS: Oasis, 2021-2023 Light installation Play Video In Andrea Sztojánovits’ work t

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ÁRON KÚTVÖLGYI-SZABÓ: Counterfactual Counterprojections 2., 2023 Site-specific installation, two-c

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ATTILA CSÖRGŐ: Clock-Work, 2017 Kinetic installation Play Video In the shadow image of a mechanical

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL DÁVID ARIEL SZAUDER: Modulator V3 (Paraphrase of LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY’s Light Prop for an Electric

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL DISNOVATION.ORG: Life Support System, [Ecosystem services estimation experiment], 2020 Installation, 1

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL FUSE*: Multiverse.unfolded, 2018 Real-time audiovisual installation Play Video Inspired by the ‘mult

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GABEY TJON A THAM: Red Horizon, 2014 Kinetic/light/sound installation Play Video When looking at Gabe

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GÁBOR ŐSZ: The Picture of Light, 2022 Camera obscura installation, bulb, MDF, variable dimension Pla

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GÁBOR ŐSZ: Tautology, 2012 Video projection, 6’37” Play Video In the initial scene of the film w

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GORAN PETERCOL: Sjene (Shadows), 1994 (2023) Coloured lights, metal wires, brass sticks on wall, varia

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GYÖRGY KEPES: Glowing Columns 1973 ENG | HUN Light installation (glass tubes filled with helium, stee

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL GYULA VÁRNAI: Material Memories, 2023 Light installation, 3D pen drawing (PLA), variable dimension Pl

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ISTVÁN CSÁKÁNY: It doesn't depend on the one who wants, nor on the one who runs, 2023 Installa

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL JUSTINE EMARD: Supraorganism, 2020 Installation Play Video Supraorganism, developed using data collect

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL KIT WEBSTER: Supernova, 2012 Laserprojection Play Video The supernova is the final explosion of a star

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: A Lightplay. Black, White, Grey (1932) “Digital copy of a 35mm film docume

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL LORÁND SZÉCSÉNYI-NAGY: Cosmic Frequencies – Solar Probe / LAM, 2021 Sound and light installation

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL MAOTIK: Swarm Field: The Power of Light Attraction, 2023 Interactive installation Play Video Swarm Fie

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL NICOLAS SCHÖFFER: Chronos 5, 1960–1964 Stainless steel, acrylic glass, electric motors Play Video N

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL NOHLAB: Journey, 2019 12-channel immersive video projection, 4 mins Play Video Journey is an immersive

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL NONE COLLECTIVE: J3RR1, 2018 Programmed torture machine Play Video J3RR1 is an ordinary machine in the

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL OLIVIER RATSI: ANTI, 2019 Immersive light installation Play Video The installations present tangible p

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL PHILIP VERMEULEN: Whether Weather, 2020 Kinetic installation Play Video Whether Weather mechanically b

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL RAUMZEITPIRATEN: GIFmeister, 2017 Light installation Play Video The 24 LED projectors mounted on the i

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SÁRGANY (BENCE BARTA & JÁNOS BORSOS): Uranopatia, 2023 Installation (steel, aluminium, electroni

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SÉBASTIEN ROBERT: The Sun, My Father, 2022 Synaesthetic installation Play Video The artist has always

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SVÄTOPLUK MIKYTA: Orbital, 2021–22 Digital video animation, 6’ 35” mins Play Video ‘The Blue

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SVÄTOPLUK MIKYTA: On Fragility, 2021 Glass spheres Play Video ‘The Blue Marble’ was the name give

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL VADIM FISHKIN: Miss Christmas, 2012; Tower, 2012 Installation/projection Play Video Testing the limits

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL VADIM FISHKIN: Sun _Stop, 2003 Computer-controlled video projection Play Video The energy released dur

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL VERA MOLNAR: OTTWW (Ode to the West Wind), 1981 – 2010 UV-sensitive thread, nails, variable dimensio

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL VICTOR VASARELY: Holld 1954–1955 / 1990 Multiple (silkscreen print on acrylic glass) Installation co

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS: Nautilus, 2021 Installation Play Video Nautilus introduces a large round disk susp

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ŽILVINAS KEMPINAS: White Noise, 2007 Installation Play Video Entering the darkened room, the viewer i

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SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL SUPERLUMINAL ZÜNC STUDIO: PHOTOSYSTEM II, 2022 Immersive projection Play Video Without light there is no life. Lig