Nature is both an eternal and ever changing milieu, driven by changes in the processes of living and inanimate things. A timeless medium, a network of divergent and intersecting paths on which man leaves his mark. Paths that show their different facets in the contrast of darkness and light. Varying landscapes and formations that invite you to explore. Emergency Exit is a site-specific installation environment of lightboxes that invites you to experience visualisation and unveiling through optical illusion. The ordinariness of the materials used dislodges the pleasant sense of reverie evoked by classically beautiful landscapes, as the natural forms enclosed behind the plexiglass are in fact the result of the crumpling of a plastic film or adhesive tape.
By looking at minute details illuminated by light and enclosed in boxes, visitors can take a journey into an enclosed world covered by a camouflage net. Adapted specifically for the LAM space, the works, reminiscent of trail signs, transport to fictional landscapes. To a bunker full of hidden and underlying content, where the path leading out is the same as the one that lures in. Where the light redefines simple materials and exposes the triviality of material. Where for a moment, you can experience the impression of disconnectedness and disorientation, of unlocking secrets. Where you can experience the power of your imagination to create spectacles and embrace the responsibility of your role in nature.
Péter Mátyási graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2009, majoring in painting and visual education. In the same year, he studied at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in both Hungary and abroad. He has exhibited at several prestigious international art fairs, such as The Armory Show in New York, Art Brussels and Artissima in Turin. In 2013, he won the Contemporary Pastel Prize, and in 2016, he was granted the Pastel Society Award and one of the Grand Prizes of the Salgótarján Graphic Triennial. He was born, lives and works in Budapest.
