The city is an ever-changing, living organism that is developing with us, the citizens. In order to survive, it needs reformation, that is, the constant development of the urban space. At the exhibition of the students of Photography MA at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, not only the transitional state of the city-shaping activity and its ambiguous results are in focus, but it also becomes clear that the city reflects the history, culture, economy, and society of its residents and communities.

This is what we can see in the photos of the new city’s new sacred buildings, the harsh reality of the private sphere, the buildings of socialist realist architecture, and of the crucifixes built by local believing communities as evidence of their faith. The exhibition reveals the complex system of the city through the medium of photography — its structures tell a lot about the life of the citizens, unfolding the unmistakable, unique face of the city. Focusing on the constant development of the urban space, each location and area of the photographs were marked on the Budapest map. As a structural material, the OSB board gives the installation a characteristic, yet temporary appearance.

Exhibition: → New City @ Budapest Photo Festival

Budapest Projekt Gallery 07 - 28 April 2017
Graphic design & Retouching: Kira Koroknai
Photography: Dávid Kovács