We’re saving one last twist for the end of the festival: this time, it’s not about lengthy analyses, but lightning-fast thoughts on individual artworks. The concept is simple: 20 slides, each shown for exactly 20 seconds – which means there’s no time for long-winded sentences or digressions. Just the essence. The format follows the pecha kucha presentation style.
What happens when art interpretation picks up the pace? Is it possible to say something meaningful about an artwork in such a short time? Or does this tempo bring out something entirely new in us?
One thing’s for sure: this time, long analyses take a back seat. Our presenters will show how it's possible to respond to an artwork with a fresh perspective and a rapid rhythm – sometimes raising deeper questions than you might expect. It’s a bit like TikTok: short, punchy, thought-provoking – though here, a full analysis might be shorter than your average video.
As the closing event of the conference, this is a lighter yet highly relevant program. Bring on the image, the word, and the tempo – we’re curious to see what an artwork can say to you in just 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
Presentations
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Barbara Hadi: Endre Bálint's Set Designs for the Performance of Macbeth
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Ágnes Képiró: Two Adams in Space
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Rita Kissné Budai: The Rediscovery of Academic Salon Painting (William-Adolphe Bouguereau: The Song of the Angels, 1881)
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Ágnes Konkoly: THE STATIC (?) AND THE MOVING: AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCULPTURE AND FILM – About Erzsébet Schaár's Work Choir
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Laura Makra: Thread by Thread – Kati Gulyás as Ariadne and the Experimental Spatial Textile
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István Németh: Analysis of George Hendrik Breitner's Painting The Singelbrug by the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam (1896)
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Erika Sonyovszki-Képes: The Art of Slow Looking
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Alexandra Linda Tarr: The Influence of Netherlandish Landscape Traditions on István Szőnyi’s Funeral in Zebegény