Floating in space-time – Constantly changing coordinates

08. June 2024. – 01. September
MegnyitóOpening: June 7, 2024, 6:00 pm
MegnyitjaRemarks by: Százados László
KurátorCurator: Majsai Réka

A gaze at the sky is perhaps one of the most elemental moments of everyday presence. It is the unfolding of a particular relationship, directed towards a parallel and interacting system whose cyclical interplay we have detected for millennia, without which our calendar, our worlds of belief and even our actual working hours would not exist.

The mystery is now largely overwhelmed by light and numerous satellites. The limits of the gaze are extended by various devices. But one thing is quite certain: from our noisy starting point, it is instinctive curiosity and slow attention that maintains our peculiar relationship with the sky, with the celestial bodies.

Knowing the dynamics, it is probably the recognition of relativity in this relationship that poses the greatest challenge.

Observing a small part of the universe, it may seem as if its individual elements repeatedly return to the same spatial coordinates. However, moving away from this viewpoint, it becomes clear that each part of the cosmos is in a constant state of displacement relative to the others. The installations in the exhibition map this relativity from different positions, evoking some of the stages in the quest to understand the universe so far.