The 'Saját szemmel/Inside Out' project began in July 1997.
Between then and February 1998, around 40 homeless people living in Budapest
were given simple colour disposable cameras and invited to take photographs
of whatever they felt to be important or interesting in their everyday
experience, in the knowledge that their pictures would later be viewed
publicly as part of an exhibition and web site. The participants were
approached on a fairly random basis in the city's metro stations and homeless
shelters. When the prints were ready we recorded an interview with each
photographer about their pictures. Through the support of our sponsors
we were able to recompense the participants for their work. The work was presented in two exhibitions. One was in the the established
art context of the Budapest Galéria, (Budapest III., Lajos
utca 158.) Around 100 colour photographic enlargements (3 to 4 pictures
by each participant) were exhibited along with their corresponding comments.
The exhibition was opened on 19 March 1998 by Sándor
Kardos , filmmaker and curator of the Horus photographic archive,
and ran until 19 April. A 20 page black and white catalogue including
at least one photograph and text by each participant was available during
the exhibition.
Texts on 'saját szemmel/inside-out' by Miklós ‘Saját Szemmel’, Hajszolt Hírlap. (March-April 1998) p.58-60. 'Saját Szemmel, notes on a photo project', Törökfürdő.(Winter 1999) p. 2-4. (In Hungarian) 'The Structure of Avoidance ' (with Duna Maver), Subsol, Webzine - 'http://Subsol.c3.hu', (February, 2001). Texts on 'saját szemmel/inside-out' by Dominic 'saját szemmel/inside out ' description (April, 2001) - not published 'Homeless project' Written for a 'Shedhalle' magazine and web-zine which coincided with the ‘Moneynations: Border Economies’ conference in Zürich, (23-25 October, 1998). Other writings on 'saját szemmel/inside-out' (in English): Abildgaard, Dorthe. ‘Down and Out in Budapest and Vollsmose’ , India Art, [Apr 2001] Crouse, Charity, ‘Hungarian Homeless Capture Street Life’, StreetWise, Chicago, USA. (27 Oct - 9 Nov, 1998.) p.4. & p.21. Coleman, Sam. ‘Life on the Streets Turned Inside-Out’, Budapest Week (2-8 April 1998) p.23. (in Hungarian): Bihari, László. ‘A Kenyérverő Ember’, Magyar Hirlap. (4 April 1998.) p.14. Palotai, János. ‘Expó’, Élet és Irodalom. (17 April 1998.) p.18. Schubert, Gusztáv. ‘Képtelenek’, FilmVilág (illustrations), (May 1998) Tillmann, J.A. ‘A szélek észlelése’, Élet És Irodalom. (17 April 1998.) p.16. Trencsényi, Zoltán. ‘Fényből Fabrikált Mindennapok’, Népszabadság. (20 March 1998.) p.29. (in German): Richardson, Joanne. 'Die O/Est-Ethik der Gegen-Dokumentation', in 46th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, catalogue (2000) p. 82. Preuss, Rita. ‘Gulasch-Kapitalismus’, Zitty, (28 Aug 1999.) p.57. Herbestreuth, Peter. ‘Zufallsfunde im zerstörten Haus’ Der Tagesspiegel, (30 Aug 1999.) p.29. Suhr, Constanze. ‘Hungry Hungary’, Kunst. (30 Aug 1999.) p 76. Tillmann, J.A. ‘Die Wahrnehmung der Runder’, Pester Lloyd. (3-6 June 1998.) p.1. Publication of photographs and texts Saját Szemmel / Inside Out. Photographs and comments, inVariant, (Spring 2000). Cover of supplement with text by Grant Kestler on Socially Engaged Art Practice. Radio features (all 1998) Petőfi Rádió, Kossuth Rádió, Budapest Rádió, Calypso and Juventus Rádió Television features (all 1998) ‘72 Óra’, TV3. ‘Fehér Éjszakák’, Duna TV. ‘Déli Műsor’, ‘Háló’, ‘Napkelte’, MTV1. ‘Árnyékfogó’, MTV2. Estimating the number of homeless is considered a problematic issue in
both Hungarian and international literature. Difficulties arise from the
definition of homelessness (i.e. who do we consider to be homeless?) and
also from the heterogeneity and geographic mobility of this group. There
is however an understanding of the increasing numbers of homeless in Hungary.
It is estimated that around 20-50,000 homeless people live in Hungary,
15-20,000 of which are in the capital, Budapest.
* Communities for a sustainable future * The Mad Housers photobook. * Real Change News * Shelter UK * Z Magazine * 0100101110101101.ORG * Subsol * Indymedia * Big Issue links * European Roma Rights Centre * Roma Page * Nettime
We are grateful to the following for their sponsorship:
Thanks. We are indebted to the following for all their help in making this project possible. Vecsei Miklós, Kassai Melinda, Capusan Andrea, Dávid Judit, Gyuris Tamás, Sugár János, Peternák Miklós, Török Tamás, Tillmann József Attila, Krémer Balázs, Iványi Gábor, Gurály Zoltán, Gáncs Andrea, Oran Mc Cuirc, Kardos Sándor, Kincses Károly, Várnagy Tibor, Sükösd Miklós, Körösiné Egyed Orsolya, Papp Zoltán, Glósz Béla, Benedek Gáspár, Gróf Ferenc, Lendvai Ádám, Révai Gábor, Szebenyi Mariann, Lénárt Imre, Körösi Péter, Nagy Gabriella, Láng Imola, Mentes Tamás, Keresztúri Gábor, Tatár Attila, Sam Ainsley, Roger Palmer, David Harding, Francis McKee, John Calcutt, Tímár Katalin, Hecker Péter, Zalka Imre, Iványi Marcell, Polgár Sándorné, Maria Bredican, Helen Bartlett, Szabó Eszter Ágnes, Farkas Gabriella, Szövény Anikó, Detvay Jenő, Hangyál Judit, Eln Ferenc, Stefanics István, Tarnai Zoltán HTML / Javascript: Thanks to Benedek Gáspár - gbenedek@c3.hu Translations. Oran McCuirc Contact and other works. |
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