Editor: Andrea KOVÁCS Moderators: Andrea KOVÁCS, Judit Katalin ELEK, Bálint VERES, Mátyás CSISZÁR, Bea KISS Creative concept: Let it Be! art agency www.letitbeartagency.com Producer: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts www.trafo.hu 2015–2020
Trafó House of Contemporary Arts is a unique venue in Buda pest that promotes and represents today’s interna tional arts and culture scene. The program of the house offers a great variety of gen res including theatre, dance, circus, music, and visual arts and the events are pre sented with creative authen ticity. The main objectives are to address social issues in the context of arts and cul ture and to exhibit art pro jects inspired by the latest technologi cal innovations.
How can digital tools inspire us to explore new artistic path ways? How can we commu nicate with each other using simple machines? How do we deal with distances and differ ent surroundings? What kind of analog and dig ital solutions can create new dimensions in our imagina tion? How live performers and spectacular environments could change or manipulate senses and perception?
These relevant questions of today’s world are inspiring In doing so, the cultural insti the creators of new media and tute aims to follow interna video works, dance projects tional trends. It is unlike any and performance installations. other places in the Hungarian capital: here one can look out into the world.
In the autumn of 2014 Trafó smART! XTRA interactive pres launched the smART! program entation series — curated by to introduce new productions Let it Be! art agency between that experiment with current 2015–2020 — created a spe technological innovations cial forum where Hungarian to a wider audience. These and international innovators, shows incorporate low-tech designers, creative develop and high-tech solutions, tech ers and artists could intro nological developments and duce themselves, expand performative genres as well. their knowledge and learn about user-friendly and avail Let it Be! art agency is devel able innovations. oping new inter-disciplinary forms of cooperation between 50 thematic events and mod different areas of art and cre erated discussions provided ative industries by exploring a platform for presenting art possibilities of innovative projects and research pro collaborations. The agency cesses. In the frame of smART! is engaged in managing and XTRA evenings audience could initiating cross media and test the devices, apps and urban city projects which interactive installations pre are focusing on new synergy sented by invited guests, who of art and technology. were outstanding representa tives of their professions.
#logicART
PRESENTERS:
Medence Csoport XORXOR Planbureau
#hautecouture
PRESENTERS:
EJTECH Edit SZÅ°CS Je Suis Belle
#performanceasinterface
PRESENTERS:
Marloeke VAN DER VLUGT Beatrix SIMKÓ Gáspár TÉRI
#visualmusic
PRESENTERS:
Ernő RUBIK Bálint BOLCSÓ Dániel VÁCZI
Ábris GRYLLUS BINAURA
#pixels
PRESENTERS:
Don’t Eat Group Balázs BALOGH Zsolt KORAI
#appsland
PRESENTERS:
Jรกnos BRร CKNER ClipDis ARTLOCATOR
#lightspace
PRESENTERS:
Erik MÁTRAI Gábor KARCIS Viktória SZÉPVÖLGYI
#augmentedbody
PRESENTERS:
Dóra DOBI Borbála GYÖRÖK Réka PÁSZTOR TURÁK Connected Bodies
#madebynature
PRESENTERS:
Zsolt KOROKNAI Mihály Gergely KOVÁCS Gábor MÁRIÁN
#missionpossible
PRESENTERS:
EXPODIUM Járokelő.hu Klára CSERNE
MeetLab Fanni NÁNAY
#appsland@bankito
PRESENTERS:
BINAURA Jรกnos BRร CKNER RITES smARt est. 2015
#fabrikart
PRESENTERS:
BIOLUM Makerspace Logideez
#images
PRESENTERS:
Csongor SZIGETI G. Zรกgon NAGY ร va TASKOVICS
#perception
PRESENTERS:
Edit VIZER Netta BAJRAMI Perceptual Thinkers
#surfaces
PRESENTERS:
Zsófia BÉRCZI Dániel BESNYŐ Dóra VARGA
#frequencies
PRESENTERS:
Dávid SOMLÓ Zsófia Tamara VADAS Ábris GRYLLUS Connected Bodies
#spacemanipulation
PRESENTERS:
RUMEX noppa design Healium Decoration
#avcomposers
PRESENTERS:
Bordos Art Works Tamรกs HERCZEG Csilla SZILร GYI ODDSTREAM
#art&science
PRESENTERS: Tanárblog ELTE TTK – UNESCO Multipedagógiai Központ Szertár Élményműhely MOME Digital Craft Lab
#magicbox
PRESENTERS: LaLuz Visuals Lรกtvรกnyhรกz InsideOut Escape Games
#opendata
PRESENTERS: Ábris GRYLLUS MOME Open Service Design Connected Bodies
Kitchen Budapest JazzaJ – K-Monitor
#sensors
PRESENTERS:
Réka HARSÁNYI Zoltán NAGY
#humanmachines
PRESENTERS:
Valencia JAMES Nina KOV Richรกrd NAGYFI
#coincidence
PRESENTERS:
Bálint BARÁTH Viktória SOÓS Bea ISTVÁNKÓ Péter SZALAY
#xmas
PRESENTERS:
Fényszórók Dániel DAOUD Veronika SZABÓ
#parallelrealities
PRESENTERS:
Atmo Rites Network Implausible Works
“Sometimes a project loses its purpose and, due to a mistake or some side product, it turns out to be something different from what we previously planned. The final result we end up with is often much more exciting than the original concept! Our communication and the time spent together have a strong influence on our work – even if it’s not conscious.” Mark NISKANEN “The whole thing is complicated and very simple at the same time. It opens up new type of dimension in perception.” Jani-Matti SALO “I was thinking about how it would be if we could form space with our own body. Not with machines, drills and hammers but just with the entire body. Can you make a wall with yourself?” Teun VONK “Could we communicate only through colours and sounds? I wanted to examine it in an interactive situational environment. Synesthesia is such an interesting phenomenon: several people experience its different versions. Some attach colours with weekdays, others associate to numbers. Obviously this all has a canonized, institutionalized part – even if it’s unconscious – for example when we pair ‘black’ and ‘mourning’.” Péter FANCSIKAI
#textures
PRESENTERS:
Csenge VASS Zsófia LÉVAI Zsuzsanna SZABÓ
#senses
PRESENTERS:
Angéla GÓG Judit SZALIPSZKI Emese MUCSI Gergely LŐRINCZI
#avcomposers
PRESENTERS:
Glowing Bulbs Gรกbor KITZINGER XYZ
#connections
PRESENTERS: Alva MORGENSTERN Cosimo MIORELLI Fabrizio NOCCI Jani-Matti SALO
Mark NISKANEN Imre VASS Dรกvid SOMLร Esteban DE LA TORRE
#futureplans
PRESENTERS: Gideon HORVÁTH Attila BUJDOSÓ Johannes EKHOLM Gondolat Generátor Ágnes KASZÁS
#imaginations
PRESENTERS:
Szilvia BOLLA Dániel CSEH Milán RÁCMOLNÁR
#menuimaginaire
PRESENTERS: Büro Imaginaire Antal LAKNER Paradigma Ariadné Absentology
Csilla HÓDI Zsófia ILLÉS Architecture Uncomfortable
#illusions
PRESENTERS: Kalle NIO Balรกzs GYERTYร N Vince VARGA
#goldenrabbit
PRESENTERS:
Olga KOCSI Barnabรกs NEOGRร DY-KISS
#itsamatch
PRESENTERS:
Marcell PUSKÁS Zsófia LÉVAI Krisztina GÁSPÁR Beatrix SIMKÓ
#visions
PRESENTERS:
András JUHÁSZ András TÁBOROSI Lili IZSÁK
#atmodance
PRESENTERS:
László L. LAKI László Zsolt BORDOS Petra DRÁVUCZ András NAGY
#commonknowledge
PRESENTERS:
Claire FRISTOT Rita EPERJESI Mihรกly MINKร
#wonderlands
PRESENTERS:
xtro realm Teun VONK
#microsystems
PRESENTERS: Anna TÜDŐS Elina BRY Judit SZALIPSZKI Krisztina CZIKA Mihály MINKÓ Margherita SOLDATI
#synesthesia
PRESENTERS: Péter FANCSIKAI
#urform
PRESENTERS:
Csenge VASS Nóra BARNA Rozi MÁKÓ
#digitalstories
PRESENTERS:
Zsófia LÉVAI Ágnes BAKK Compact Studio
#lettersforlostechoes
PRESENTERS:
Wave of Sound MAKRÓ VJ
#loopgallery
PRESENTERS:
Vanda SÁRAI Dávid BIRÓ Máté FILLÉR
#visions
PRESENTERS:
Limelight Firebirds Julien FOURNIER
#smartketing
PRESENTERS:
MITO NOWLAB Mรณnika ZSIKLA
#performativespaces
PRESENTERS:
Kultúrgorilla Heine AVDAL Yukiko SHINOZAKI BINAURA
#AV COMPOSERS
PRESENTERS:
Nina Kov Dance Ayumi TOYABE Drone Pilot Centrum Production
#AV COMPOSERS
PRESENTERS:
S Olbricht Gรกbor KITZINGER Roy DATOM Clouditechts
#AV COMPOSERS
PRESENTERS: Csenge VASS Nóra BARNA Rozi MÁKÓ Ábris GRYLLUS
Csongor SZIGETI G. XORXOR XYZ Bordos Art Works
Virág ALBERT Lóci ALVÉGI Heine AVDAL Netta BAJRAMI Ágnes Karolina BAKK Balázs BALOGH Bálint BARÁTH Nóra BARNA Zsófia BÉRCZI Dániel BESNYŐ Dávid BIRO Bálint BOLCSÓ Szilvia BOLLA Áron BORBÉLY László Zsolt BORDOS János BRÜCKNER Attila BUJDOSÓ Lidia BÄCK Andor CSÉCSI Dániel CSEH Fanni CSERNÁTONY Klára CSERNE Mátyás CSISZÁR Dániel DAOUD István DÁVID Dóra DOBI Nikos DOULOS Petra DRÁVUCZ Johannes EKHOLM
Rita EPERJESI Inemesit ETENTUK Udeme ETENTUK Péter FANCSIKAI Fanni FAZAKAS Máté FILLÉR Julien FOURNIER Claire FRISTOT Krisztina GÁSPÁR Marlijn GELSING Angéla GÓG Ábris GRYLLUS Rodrigo GUZMAN Balázs GYERTYÁN Borbála GYÖRÖK Réka HARSÁNYI János HASZON Roland HEIM Tamás HERCZEG Csilla HÓDI Gideon HORVÁTH Márk HORVÁTH Áron IGMÁNDY Zsófia ILLÉS Bea ISTVÁNKÓ Lili IZSÁK Valencia JAMES András JUHÁSZ Orsolya KÁLÓCZY
Dávid KARA Gábor KARCIS Andrea KÁRPÁTI Judit Eszter KÁRPÁTI Ágnes KASZÁS Patrik KISS Tibor KISS Gábor KITZINGER Olga KOCSI Dóra KOMPORDAY Zsolt KORAI Zsolt KOROKNAI Nina KOV Mihály Gergely KOVÁCS László L. LAKI Antal LAKNER Dániel LAKOS Zsolt LAVICZA Marietta LE Zsófia LÉVAI Ákos LIPÓCZKI Ádám LOVÁSZ Mátyás LŐRINCZ Gergely LŐRINCZI Rozi MÁKÓ Sándor MAKRA Patrik MAKRAI Gábor MÁRIÁN Tamás MARQUETANT
Erik MÁTRAI András MEZŐ Ármin MIHÁLY Martin MIKOLAI Mihály MINKÓ Cosimo MIORELLI András MOLNÁR Szabolcs MOLNÁR Alva MORGENSTERN Emese MUCSI Gergely NÁDORI Ágoston NAGY András NAGY Gábor NAGY Zágon NAGY Zoltán NAGY Richárd NAGYFI Fanni NÁNAY Barnabás NEOGRÁDY-KISS Kalle NIO Mark NISKANEN Fabrizio NOCCI Júlia ORAVECZ Panni PAIS Tamás PÁLL Gábor PAPP Turák Réka PÁSZTOR Marcell PUSKÁS Milán RÁCMOLNÁR
Ernő RUBIK Jani-Matti SALO Bence SAMU Vanda SÁRAI Yukiko SHINOZAKI Eduárd SIK Beatrix SIMKÓ Anikó SKIRBEK Dávid SMILÓ Dávid SOMLÓ Viktória SOÓS Zsolt SŐRÉS Barbara STERK Rita SÜVEGES Veronika SZABÓ Zsuzsanna SZABÓ Péter SZALAY Judit SZALIPSZKI Dániel SZALKAI Loránd SZÉCSÉNYI-NAGY Ágnes SZEKERES Viktória SZÉPVÖLGYI Csongor Gábor SZIGETI Csilla SZILÁGYI Dóra Ida SZŰCS Edit SZŰCS Gábor TARCSAY Éva TASKOVICS Tóbiás TEREBESSY
Gáspár TÉRI Márton TIMÓCZKI-NAGY Esteban DE LA TORRE Márton TÓTH Ayumi TOYABE Anna TÜDŐS Dániel VÁCZI Zsófia Tamara VADAS Dóra VARGA Vince VARGA Csenge VASS Imre VASS Andrea VIDA Edit VIZER Marloeke VAN DER VLUGT Teun VONK Friso WIERSUM Bart WITTE Tamás ZÁDOR Anna ZILAHI Bálint ZSIGA Mónika ZSIKLA László Róbert ZSIROS
Photos: Réka BOGDÁN, Dávid BIRÓ, Barnabás NEOGRÁDY-KISS, György JÓKÚTI Catalogue design: Gábor MÁRIÁN www.mariangabor.com