Stációk 8.2
Subtitle: Megalazott embervilag : Lois Viktor = Stations 8.2 : Humiliated human : Viktor Lois
By: kurator, szerkesztő: Bodonyi Emőke ; fordítás: Süli-Kiss Fruzsina
Contributors: Lois, Viktor; Modem (Debrecen, Hungary); Déri Múzeum
Publisher: Déri Múzeum; MODEM Modern és Kortárs Művészeti Központ
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Debrecen
Language: hun
Number of pages: 45
ISBN-13: 9786155560118
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Hungarian Sculpture; Hungarian Kinetic sculpture; Human beings in art; Machinery in art
Other titles: Megalazott embervilag; Stations 8.2 :
Description: Lois Viktor (1950) became one of the most original representatives of the Hungarian visual art due to his extraordinary furniture, vehicle, body builder, and musical instrument sculptures put together from discarded metal objects or washing machine drums which evolved into his trademark. His latest series that focuses on human relations ‒ concretely the humiliation of a human by another one ‒ has been increasing and developing for ten years. Each of the exhibited eight pieces of the series includes a metal frame completed with a washing machine drum that can be brought into operation electronically by a button and a human-sized rough wooden sculpture fixed on it.  If they start moving, the mobile part of the mechanical construction will touch the sculpture with a shaking and exploding way while it is using up the sculpture, which is indicated by tiny wood shavings gathering underneath.  Spectators should recognise not only the consequences of pressing the button, but also their own responsibility for putting the mechanism into operation. Nevertheless, they get the chance to mediate on whether they have ever involved in any similar situations in their real lives and which side they would prefer.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at MODEM, 19 March through 4 May 2017.

Hungarian and English.