Category Archives: EN

Hope/Hatikvah – audio monument

Posted on October 20, 2014 by ellenpolus

An intervention and audio installation by Szabolcs KissPál Hope (2014) – 8 channel synchronized sound installation, 4:00 min loop, 9x2x3m, sound recordings, PC, speakers, prints The Hope is a temporary public audio-monument, which was produced in a collaborative way.   … Continue reading →

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Time Wheel Reveals History of Space. About monuments and other media

Posted on October 20, 2014 by ellenpolus

by: J. A. Tillmann (…) In accordance with the aforementioned concept, the square of the Parliament has also been restored into its state of 1940, and renamed the „Main Square of the Nation” recently. It is now also adorned with … Continue reading →

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Hungary at the Turning Point

Posted on October 9, 2014 by ellenpolus

How Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his populist-right party is slowly destroying his country’s democracy. BUDAPEST, Hungary—It’s a few days before the May 25 European Parliament elections, and the streets of Budapest are awash with colorful campaign posters urging Hungarians to … Continue reading →

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When the European Moral Vacuum Meets the Hungarian Autocratic Regime

Posted on October 1, 2014 by ellenpolus

Recently, democrats all over the world have felt compelled to somehow deal with Hungary’s shift towards autocracy. The situation is highly interesting, even from a theoretical viewpoint, since the country is a Member State of the European Union as well … Continue reading →

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U.S., International Community Cannot Ignore Hungary’s Crumbling Democracy

Posted on September 26, 2014 by ellenpolus

At the heart of the Carpathian Basin pulses the resilience and hope of the Hungarian people. A civilization molded from a history fraught with compounding obstacles, the pain of the past still burns deep in the national consciousness as the … Continue reading →

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ACT – Art Cooperation Transmission

Posted on September 17, 2014 by ellenpolus

The Art Cooperation Transmission project aims to promote contemporary art in its ability to think, invent and represent the democratic changes of Europe in an era of globalization. It intends to be a joint laboratory and a factory for inventive … Continue reading →

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Blacklisted Hungarians

Posted on September 15, 2014 by ellenpolus

Why we call out? Hungarian government raids defenders of democracy: strikes on human rights NGOs, watchdogs, investigative journalists and activists. We need your help to end this. Use your voices, let our government and the European Commission know, we don’t … Continue reading →

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