2016

æctivators. Locally active architecture

Hungarian Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
Venezia, Giardini

At this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, bearing the title Reporting from the Front, (appointed chief curator: Alejandro Aravena) the Hungarian pavilion features a project that reflects the changing roles assumed by contemporary art. The exhibition of Arkt architecture studio demonstrates how it was possible to create a living social space based solely on local collaboration, without a client or money - by recycling a run-down building in the Gárdonyi Garden in Eger.

Curator: Gábor Fábián, architect (arkt)
Co-curator: Dénes Fajcsák, architect (arkt)

The exhibition project as well as the curators were elected through an open competition by a jury of experts. 

Press conference and vernissage: 26 – 27 May 2016

Registration until 14 May 2016 latest! For further information on registration for colleagues of press and media, please click HERE.

Official opening ceremony of the Hungarian Pavilion: Friday, 27 May 2016., 1.30 p.m.

Press conference of the Hungarian Pavilion is taking place on Tuesday, 17 May 2016, at 11 a.m. at Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.