Homage to Gábor Bódy

Gábor Bódy would have turned 60 in 2006. One of the most talented film directors of the sixties and seventies, he exercised a significant influence on the mode of visual expression in visual art and photography with his experimental films and theoretical writings. Alongside using the traditional genres, Bódy was to be the Hungarian creator of video art, and the establishment of the first international video magazine, Infermental, is also associated with his name. On the occasion of this anniversary, the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art organises a memorial, retrospective exhibition and screening series, to be accompanied by a symposium, a book presentation, a panel discussion, concerts and readings.

In the autumn of 2006, six installations of Bódy’s films and videos, thematically arranged, are on view in the exhibition halls of the Ludwig Museum, spanning the complete life-work of the artist. Among the works of filmic art, feature films, experimental films, film language studies, video art variations, as well as his own international video magazine (Infermental) and video-volume (Axis) are presented.