EXHIBITION OPENING
Julius Popp: Bit.Fall
Date: 16 June 2016, 6 p.m.
Venue: the square in front of the Ludwig Museum
"The speed at which information is sourced, exchanged and updated in our modern society makes it almost inconceivable and even more ephemeral than ever before. The work BIT.FALL translates this abstract process into an experience for the senses and is a metaphor for the present currents of information. In BIT.FALL information is represented by words which are generated by a software based on a statistic algorithm. In a split second, BIT.FALL releases hundreds of drops in determined intervals, which create a ‘waterfall’ of words. Each drop of water thus becomes a liquid and transient ‘pixel’ or ‘bit’, the smallest unit of information."
Greetings by
Andrea Kulcsár (Dunapest)
Opening remarks by:
Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Deputy Mayor
Michael Müller-Verweyen, Director of Goethe Institut Budapest
Judit Hammerstein, Director General of Balassi Institute
Opening speech by:
Julia Fabényi, Director of Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art
A reading by Krisztián Grecsó contemporary Hungarian writer closes the opening ceremony.
Curator: Christian Gracza
This event is being held also as the opening ceremony of Dunapest Festival.
The artwork is installed on the square in front of the Ludwig Museum, and is on view until 31 July 2016.
Detailed programme of Dunapest Festival can be accessed on the following link: dunapest.hu
Cooperative partners:
Dunapest Fesztivál | Goethe Intézet | Budapest Főváros | NKA | CAPP (Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme)
Sponsors:
Emberi Erőforrások Minisztériuma | Müpa | OBSERVER
