Polyfunctional Woman, a sound installation by Ilona Németh, became an iconic piece of art as soon as it was created and presented for the first time. Initially, the viewer’s gaze is captured by the bed covered with scarlet velvet, and only when moving closer does he/she recognize the holes on the bed’s surface, covered with velvet as well. The viewer’s participation is fundamental: he/she can listen to the rather quiet noises—resembling different feelings—coming from under the holes only by lying on the bed, holding his/her ears up close to the holes. This, however, gets him/her in a vulnerable—and as far as exhibitions are concerned, odd—posture; just as works of art, he/she becomes the object of other visitors’ gaze. The installation, a remarkable example of the feminist art of 1990s Central and Eastern Europe. KT.
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