„DEGREE USED TO BE IMPORTANT” / „A DIPLOMA RÉGEN FONTOS VOLT” | group exhibition
design & concept
2020 was the first period of the sudden and radical shift from live situations into the virtual realm. In-person education moved online, and for those who completed their art university studies that year, the traditional diploma exhibition never took place. Instead, it became diploma.pdf, and the ceremonial act of the diploma defense happened online. (However, it reached a large number of views on video-sharing platforms.)
The two exhibitors also graduated in the year of the cancelled diploma exhibitions, at the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, and in the spirit of what they learned there, they initiated the replacement of their diploma exhibition. But is it even possible to replace a diploma exhibition? And is it necessary?
design & concept
2020 was the first period of the sudden and radical shift from live situations into the virtual realm. In-person education moved online, and for those who completed their art university studies that year, the traditional diploma exhibition never took place. Instead, it became diploma.pdf, and the ceremonial act of the diploma defense happened online. (However, it reached a large number of views on video-sharing platforms.)
The two exhibitors also graduated in the year of the cancelled diploma exhibitions, at the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, and in the spirit of what they learned there, they initiated the replacement of their diploma exhibition. But is it even possible to replace a diploma exhibition? And is it necessary?
The title is a quote taken out of context from a recent interview with János Sugár, referring to his own studies. The current exhibition continues and rethinks this isolated sentence: looking back from the perspective of three years, what does a diploma exhibition mean? What might be the reason that out of the eight graduates of that year, only two are present?
Exhibiting artists: Lili Janca & Viktória Monhor
Curator: János Sugár
Opening: 09 February 2023, Thursday, 6 PM
Venue: Hungarian University of Fine Arts | AULA
Thanks to: Zoltán Balla, Rita Derengő, Balázs Igaz, Rózsa Igaz, Dániel Janca, László Nagy, Laura Lanczki
Supporters: Frontvonal Bt., quARTs Studio, Club-Mate
Viktórai Monhor, Katona Norbert and Jila Svicevic contributed to the development of the exhibition concept.
Curator: János Sugár
Opening: 09 February 2023, Thursday, 6 PM
Venue: Hungarian University of Fine Arts | AULA
Thanks to: Zoltán Balla, Rita Derengő, Balázs Igaz, Rózsa Igaz, Dániel Janca, László Nagy, Laura Lanczki
Supporters: Frontvonal Bt., quARTs Studio, Club-Mate
Viktórai Monhor, Katona Norbert and Jila Svicevic contributed to the development of the exhibition concept.
