In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh transforms the phrases and visual symbols of socialist emulations into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society.
In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh transforms the phrases and visual symbols of socialist emulations into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society.
In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh transforms the phrases and visual symbols of socialist emulations into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society.
VIOLETTA VIGH: MUNKA/VERSENY (WORK/COMPETITION)
27. 02. – 21. 03. 2024, K11 Labor, Budapest
EXHIBITING ARTIST: Violetta VIGH (HU)
CURATOR: Noémi VISKI
ASSISTANT CURATOR: Júlia BÁLINT
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Dániel CSEH, Miklós ERHARDT, László HALÁK, Attila PÁLFALUSI, János SZIRTES, József TASNÁDI
EXHIBITION DOCUMENTATION PHOTOS: Dániel GAÁL, Ivola BAZÁNTH
In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh examines the linguistic and visual representations of chasing productivity. Her main sources of inspiration
are archive articles and news recordings about the working conditions of Hungarian socialist clothing factory workers, which reveal a world of scoreboards, percentages, disciplined bodies, and competition at the highest level.
Socialist emulations had outstanding importance in the socialist economy, during which workers typically aimed to increase performance by setting unrealistic, practically unattainable goals, surpassing the centrally determined norm by several hundred or thousand percent. Today, after the Stakhanovite movement, not the socialist emulations but the principle of unlimited possibilities and progress dictates the pace and generates competitive situations. How important is competition in our lives and how does it shape our identity? Where is the line between healthy and unhealthy competition? What are the parallels between work and competitive sports? Is there such a thing as individual performance?
In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh examines the linguistic and visual representations of chasing productivity. Her main sources of inspiration
are archive articles and news recordings about the working conditions of Hungarian socialist clothing factory workers, which reveal a world of scoreboards, percentages, disciplined bodies, and competition at the highest level.
Socialist emulations had outstanding importance in the socialist economy, during which workers typically aimed to increase performance by setting unrealistic, practically unattainable goals, surpassing the centrally determined norm by several hundred or thousand percent. Today, after the Stakhanovite movement, not the socialist emulations but the principle of unlimited possibilities and progress dictates the pace and generates competitive situations. How important is competition in our lives and how does it shape our identity? Where is the line between healthy and unhealthy competition? What are the parallels between work and competitive sports? Is there such a thing as individual performance?
In her solo exhibition, Violetta Vigh examines the linguistic and visual representations of chasing productivity. Her main sources of inspiration
are archive articles and news recordings about the working conditions of Hungarian socialist clothing factory workers, which reveal a world of scoreboards, percentages, disciplined bodies, and competition at the highest level.
Socialist emulations had outstanding importance in the socialist economy, during which workers typically aimed to increase performance by setting unrealistic, practically unattainable goals, surpassing the centrally determined norm by several hundred or thousand percent. Today, after the Stakhanovite movement, not the socialist emulations but the principle of unlimited possibilities and progress dictates the pace and generates competitive situations. How important is competition in our lives and how does it shape our identity? Where is the line between healthy and unhealthy competition? What are the parallels between work and competitive sports? Is there such a thing as individual performance?
In the exhibition ‘MUNKA/VERSENY’ (in Eng. WORK/COMPETITION), the phrases and visual symbols of the examined era transform into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society. While the artworks are all inspired by the socialist clothing factory milieu, they go beyond the examined era and the problems of factory labour conditions – they also respond to the performance-oriented mindset of late modern post-work and information societies and the nature of competition in general. The video installation and the objects thematise the culture of reward, forms of motivation, performance measurement, and the universal dynamics of competitive situations.
In the exhibition ‘MUNKA/VERSENY’ (in Eng. WORK/COMPETITION), the phrases and visual symbols of the examined era transform into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society. While the artworks are all inspired by the socialist clothing factory milieu, they go beyond the examined era and the problems of factory labour conditions – they also respond to the performance-oriented mindset of late modern post-work and information societies and the nature of competition in general. The video installation and the objects thematise the culture of reward, forms of motivation, performance measurement, and the universal dynamics of competitive situations.
In the exhibition ‘MUNKA/VERSENY’ (in Eng. WORK/COMPETITION), the phrases and visual symbols of the examined era transform into absurd metaphors of contemporary achievement society. While the artworks are all inspired by the socialist clothing factory milieu, they go beyond the examined era and the problems of factory labour conditions – they also respond to the performance-oriented mindset of late modern post-work and information societies and the nature of competition in general. The video installation and the objects thematise the culture of reward, forms of motivation, performance measurement, and the universal dynamics of competitive situations.
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Violetta Vigh, a graduate student of the Media Design MA at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, is interested in different forms and technologies of media art, searching for ways to express a phenomenon, concept, or story in visual metaphor. She is interested in interdisciplinary and research-based projects, historical and sociological topics.
Violetta Vigh, a graduate student of the Media Design MA at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, is interested in different forms and technologies of media art, searching for ways to express a phenomenon, concept, or story in visual metaphor. She is interested in interdisciplinary and research-based projects, historical and sociological topics.
Violetta Vigh, a graduate student of the Media Design MA at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, is interested in different forms and technologies of media art, searching for ways to express a phenomenon, concept, or story in visual metaphor. She is interested in interdisciplinary and research-based projects, historical and sociological topics.
