Bio : Born 1977 in Vienna, Austria. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Description : This video is part of the series Kultur und Freizeit (Culture and Leisure) dedicated to cultural and educational centres in Budapest. Based on the tradition of nineteenth century worker’s clubs, these began to be built throughout the city in the nineteen-fifties and were used for education, enlightenment, and distraction of the working masses. An important part of the unofficial cultural scene of the sixties, seventies, and eighties however also developed to a certain extent within these rigid structures. The general conditions of these institutions have changed radically since 1989: many had to close their doors, while others are still fighting for public support and paying visitors. The architecture of these buildings speaks of programming, the aesthetic and structural ideas of their builders and users, and asks which spaces for culture we claim, how they represent themselves, and which culture we actually mean.