*I guess the legendary “Transition” is really over, if eastern Europe has somehow transitioned to “PermaCrises.”<\/p>\n
Embracing the legacy of the three MetaForum conferences (1994-96), MFX continues to highlight the urgent issues of the times with a reflection on contemporary crisis surfing. The theme of PermaCrises examines the persistent breakdown of our political, societal and cultural systems, capturing the extremity of this situation through its continuality and pervasiveness.<\/p>\n
The unique political climate of East-Central Europe, situated in a semi-periphery, generates a perspective that often feels overlooked and stagnant. In the nineties, Hungary provided a useful lens with which to view emerging social, political and technical realities \u2013 almost in slow motion \u2013 as they came into being. In keeping with this, this event seeks dust of that lens with a view that underscores the regional context, fostering dialogues about the cultural dynamics of the immediate environment, influenced by and influencing global tendencies. While some speak of a \u2018stack of crises\u2019, others use terms such as polycrisis and metacrisis. Permacrisis emphasizes time: a neverending end. It questions how to confront crises such as the hot wars in Ukraine or Gaza, or the warm wars across the global south, the rise of right-wing populism worldwide, the impending environmental catastrophe, and the growing social disparities globally. None of these crises can be separated from the current ascent of technocracy or the exploitative nature of digital capitalism.<\/p>\n
In October 1994, the inaugural MetaForum significantly impacted media art, activism and discourse within Hungary, across East-Central Europe and points further West. Organized by the Media Research Foundation in cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, it was conceived of and realized by Geert Lovink, Diana McCarty, and J\u00e1nos Sug\u00e1r. This series of three yearly conferences transformed the scope of media art events and gained a special notoriety. It sparked vital discussions and collaborations, blending media criticism, tactical media, and cultural exchanges between East and West. As the 30th anniversary draws near, we are excited to announce MetaForumX, set for October 2024. This edition promises to tackle the critical issues of our era, focusing on the deep influence of digital technology on art, culture, and societal frameworks.<\/p>\n
Over two days, MetaForumX will merge presentation formats and topics featuring younger voices that are engaged with current issues and reconnecting with original participants from the series with in-depth lectures, discussions and screenings. The urgent concerns of young people bridging generational knowledge and fostering ongoing dialogue for a sustainable and inclusive future.<\/p>\n
The language of the conference is English.
\nFree entrance<\/p>\n
Editorial Team
\nFl\u00f3ra Bark\u00f3czi, Geert Lovink, \u00c1ron L\u0151di, Diana McCarty, Zsolt Mikl\u00f3sv\u00f6lgyi, J\u00e1nos Sug\u00e1r<\/p>\n
Speakers
\nDu\u0161an Barok, \u00c1gnes B\u00e1sthy, Andr\u00e1s Cs\u00e9falvay, Mijke van der Drift, Constant Dullaart, Sepp Eckenhaussen, Charlotte Eifler, Boldizs\u00e1r Hord\u00f3s, Sanneke Huisman, Szabolcs Kissp\u00e1l, R\u00f3na Kopeczky, Juli Laczk\u00f3, David Mu\u00f1oz Alc\u00e1ntara, Szilvi N\u00e9met, Tja\u0161a Poga\u010dar, Oleksiy Radynski, Vanda S\u00e1rai, Sanja Sekelj.<\/p>\n
Day 0, 24 October 2024
\n16:00 Finissage at T+U\u2019s exhibition at Traf\u00f3 Gallery. Guided tour by Zsolt Mikl\u00f3sv\u00f6lgyi and M\u00e1ri\u00f3 Nemes Z.<\/p>\n
19:00 Dinner at a Cint\u00e1ny\u00e9ros restaurant [self paid] Budapest, B\u00f3kay J\u00e1nos u. 52, 1083 09:30-10:00 10:10-10:30 10:30 – 12:00 –\tSanja Sekelj: Reconsidering the Crisis and the Art System: Structures and Narratives of and about CEE Cultural Actors in the 1990s and Early 2000s from a CEE Perspective 12:00-13:00 13:00 – 15:00 –\tVanda S\u00e1rai: Virtual Bodies, Virtual Threats? On Online Violence and Real-Life Anxieties 15:00 – 15:30 15:30 – 17:00 –\tBoldizs\u00e1r Hord\u00f3s: Naked Logic: Black Boxes and Eternal Computation 18:00 – 19:30 Day 2: October 26, 2024 \u2013 \u2018Forum Day\u2019 at Traf\u00f3<\/p>\n 10:00 – 11:30 Session 4+: Discussion moderated by Zsolt Mikl\u00f3sv\u00f6lgyi 11:30 – 12:30 12:30 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00 Roundtable with Geert Lovink, Diana McCarty, J\u00e1nos Sug\u00e1r 15:00 – 15:30 15:30 – 16:30 16:30 – 17:30 From 18:00 Partners: Traf\u00f3 Gallery, Hungarian University of Fine Arts – Intermedia Department, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hungary<\/p>\n More information: metaforumx@proton.me *I guess the legendary “Transition” is really over, if eastern Europe has somehow transitioned to “PermaCrises.” Embracing the legacy of the three MetaForum conferences (1994-96), MFX continues to highlight the urgent issues of the times with a reflection on contemporary crisis surfing. The theme of PermaCrises examines the persistent breakdown of our political, societal and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDay 1, 25 October 2024 \u2013 \u2018Conference Day\u2019 at Traf\u00f3<\/p>\n
\nRegistration<\/p>\n
\nWelcome and Introduction by Fl\u00f3ra Bark\u00f3czi<\/p>\n
\nSession 1: Sources of the Permanent Crises (presentations + discussion) moderated by J\u00e1nos Sug\u00e1r<\/p>\n
\n–\tDu\u0161an Barok: Artist Organising and Para-Institutional Practices in the Semiperiphery
\n–\t\u00c1gnes B\u00e1sthy: Crisis of What? \u2013 Taking a Suspicious Walk around our Fashionable Notions<\/p>\n
\nLunch Break at Traf\u00f3\u2019s caf\u00e9 (Trafik)<\/p>\n
\nSession 2: From the Representation of Crises to the Crisis of Representation (presentations + discussion) moderated by Geert Lovink<\/p>\n
\n–\tSzilvi N\u00e9met: Military Influencers in Peace Camp Hungary\u2122. LARPing the War \u2013 But Standing Out of It
\n–\tConstant Dullaart: Open-Sourced Iconoclasm
\n–\tCharlotte Eifler: Utopia Feeds Machines \u2013 On Alternate Worldings <\/p>\n
\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n
\nSession 3: Technopolitics of Planetary Computation and Beyond (presentations + discussion) moderated by Zsolt Mikl\u00f3sv\u00f6lgyi<\/p>\n
\n–\tAndr\u00e1s Cs\u00e9falvay: Re-Imagined Space Exploration \u2013 Evolutionary History of the Call to Fly, Rise Above. Geopolitics of Extinction Angst and New Cosmologies
\n–\tJuli Laczk\u00f3: All Computers are Broken. Rethinking the Technosphere Along the Lines of Repair and Maintenance Work<\/p>\n
\nHungarian University of Fine Arts – Intermedia Department (1063 Budapest, Kmety Gy\u00f6rgy u. 27.)
\nScreening and discussion + Q&A with Oleksiy Radynski
\n–\tWhere Russia Ends, 25 mins (dir. Oleksiy Radynski)<\/p>\n
\nSession 4: Beyond the Institutional System \u2013 Cultural Work in the Era of PermaCrisis
\n–\tSepp Eckenhaussen: Art in Permacrisis: Organizing Art Workers in the World Beyond Art <\/p>\n
\n–\tSepp Eckenhaussen
\n–\tSanneke Huisman from LI-MA, Amsterdam
\n–\tTja\u0161a Poga\u010dar from \u0160UM, Ljubljana
\n–\tR\u00f3na Kopeczky from Easttopics & Secondary Archive, Budapest<\/p>\n
\nSession 5: Red Forest (Mijke van der Drift, David Mu\u00f1oz Alc\u00e1ntara & Diana McCarty) \u2013 in conversation with Szabolcs Kissp\u00e1l<\/p>\n
\nLunch Break at Traf\u00f3’s caf\u00e9 (Trafik)<\/p>\n
\nSession 6: Aims and Relevance of MetaForum \u2013 Then (1994-1996) and Now<\/p>\n
\nModerated by Fl\u00f3ra Bark\u00f3czi<\/p>\n
\nCoffee break<\/p>\n
\nSession 7: Discussion with members of students of the Budapest Intermedia Dept., UKRAiNATV (Krakow) and 3022 (Vilnius) of the newly founded Stream Art Network, moderated by Geert Lovink<\/p>\n
\nFinal discussion about contemporary arts, the digital condition and the perma crisis, in Hungary, the region, Europe and beyond<\/p>\n
\nHungarian University of Fine Arts – Intermedia Department (1063 Budapest, Kmety Gy\u00f6rgy u. 27.)
\nClosing event
\nStream Art Network LIVE with UKRAiNATV web streaming network, with onsite and remote contributions from Krakow, Kyiv and elsewhere, including a conversation between Szabolcs Kissp\u00e1l and Geert Lovink & sound performance of D\u00e1niel Kophelyi and \u00c1d\u00e1m Jeneses<\/p>\n
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