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Спонтанни столици: София-БудапещаИзложба на girlscanscan collective, Szonja Urban and Lea Novak
Кога: 16 юли, четвъртък, 18:00-20:00
Къде: Институт Лист София
Свързвайки градските пейзажи на София и Будапеща, артистките изследват различни слоеве на градската памет и ежедневие — от преплитащи се и „разменени“ метромрежи до следи от модернистичното и социалистическото наследство. Чрез разходки, дигитални картографирания и преосмисляне на монументи и детски обекти от периода, проектите разкриват нови гледни точки към познатите градски пространства и техните противоречиви истории.
metro here – metro there е проект, който разменя метромрежите на Будапеща и София върху картите на двата града. Проследявайки маршрутите на заменените линии на метрото, се разкрива една напълно различна представа за града. Изложбата представя следи, графити и необичайни архитектурни аномалии, открити и дигитално документирани по време на тези разходки. Проектът metro here – metro there е представен от резидентките на Институт „Лист“ Соня Урбан и Леа Новак.
Tripping on Modernist Monuments: The Elephant in the Room разглежда както всекидневното, така и неудобното социалистическо наследство на София и Будапеща. Изследването тръгва от носталгичния бетонен слон – детско съоръжение за игра, характерно за социалистическия период – и преминава към съвременните реалности чрез проследяване на паметници на приятелството. Подтикнат от засилващите се обществени дебати около Паметника на Съветската армия в България и Паметника на Съветската червена армия в Унгария, проектът поставя въпросите: „Чия армия?“ и „Какво приятелство?“.
Проектът представлява артистично изследване на колектива girlscanscan, създадено от Кира Саболч, Леа Калфус и Лила Камерман.
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girlscanscan is a research-led spatial practice focusing on the 20th and 21st century architectural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe through a feminist approach. The collective was founded in 2020 in Budapest, Hungary by young practitioners in the field of architecture, urbanism and cultural heritage. Since then, it approaches the (in)tangible heritage by scanning and mapping the invisible dimensions of the built environment. While exploring the socialist urban fabric, it seeks to connect these experiences with the post-socialist reality of the former Eastern Bloc and today’s heritage discourse.
In this edition, girlscanscan is represented by Kira Szabolcs, Lea Kalfus and Lilla Kammermann.
Szonja Urbán аnd Lea Novák are Budapest-based artists/curators working with walking, urban space, participation, and community-based artistic situations. Our practices are connected by an interest in how cities can be read through informal traces, hidden structures, and collective movement. Szonja Urbán is a graduating Design Culture student at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, whose work focuses on participatory art and the built environment; she has previously published a photo book based on inscriptions found on a Budapest fire escape and developed walking-based site-specific projects in Rome and Budapest. Lea Novák, born in Serbia, works as a curator and event organiser, with interests in neo-avant-garde practices, grassroots initiatives, and archival projects. Together, we approach walking as a method of research, storytelling, and public engagement.
С финансоват подкрепа и в партньорство с Унгарски културен институт София.
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Spontaneous Capitals: Sofia-Budapest
Exhibition by girlscanscan collective, Szonja Urban and Lea Novak
When: July 16 2026, 6-8 PM
Where: Liszt Institute Sofia
Connecting the urban landscapes of Sofia and Budapest, two exhibitions will be presented at the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia.
metro here – metro there is a project that swaps the metro networks of Budapest and Sofia on the cities’ maps. By walking the routes of the substituted metro lines, an entirely different image of the city emerges. The exhibition showcases traces, tags and bizarre architectural anomalies discovered and digitally documented during these walks. The project metro here – metro there is exhibited by Liszt Institute residents of Szonja Urban and Lea Novak.
Tripping on Modernist Monuments: The Elephant in the Room addresses both the everyday and uncomfortable socialist heritage of Sofia and Budapest. Moving past the nostalgic concrete elephant playground apparatus – typical of the socialist period, the research slides into contemporary realities by tracing friendship memorials. Driven by intensifying public debates surrounding the Monument to the Soviet Army in Bulgaria and the Monument to the Soviet Red Army in Hungary, the project ultimately poses the question: Whose army? What friendship?
The project is an artistic research by the collective girlscanscan, founded by Kira Szabolcs, Lea Kalfus and Lilla Kammermann.
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girlscanscan is a research-led spatial practice focusing on the 20th and 21st century architectural heritage in Central and Eastern Europe through a feminist approach. The collective was founded in 2020 in Budapest, Hungary by young practitioners in the field of architecture, urbanism and cultural heritage. Since then, it approaches the (in)tangible heritage by scanning and mapping the invisible dimensions of the built environment. While exploring the socialist urban fabric, it seeks to connect these experiences with the post-socialist reality of the former Eastern Bloc and today’s heritage discourse.
In this edition, girlscanscan is represented by Kira Szabolcs, Lea Kalfus and Lilla Kammermann.
Szonja Urbán аnd Lea Novák are Budapest-based artists/curators working with walking, urban space, participation, and community-based artistic situations. Our practices are connected by an interest in how cities can be read through informal traces, hidden structures, and collective movement. Szonja Urbán is a graduating Design Culture student at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, whose work focuses on participatory art and the built environment; she has previously published a photo book based on inscriptions found on a Budapest fire escape and developed walking-based site-specific projects in Rome and Budapest. Lea Novák, born in Serbia, works as a curator and event organiser, with interests in neo-avant-garde practices, grassroots initiatives, and archival projects. Together, we approach walking as a method of research, storytelling, and public engagement .
With the financial support and in partnership with Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia.
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Институт Лист София / Liszt Intézet Szófia, улица „Аксаков“ 16, София,Sofia, Bulgaria
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