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ARTIST TALK โ€” LIQUID HORIZONS

ARTIST TALK โ€” LIQUID HORIZONS
๐Ÿ“ f|x|r galรฉria, Veszprรฉm, Vรกr โ€“ Foton udvar
๐Ÿ—“ Saturday, July 18 ยท 7 PM

This Saturday I’ll be talking about Liquid Horizons โ€” the immersive four-wall panoramic installation currently on view at f|x|r galรฉria โ€” and the process behind it: AI-generated imagery, projection, and the shifting horizon between the real and the synthetic image.

Can’t make it in person? Step into the virtual gallery here:
๐ŸŒŠ https://liquid.ivo3d.com

Join us โ€” the conversation is open to everyone.
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1702583830854832/

I generated an audio companion โ€” a scene-by-scene author’s narration on the ideas behind the work.
“The machine writes and reads everything now; understanding is still ours.”
Listen below
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๐ŸŽง EN:

๐ŸŽง DE:

See you there…

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Tessela – 2D version

‘Tessela’ – difraction version (hommage รก Vasarely: Vega series, p5js version of the interactivity)

‘tessela’ – searchlight version

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f|x|r 3D-Gallery-view

Just a quick minisite release for the upcoming (Liquid-horizons) exhibition at f|x|r gallery:
(3d teaser)

liquid.ivo3d.com

and a new article at kultura.hu

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2026 – Die Pest in London

A Plague in London (Die Pest in London)

Interdisciplinary Mixed-Media Performance | Orangerie Theater Cologne (2026)

Project Description: “A Plague in London” is a mixed-media production situated at the intersection of performative arts and digital scenography. Based on Daniel Defoeโ€™s 1722 archival-style account, the work explores the structural and psychological dynamics of systemic crisis and social isolation. Directed by Kristรณf Szabรณ, the production utilizes Defoeโ€™s text as a conceptual framework to analyze the sociopolitical mechanisms of a pandemicโ€”ranging from institutional denial and the enforcement of urban confinement to the eventual erosion of communal structures.

Visual and Medial Strategy: The production is characterized by a multi-layered visual dramaturgy, where Ivรณ Kovรกcsโ€™s video art functions as a spatial and temporal mediator. Rather than serving as a purely illustrative background, the digital layer operates as a generative environment that reflects the interiority of the protagonists and the oppressive atmospheric silence of a city under lockdown. The visual components analyze the tension between the historical archival source and contemporary digital aesthetics, translating the 17th-century experience of quarantine into a modern medial discourse. Kovรกcsโ€™s work focuses on the abstraction of architectural boundaries and the visualization of the “Planet of Viruses” concept, examining the human condition through a lens of digital depth and spatial deconstruction.

Credits:

  • Artistic Direction, Set Design & Sound Dramaturgy: Kristรณf Szabรณ
  • Video Art: Ivรณ Kovรกcs
  • Performance: Maximilian von Mรผhlen, Boshi Nawa, Lili Oksanen
  • Source Material: Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)
  • Venue: Orangerie Theater, Cologne, Germany
  • Production Year: 2026

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Reviernacht โ€“ Leaving Love Behind

Kristรณf Szabรณ / F.A.C.E. Ensemble: Reviernacht โ€“ Aus der Liebe gehen (Reviernacht โ€“ Leaving Love Behind)

About migration and memory โ€“ mixed media theater | Premiere Fri, Nov. 14, 2025

A male performer in a beige coat sits on the floor amidst a creative backdrop of floating blue digital cubes. A female performer in a red dress dances dynamically, showcasing expressive movement. The stage is illuminated with colorful lighting (projection), enhancing the artistic ambiance.

Text, direction: Kristรณf Szabรณ
Performance: Natalia Voskoboynikova (singer, voice-art, physical theatre), Ivan Zilli (actor)
Narration:ย  Marcus Mies, Julia Karl
Video art: Ivรณ Kovรกcs
Stage design objects: Boshi Nawa
Sound: New Music, various artists

โ€œWhat is home? A memory? An ideal? A longing forโ€”what? Have our longings, but also those of our parents and grandparents, shaped us? In surreal images, the mixed-media production Reviernacht combines spoken theater, new music, and visual arts into an artistic experience for all the senses.

The evening invites the audience to take a look at themselves and see what has shaped them: their personal past, their decisions in the present, and their ability to cross boundaries.โ€

Supported by: Cultural Office of the City of Cologne

Alte Feuerwache – MelchiorstraรŸe 3. 50670 Kรถln

faceensemble.com

Source: https://altefeuerwachekoeln.de/events/kristof-szabo-f-a-c-e-ensemble-reviernacht/

A black and white image of two seated performers in light trench coats, positioned in front of a wall casting geometric shadows of the video-projection