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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 Defoe’s 1722 archival-style account, the work explores the structural and psychological dynamics of systemic crisis and social isolation. Directed by Kristóf Szabó, the production utilizes Defoe’s text as a conceptual framework to analyze the sociopolitical mechanisms of a pandemic—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 Ivó Kovács’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. Kovács’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: Kristóf Szabó
  • Video Art: Ivó Kovács
  • Performance: Maximilian von Mühlen, 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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Inventions (Rubik’s cube)

Inventions – Stories of Hungarian Genius

Location: CODE Center of Digital Experiences, Veszprém, Hungary

A group of people gathered in an art space (CODE) with abstract light projections on the walls (the shadow of Rubik's Cube), creating a dynamic atmosphere.

Opening: February 20, 2026

The screening, which combines the work of several creators, features five Hungarian inventors and scientists: Ernő Rubik, Ányos Jedlik, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Katalin Karikó, and János Neumann.

At the request of Centrum + Colloc Production, I created the section presenting Ernő Rubik’s most famous invention (Rubik’s cube).

Director, art director: Dániel Besnyő, Mátyás Kálmán
Editor: Gábor Tarcsay
Music: Áron Pfitzner
Narration text: Krisztián Nyáry
Narrator: Norbert Tuza

https://codeveszprem.hu/en

A vibrant, immersive room filled with colorful projections of Rubik's cubes on the walls and floor, creating a dynamic and playful atmosphere.
A vibrant display of colorful geometric patterns projected on walls and floor, creating an immersive digital art installation at Code Veszprem.
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Reviernacht – Leaving Love Behind

Kristóf Szabó / F.A.C.E. Ensemble: Reviernacht – Aus der Liebe gehen (Reviernacht – Leaving Love Behind)

About migration and memory – 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: Kristóf Szabó
Performance: Natalia Voskoboynikova (singer, voice-art, physical theatre), Ivan Zilli (actor)
Narration:  Marcus Mies, Julia Karl
Video art: Ivó Kovács
Stage design objects: Boshi Nawa
Sound: New Music, various artists

“What is home? A memory? An ideal? A longing for—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.”

Supported by: Cultural Office of the City of Cologne

Alte Feuerwache – Melchiorstraße 3. 50670 Köln

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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
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‘Stepping out of the traditional framework of exhibitions—Interview with curator Viola Lukács’ – Another article about ‘Klara and the Sun’ exhibition @Pegazus, Hungary.

https://hypeandhyper.com/en/stepping-beyond-the-traditional-framework-of-exhibitions-interview-with-curator-viola-lukacs/
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news – Klara and the Sun – exhibition

If you are interested in new-media art – visit ‘Klara and the Sun’ exhibition next to Lake Balaton, Hungary, it is open during summertime, recommendation in Hungarian:
https://www.artmagazin.hu/articles/ajanljuk/kiallitas_es_programsorozat_a_kali_medenceben

at Pegazus restaurant