Between 31 January and 14 February 4 artists spend their residency in Budapest, as part of the CDCD – Contested Desires Constructive Dialogues project. Get to know them one by one!
Sithabile Mlotshwa
Sithabile Mlotshwa is a Visual Artist and Curator based in the Netherlands. Sithabile’s artistic practice centres on creating spaces for reflection, dialogue, and healing around historical and contemporary colonial issues. This project aligns perfectly with Sithabile’s goals, as it emphasises fostering constructive dialogues about contested histories and cultural identities. They are passionate about using art to bridge cultural divides, challenge dominant narratives, and promote understanding among diverse communities.
Website: https://sithabileartprojects.com
Instagram: @sithabileartprojects
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sithabile.mlotshwa/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thamgidi/
Carlos Noronha Feio
Carlos consumes, juxtaposes and performs media as research into cultural, local and global identity, adopting culturally significant images, locations and symbols as a form of creative interference with meaning, demonstrating the almost arbitrary nature in which cultural significance is interpreted. Carlos is a concept based artist. The work medium changes according to the needs related to the projects in question. Carlos is strongly inclined to research CDCD perception and memory, identity and belonging, and how predicates influence our sense of self, individually and as communities.
Website: https://noronhafeio.com/
Rocío Paz Guerrero Marín
Rocío Guerrero’s practice emphasises sharing, listening and presence through objects, installations and social practice. She explores the interplay between bodies, environments and language, examining how relationships shape our understanding of the world. Recently, she has focused on collective artistic processes with diverse communities, creating safe spaces for mutual learning. During the CDCD program, Rocío aims to delve into environmental issues by engaging with the MUNHAC’s natural history collections and education department. She seeks to harness these resources to develop narratives that amplify marginalised voices and foster a deeper understanding of environmental colonialism.
Website: https://rocioguerreromarin.com/
@rocio.guerrerom
Join Rocio’s 🌿Decolonial Botanical Songbook🌿 workshop on 5 February!
Together, we will explore the histories of threatened plant species and reflect on environmental colonialism through collective artistic practice. Through creative writing and bodily sound exploration, participants will experiment with words, voice, and presence. Using the body as a resonating instrument, we will co-create an abstract soundscape inspired by plant stories and shared listening.
Details of the event: https://fb.me/e/6GA45Oh6d
Andreas Mallouris
Andreas Mallouris was born in Nicosia, and he lives and works in Nicosia and in Athens. He is a visual artist and holds a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Fine Arts from the University of West of England, Bristol and a Master’s in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. His research and work encompass sculpture, painting, drawings, installation, video and performance. It concerns the position of the body in relation to its history, mythologies, hierarchies and queer politics and memory. He is a Board Certified Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon who trained in plastic surgery in Athens and London and has been awarded a PhD in Plastic Surgery. He is a co-founder and director of Koraï project space, an artist-run space in Nicosia that has been active since 2017.
Instagram: andreas_mallouris
Website: www.mallourisandreas.com
On February 8 at Dobozi21, join a Sunday afternoon of artist presentations, a seminar, a pop-up exhibition and live music.
Featuring talks by Carlos Noronha, Rocío Paz Guerrero Marín, Sithabile Mlotshwa and Andreas Mallouris, followed by a seminar led by Zoltán Ginelli on the legacy of colonialism and its regional histories. Afterwards, stay for the opening with wine & pogácsa, and close the day with a concert by Elkanász.
Details of the event:
https://fb.me/e/d55XlCkqY