All three Hungarian New Media Art artists will be showcased in the ImGame digital exhibition space, where their selected works will be displayed, which can be categorized as ecosystem and meditation.
Judit Navratil earned an MFA at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. She has exhibited in Hungary, Canada, France, Korea and the Bay Area. Her work has been recognized through awards including the Cadogan Art Award, a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris) and the Parent Award of Kala Art Institute. The artist states that Szívküldi Lakótelep includes the seeds of her temporary move to a small Canadian island where she stayed on the friend’s magic boathouse. Her work falls falls under the category of ecosystem as it is a cyberspace where people are invited to move in – these are consciousness-shaping gatherings “to face our anxieties, re-think our physical and psychological conditions” – it is actually the same pureness of mind, a kind of eco approach in a larger meaning.
Kati Katona works focuses on generative and 3D animation, interactive installation art, and projection mapping. Most of Kati’s artworks are heavily inspired by the elements of nature, biomorphic structures, patterns and algorithms. As a visual artist, she has performed at audiovisual festivals such as the Live Cinema Festival and Patchlab Festival. Her artworks have been introduced at festivals like Vivid Sydney, Zsolnay Light Festival, White Night Melbourne, Ghent Light Festival, and the Free Fire Guinness World Record in Las Vegas. Her work falls into the category of meditation as it offers a re-interpretation of the rule-based system what nature is characterized by – and that makes the viewer to reflect on the question of predestination.
Máté Előd Jánky works are closely connected to experiences of virtuality – mainly working with digital media and footage found on the internet, he conveys ambiguous emotion into crowded but fragile worlds, both on audio and visual territories. His pieces can be perceived as pages ripped out from an encrypted diary – in terms of visuality, he is interested in developing personal symbolism & mythology while exploring various psychological concepts. The To dream of love (hound) represents the meditative states that virtual communities can offer to the user. The meditative – even self-destructive messages – offer to viewer a moment of meditation and self-reflection about how the constant online aesthetics mediate our sense of reality.
