On the 20th anniversary of the total eclipse of August 11, 1999, the Institution of Contemporary Art – Dunaújváros (ICA-D) presents the exhibition Black Light in Dunaújváros, between July 20 and August 23, 2019, in cooperation with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. The organizers have announced a collection campaign for private photographs and private videos related to the Black Light. This installation showcases a selection of the images collected in the course of this campaign, as well as the press photographs unearthed for the exhibition.
Curator: Emese Mucsi
Co-curator: Szabolcs Barakonyi
It is an amazing coincidence that this total eclipse in Hungary was around the last moment when “folk photography” was still recorded almost exclusively on analog film. In addition to the private photos and videos received through our open call to the public, we also included a great amount of press photos culled from various archives. In the case of a natural phenomenon of this magnitude and impact, which has kept the whole country in fever, it is important to show how professionals related to it. Our sorting work took a lot of time; we were looking for images that go beyond mere press photos, and are easy to connect to the genuine nature of the private pictures. Nevertheless the submissions for the call also included photographs taken by professionals; and many private recordings conveyed more complex meanings than just depictions of a family event.
What we can see here on the walls is a recently collected themed archive that is not visible anywhere else. Just as any other analog archives, it is true to this collection that every image in it may be considered equal and further sorting is absolutely unnecessary. Editing is important, though. We know the event they represent, we know the occasion of the documentation; and it is worth treating these pictures as equal, because they are all part of our collective memory.
Photo: Benedek Bognár/ICA-D
Press photos made by:
BÁNKUTI András (HVG), DUDÁS Szabolcs (HVG), FÖLDI Imre (MTI), GYURKÓ Péter (MTI), H. SZABÓ Sándor (MTI), HORVÁTH Ernő (HVG), KÁLMÁNDY Ferenc (MTI), KEGYES András (HVG), KOVALOVSZKY Dániel, MATUSZ Károly (MTI), NEHÉZ-POSONY Kata (168 Óra), NÉMETH Dániel, NÉMETH György (MTI), PATAKY Zsolt (HVG)
Private photos made by:
ARANYI Sándor, BAK Tibor, BALÁZS Imola, BÁLINTNÉ FEKETE Éva, BENDE Lászlóné, BERTÓK Andrea, BESZEDES Viktória, CSEPREGI Miklós, DARVAS Dóra, DERES János, DUNAI Gábor, ESZES Róbert, FEHÉR Vanda, FÖLDVÁRI István Zoltán, FRANKÓ Kata, GÁLOS Tibor, GERHES Gábor, GŐCZE László, HAJDÚ Csilla, HARSÁNYI Péter, dr. HAVAINÉ MALLY Eszter, HECKMANN Antal, HESZBERGER Tímea, JARABIN Tibor, KÁDÁR Krisztina, KÁRPÁTI György Mór, KEDVES Zsófia, KELEMEN Réka, KISS Ervin Gábor, KISS László, KORÉNYI Kinga, KOVÁCS Ágnes, KOVÁCS Tamás, KOVÁCS Viktor, KŐVÁRI László, KRAJLIK József, KULCSÁR Judit, KUNA Adrián, KUSTOR Balázs, MADARÁSZ Krisztina, MÁTYUS Andrea, MEDVE Zsuzsa, MOCSÁR László, MOLNÁR András Péterné, NAGY-DEBRECZENI Márta, NAGY Tibor, OFFRA Flóra, OLÁH János, PATARICZA Máté, PAPP László, PARIS Zoltán, PLAZZERIANO Gábor, PRIBAY Veronika, RUZSA Ágnes, SIKOS Péter, SCHNEIDER Mihály, dr. STRAUSZ János, SZABÓ Gergely, SZABÓ Tamás, SZALAIi Péter, SZENTIRMAI Dóra, SZIKSZAY Gábor, SZŐKE Sándor, TAKÁCSNÉ LŐWINGER Klára, TÓTH Csaba, TÓTH Krisztián, VARGA Árpád, VARGA Szilvia, VEDRES Ági, V. MOLNÁR Imre, dr. ZSELI József, ZSÍROS János
Szabolcs Barakonyi 