I am really proud that a version of my video feedback work Chroma Culture (previously known as ‘Video Cuture’) will be exhibited as part of a survey of abstract video at in Budapest, Hungary this month. Obviously, all artists will say “I’m super proud to be in X exhbition etc”, but this show rings a bit special to me for a few reasons.

1. Chroma Culture is a work that keeps on evolving – I don’t understand it fully myself yet – but I believe it is an important contribution to moving image works and video feedback practice in particular. I’ll be redeveloping it later this year from the ground up for an interactive exhibition in 2027, so showing an this 2020 recorded version feels like a great first step to re-engaging with the work.
   
2. The ABSTRONIC show include some absolute legends of abstract moving image including Viking Eggeling. Plus, Debora and Jason Berganozzi from Signal Culture – who have supported so many video artists – will be there performing! To have the work framed in this context is a big big deal for me.
   
3. Hungary just kicked out Viktor Orbán after 16 years. What an honour to be in a art show just as the country begins to reimagine itself.

ABSTRONIC; Toward the Creation of a New Visual Language – The Myth of the Abstract Moving Image – is taking place from 22nd May to 12th June at the MaMü gallery, and features more than 30 historical and contemporary moving-image works and performances. The show is curated by Dr. Zsolt GYENES & Mihály G.HORVÁTH who also runs the Celluloidra Revolverral festival.

I really wish I could be going in person – there was a moment when I thought I might be able to arrange my life and finances to get over there and enjoy it in person (and maybe even catch the European Cup final!), but sadly the last-minute flights are now insanely expensive. I cant risk it. Well, I’ll just have to plan ahead a bit more, and in the meantime, and just incredibly happy the work will be being enjoyed in such amazing company.

Artists:
BAKSA-SOÓS Csanád; BARTÓK István; BERNAGOZZI, Debora; BERNAGOZZI, Jason; BETANCOURT, Michael; blanche the vidiot; BÓDY Gábor; BORDOS László Zsolt; BUHAROV, Igor & Ivan; EGGELING, Viking; G. HORVÁTH Mihály; GYENES Zsolt; JENEY Zoltán; KAJI, Shusaku; KITZINGER Gábor; KOVÁCS Balázs; LAND, Robbie; LÉVAY Jenő; LICHTER Péter; LYE, Len; MARINO, Ryan; MAURER Dóra; MEECH, Sam; MOHOLY-NAGY László; NAGY András; RICHTER, Hans; RIVERS, Dominick; ROFUSZ Kinga; RUTTMANN, Walter; SCHÖFFER, Nicolas; STREET, Mark; SZÁVA Gyula; SZŰCS Gábor; TOBAI István Botond; VINCZE-BÁBA Gabriella.

The MAMŰ Society, the Rondella Gallery, the MATE Rippl-Rónai Art Institute and Celluloidra Revolverrel are organizing an international abstract video art review in 2026 at the MAMŰ Gallery in Budapest.

Abstract video art and the abstract moving image tradition in general are one of the most ambitious, yet one of the least discussed and visible areas of experimental motion picture discourse. The non-figurative formalist tradition is built from the most elementary parts of visuality: its tools are light, form and movement. Its aspiration is nothing less than to develop new senses, to create a new visual language, and thereby to create the new man and his world.

The film and video art works screened in the exhibition come partly from invited contemporary artists and partly from significant domestic and international collections. The opening and closing events of the exhibition will be accompanied by live audiovisual performances. In addition to contemporary Hungarian artists, the founding members of Signal Culture, Debora and Jason Bernagozzi, will also perform at the opening.

https://mamusociety.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/abstronic-egy-uj-vizualis-nyelv-megteremtese-fele-az-absztrakt-mozgokep-mitosza-abstronic-toward-the-creation-of-a-new-visual-language-the-myth-of-the-abstract-movi/