[spectre] Invitation: THE VISUAL COLLIDER

[czegledy]

We are please to present:


The Visual Collider
Nina Czegledy and Marcus Neustetter

Central and East European destinations: 

Budapest, Hungary 
1 September 6:30pm 
2B Gallery, 1092 Raday U. 47
Opening speech by Janos Sugar
Exhibition closing 9 September

Bratislava, Slovak Republic
6 September 6:30pm
Enter Gallery, Panska 13, 81101 
Exhibition closing 22 September

Vienna, Austria
9 September 7pm
Machfeld Studio, Max Winter Platz 21, 1020
One night intervention

Istanbul, Turkey
14 September 2pm-4pm
Karakoy Communication Center Terrace, 2 Bankalar Caddesi, 34420
As par of the Imaginary Futures Special Event


Following its first cycle of exhibitions in Vela Luka (Croatia), New 
York (USA), Banff (Canada) and Dalcrombie (Scotland), The Visual 
Collider continues its journey starting in Budapest and reappearing 
in Bratislava, Vienna and Istanbul in the second half of 2011.

In May 1, 2011, the Large Hadron Collider in France - according to a 
press release - had uncovered the much sought-after subatomic 
particle. The God particle is the pet name for the Higgs boson. 
Leading up to this event, on November 29, 2009, billions of subatomic 
particles were smashed together in nano-seconds inside the Large 
Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle 
accelerator, designed to mimic the first moments of the Big Bang, 
"bringing new understanding of the primordial universe". Thousands of 
scientists worked for decades to achieve this scientific spectacle, 
"challenging those who seek confirmation of established knowledge, 
and those who dare to dream beyond the paradigm." Inspired and 
intrigued by the Large Hadron Collider mega project, Nina Czegledy 
and Marcus Neustetter set out to create a visual collider for the 
images and impressions they produce individually.

At the actual Collider every function including research, development 
and production, is based on principles and systems. In contrast our 
method is spontaneous, immediate and intentionally unsystematic. 
Nevertheless there are significant junctures. LHC is an immense 
scientific mission - paralleling our deep interest in 
the intersection of arts, science and technology. While in the 
sciences it is prudent to build on fundamental facts with analytical 
precision, in reality these investigations are often permeated with 
the exploration of the unknown, reaching unexpected revelations. "In 
our practice working with the bizarre, traveling towards 
unpredictable destinations is a regular pursuit. In science a 
negative experimental result might become as valid as an expected 
outcome." These unexpected results including happy accidents often 
lead to significant alternate solutions or theories. The adjacent 
images presented in this exhibition reveal unconventional 
interpretations
frequently through unforeseen collisions.

By employing a personal approach to the Visual Collider we challenge 
mega-projects such as the actual LHC, asking atypical questions 
concerning the experimental smashing together of information whether 
in the form of photographic light or protons.


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Nina Czegledy, artist, curator, academic, works internationally on 
collaborative art& science& technology projects. The ever changing 
perception of the human body and its environment and paradigm shifts 
in contemporary art is the focus of most of her projects.  She has 
exhibited widely, won awards for her artwork and has lead and 
participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide. Czegledy 
curated and presented numerous international touring projects and 
published extensively. The Visual Collider touring project is 
developed and presented in collaboration with Marcus Neustetter. 
Latest projects include: Areosphere/Atmosphere (with Janine 
Randerson) @ New Plymouth Observatory, New Zealand (2011), 
Aura,Aurora in collaboration with Bettine Schuelke, Marton Andras 
Juhasz and Laszlo Kiss @ artMuse Festival 2011, Bocholt, Germany, and 
@ the Plein Air festival, 2B Gallery, Budapest, (2010). The Pleasure 
of Light co-curated with Rona Kopeczky, @ the Ludwig Museum, Budapest 
(2010)  and the National Museum of Gdanks, Poland (2011),
McLuhan in Europe (2011).  Czegledy is a Senior Fellow, KMDI, 
University of Toronto, Associate Adjunct Professor Concordia 
University, Montreal, Senior Fellow, Hungarian University of Fine 
Arts, member of the Leonardo/ISAST Governing Board, member of 
Observatoire Leonardo des Arts des Techno-Sciences OLATS, and 
contributing editor to LEA. 
<http://www.ninaczegledy.net>www.ninaczegledy.net



Johannesburg based artist, cultural activist and producer, Marcus 
Neustetter, reflects critically and playfully on his context through 
his art and collaborative projects. His strategy has been to 
pro-actively create, play and experiment to build opportunities and 
experiences that investigate, reflect and provoke. Mostly process 
driven, his production of art at the intersection of art, science and 
technology has led him to work in a multi-disciplinary approach from 
conventional drawings to permanent and temporary site specific 
installations, mobile and virtual interventions and socially engaged 
projects internationally. In the past 15 years Marcus Neustetter has 
been consistently producing and exhibiting art 
<http://www.marcusneustetter.com>www.marcusneustetter.com and, in 
partnership with Stephen Hobbs, has been active with his art 
production lab The Trinity Session and in their collaborative 
capacity as Hobbs/Neustetter <http://www.onair.co.za>www.onair.co.za. 
In current projects Neustetter is developing structures of 
observation and interventions in Sutherland, the Cradle of Humankind 
and the Inner City of Johannesburg, is featured on group shows at the 
UNISA Gallery, Standard Bank Gallery and Circa Gallery, exhibiting at 
the Joburg Art Fair, touring The Visual Collider with Nina Czegledy, 
presenting works in dialogue with Walter Stach in Vienna, and 
embarking on an intervention as Hobbs/Neustetter in Mali in October.

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