REVIEW
ARTfair INNSBRUCK
2023

The Faculty of Music and Fine Arts of the University of Pécs is primarily characterized by the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, which is unique among Hungarian universities. This concept emphasizes the diversity of art, the thoughts of the exhibited works and the various technical solutions. The leading professors, students and artists of the faculty from the fields of painting, sculpture, ceramic art, graphic design and electric media art, will present their works. Traditional and renewed techniques will be presented in the exhibited works.

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In the courses of the Institute of Music you can study classical music, but in the near future will also be offered the study of jazz. For some, certain directions of contemporary music are "too modern, difficult to understand and perceive". The University of Pécs would like to refute this prejudice with the music pieces to be performed and in professional performance. The musical world of the contemporary compositions - keeping the music-historical traditions at the same time - feeds on the spirit of the present, the social phenomena and the questions of everyday life are taken up as themes.

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The musical program will focus on works by 20th and 21st century Hungarian and international composers in the performance of chamber groups. The groups will musically reflect with improvisations on the paintings, sculptures and installations exhibited by the faculty.

Modern dance is a new field in the educational portfolio of the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, but its origin goes back 60 years, to the foundation of the "Pécsi Balett"-s (Pécs Ballet). Their performance transforms the sensations, mood of music and the exhibited works into movement.

The installation of the Chair of Design is connected with the anniversary "Petőfi 200". Sándor Petőfi was one of the most important poets of the reform era, had an important role during the Hungarian Revolution and the War of Independence 1948-49. Hungary dedicates to him, on the occasion of his birth 200 years ago, programs throughout the year.

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One of the most important places of the social meetings was the café. Connected to the "Reform Time" circle of thoughts of "Petőfi 200", further interacting with the planned theme of gastronomy, the University of Pécs would like to present the installation "Café" at ARTfair Innsbruck 2023.
The stand of the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts must be imagined as the "world of a café", which is the central inspiration of a special absurd artistic expression. From this basic aspect the University of Pécs introduces itself and the artistic ideas will connect to it. In the realization, integrations can be seen that worthily represent the spirituality of the professors and students. It is a simple starting point, but it offers many possibilities of association.

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The scene of a café, as a meeting place for social life, for artists and intellectuals, allows the liberating connection between existence or presence and the actually distant scene. It is particularly interesting to reflect on a distant place that no longer physically exists in the present time. In this sense, it can appear as a more visual evidence in modern form, which justifies the liberation and the representation. The University of Pécs reflects on the attractive parallel of everyday life, which makes the eternal existence of the Young Men of March (designation of young men in the revolution in 1848) tangible in our everyday life.

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What is creativity and what connects art with gastronomy and general art, according to Ákos Lokodi - among others - can be explained with two quotes:

"Creativity is the greatest existing rebellion. If you want to create something, you have to let go of all the conviction raised in you, otherwise your creativity will be no different than a copy, just an indigo swipe. You can be creative only if you have a personality." Osho

"There is no creativity controlled by rules. (...) If we look for rules in creativity, it is as if we wanted to separate the mind from the body." Frank Herbert

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One could list all the keywords that ever influenced gastronomy and art, for example "playfulness" "humor", "humility", "perseverance", "renewal", "proportionality" and so on.
The gastronomic concept presented in ARTfair can be described with three words: "creativity - proportionality - reinvention".
How else could #the mostly characteristic ingredients of the Hungarian cuisine be shown, especially on the international stage, when the artworks of a fresh faculty, ready to reinvent itself, charged with creative energy, trying to complement with gastronomy on an international level?

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"I believe that with proper openness, we not only become more tolerant, but also richer."

Ákos Lokodi - creative chief

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