PARALLEL ART FOUNDATION
Emese Kádár
Ghost Traces
Cairo Contemporary, Budapest
1071 Budapest, Lövölde tér 7.2024, November 1 - December 1
On view: 0-24h
Most of our memories of our deceased loved ones are stored in virtual space, the accessibility of which is at the mercy of factors beyond our control. A data breach, malware or a defunct social media platform can easily cut us off from the photos, messages or videos that we felt were the last link we had with a person. In their place, flashing error messages or icons of corrupted files remain as ghosts, reminding us of the loss of connection.
Although the process of memory blurring and disappearance is natural in a grieving process, the digital corpses of memories that are left behind make their absence more obvious. As time passes and untended gravestones are overgrown by vegetation, traces of lost memories become a thickening pile of data fragments wedged between the memories that remain. Is it the disturbance in virtual space that hinders the processing of grief, or is it the retrievability that locks one into an endless hell of nostalgia?
Ghost Traces is an installation that attempts to memorialise the fading of memory, preserving the slightest traces of its disappearance through the creation of woven tombstones and a space of remembrance.
Emese Kádár (1995) graduated from the Painting Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2019. After graduation, her works were exhibited in Hungary, Germany and Austria. In Budapest, she had solo exhibitions at Labor in 2017, at Pince in 2019, and at The Space Gallery in 2024. She has also participated at group exhibitions at MODEM, Ludwig Museum, Q Contemporary, Danube Museum and Postal Museum. She has won numerous awards and fellowships, including the American Tapestry Alliance Student Award in 2019, the Smohay Prize, the Esterházy Art Dating Grand Prize in 2023 and the Derkovits Gyula Fellowship in 2024. He was shortlisted for the Esterházy Art Award in 2021 and the MODEM Prize in 2024.
The installation at Cairo Contemporary is a further reflection of the NOT_FOUND series, with additional elements.
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Curator: Gábor Pintér
Supported by Erzsébetváros Municipality
Cooperation partner: Bischitz Johanna Integrated Human Service Centre
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