PARALLEL ART FOUNDATION
About
Parallel Art Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2010, with the aim to support, develop and internationally contextualize Hungarian contemporary performing and visual arts.
At the beginning, contemporary dance projects were in the focus of activities, including series such as Body Moving - Dance for All! & Dance Commando, free events in the urban spaces to popularise dance; Art with a View - contemporary dance in gallery space and Short Wave - a dance improvisation game for professional choreographers.
In 2018, Parallel launched its complex Dance Film Project in order to contribute to the development of the genre in Hungary and to facilitate the mobility of Hungarian dance film and filmmakers. The project included DVD publications, collaborations with international festivals, producing short films, as well as curating and coordinating Szerpentin Dance Film Festival.
To understand and educate younger generations, on a voluntary basis the Foundation organised summer educational excursions in Budapest and the surrounding area for children aged 10–14, under the title City Adventures.
In the recent years, the Foundation has been focusing on visual arts. In co-operation with art organisations and institutions, we organise exhibitions and artist-in-residence programs in Hungary and abroad, in order to facilitate the mobility of artworks and artists. Besides working with representatives of konkret kunst and geometric abstract art, the Foundation runs Puccs Contemporary and Cairo Contemporary project spaces to showcase installation art, with a mission to make art accessible to everyone.
Operation of the Foundation is supervised by a three-member curatorial board.
Team
Gábor Pintér - Art director / Curator / Coordinator
Katalin Erdődi - Curator / Coordinator
Gabriella Máthé - Curator / Coordinator
Ilona Kőhegyi - PR and Communication
Volunteers
Bata Ágnes, Komporday Rita, Kárpáti Lili Melánia, Gárgyán Eszter, Pluhár Bianka, Czveiber Barbara, Herczog Noémi, Turny Zoltán, Horváth Anikó, Molnár Nóra, Kocsis Zoltán, Deák Emese, Varga Dóri, Czveiber Rita, Pecséri Tünde Ildikó, Bíró Melinda, Kiss Viktória, Pintér Krisztina, Bende Orsolya, Nagy Horváth Éva, Rétfalvi Tímea, Szabó-Ambrus Rita, Arhip Isabelle, Szabó Cs.Rita, Kenéz Réka, Ács Bálint, Kurucz Ági, Kovács Zsófia, Szász Adrienn, Bátovszki Patrícia, Csipai Bettina, Zsákai Ákos, Szatmári Zsófi, Csányi Krisztina, Zsganecz József, Klinkó Szilvia, Szemessy Kinga, Harmath Olívia, Raubinek Lili, Zrinyi Daniel, Bot Ádám, Ács Eszter, Joó Kinga, Pelles Nikolett, Illés Márton Rudolf, Kelenhegyi Olga Sára, Juhász Adél, Jobbágy Bernadett, Dömötör Luca, Rab Alexandra, Ádám Andrea, Arnaud Blondel, Forgó Árpád
Parallel Art Foundation is a member of
◦ RESET! The European Network of Independent Cultural and Media Organisations
◦ NEWEAST Network for Central and Eastern European Art
◦ IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art
