Groups, Spaces Budapest: Dinamo and Trafo

a small, but dedicated group

Trafo House of Contemporary Art – Liliom Utca 41, 9th District, Budapest
Dinamo – Tuzoltó street 22, 9th district, Budapest
common_places was invited to exhibit at Dinamo, where the archive was available for three days. please see images for more details.

Trafo House of Contemporary Art in Budapest occupies an intriguing position in the landscape of cultural institutions in Hungary. At one end of the spectrum are the newly enlarged and consolidated giant public institutions (the Ludwigmuzeum or Kunsthalle, for instance, the big-boys of Hungarian cultural edifices, organized architecturally in the new Palace of the Arts complex). At the other are the various alternative cultural spaces, artist-run galleries and (private) galleries. Trafo is big enough as a cultural institution to demand serious support from the various governmental agencies, yet small enough to not be beholden to “official” culture. (more…)