The show "Abstract Hungary" incorporates Tamás Kaszás’ (*1969, lives in Budapest) piece "Stage Monument" (2017), a sculptural and performative intervention in public space that refers to the historical concepts of Lajos Kassák. This installation will function as both a site for performances and workshops, as well as a meeting point for passersby in the city park, who will be able to use this public space as a stage for their own individual purposes. The sculpture is commissioned by Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien and will be shown after the end of the show in Graz at the Budapest OFF-Biennále Budapest.
On July 6, Kaszás will give the audiovisual performance "About Some Squares – An Abstract Lesson," using a slide projector and sound effect. The title refers to the suprematist picture book for kids "About Two Squares," by El Lissitzky from 1922. Using similar visual language the abstract slides with simple text lines tell a lesson on Lajos Kassák and his international circles. It is a fiction of interpretation on the historical modernism as a movement of international artists.