The photographic series does not reject tradition, but instead explores how it becomes difficult to access once its political significance outweighs personal experience.

It observes a state between closeness and distance, where identity is not fixed but constantly transforming. Within this ambivalence, both a desire for rebellion and a need to belong emerge. The series searches for ways to reconnect with tradition through a personal and open relationship.

The project focuses on documenting customs and traditions such as Easter sprinkling rituals, Táncház dance gatherings, harvest festivals, and, among other things, the use of symbols and objects tied to cultural memory.

Eszter Sárkány is currently a Bachelor student at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, where she also works as an artist focusing on 2D imagery. Working across applied and autonomous photography, she creates staged situations reflecting the intersection between the younger generation and traditional concepts of Hungarian customs and traditions. Through an often humorous and ironic aesthetic, the artist explores questions of identity, social roles, and the transformation of values in contemporary society. Her work focuses on the tension between past and present, opening space for both critical reflection and personal interpretation by the viewer

Curator: SPECINA

Venue: Galerie Véčko

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