After the closing in November, we will present the Hungarian exhibition of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, adapted to the spaces of the Ludwig Museum. Othernity – Reconditioning our Modern Heritage is looking for an answer to the following question: what possibilities does the often disputed and in many ways obsolete heritage of the modern architecture hold for the architects of the future? The curatorial team asked 12 architecture practices from Central and Eastern Europe to recondition 12 iconic modern buildings of Budapest, offering a possible way to reconcile past and future architecture.

• date: 9th December 2021, at 6 pm
• venue: Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st Floor, Glass Hall

Greetings by Julia Fabényi, director of Ludwig Museum, national commissioner
Opening by Dániel Kovács, Attila Róbert Csóka, Szabolcs Molnár and Dávid Smiló

Exhibitors:

• A-A Collective (PL / DK / CH)
• Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop (H)
• BUDCUD (PL)
• b210 (EST)
• KONNTRA (SLO / NMK / HR)
• LLRRLLRR (EST / UK)
• MADA (SRB)
• MNPL Workshop (UA)
• Paradigma Ariadné (H)
• PLURAL (SK)
• Studio Act (RO)
• Vojtěch Rada (CZ)

The exhibition is open till 16th January 2022. Facebook event here.

Please wear a mask throughout the museum to prevent the spread of the virus. This is in the interest of all of us. Thank you for the cooperation!

KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre's Walking Tours continue the program series, which invites the audience to visit the buildings of Othernity. The next stop is the OKISZ Headquarters which is going to recondition by b210 at La Biennale di Venezia. The languages of the events are Hungarian. For more information visit the event's site.

KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre's Walking Tours continue the program series, which invites the audience to visit the buildings of Othernity. The next stop is the Kelenföld City Center which is going to recondition by MADA at La Biennale di Venezia. The languages of the events are Hungarian. For more information visit the event's site.

The curatorial team of Othernity organized two public discussions, related to the topics of the Hungarian pavilion, on 28 August, 2021, as part of the Curators Collective Midissage. The two events involve several exhibitors of the pavilion and curators from inside and outside the Biennale.

Othernity – Collaboration of emerging architectural practices from the CEE

Public discussion involving the participating architects of the pavilion

Saturday 28 August 2021, 10:00 – Hungarian Pavilion, Giardini

The Hungarian pavilion exhibits works by 12 practices from 9 different countries this year. During this discussion, exhibitors talk about their experiences in the collaborative process and the development of the exhibition.

Collaboration, Cooperation, Cohabitation – Possible Futures for the Biennale

Public discussion

Saturday 28 August 2021, 11:00 – Hungarian Pavilion, Giardini

Discussion on international collaborations in the national pavilions, and possible alternative futures for the Biennale. Participating: Hae-Won Shin (Korean Pavilion), PROLOG+1 (Polish Pavilion), Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (Russian Pavilion), Daniel Tudor Munteanu and Davide Tommaso Ferrando (Unfolding Pavilion), Othernity curatorial team (Hungarian Pavilion).

The events are part of the Curators Collective Midissage.

The events can be visited with valid entry tickets. 

Starting from 6th August 2021, with the exception of children under 12 years of age and visitors who are exempt from it, all ticket holders must present an EU Covid Certificate (Green Pass) or equivalent certificate recognized by the Italian State to access the 17th International Architecture Exhibition.

An EU Covid Certificate (Green Pass) or equivalent certificate is proof that a person has either been vaccinated against Covid-19, or received the first dose of a vaccine requiring two, or recovered from Covid-19, or received a negative PCR or rapid antigen test result in the previous 48 hours. Visitors must present a valid ID together with the certificate. 

Facebook event here.

KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre's Urban Walks have announced the new season of the program series, which invites the audience to visit the building of Othernity. The next stop is the recently demolished National Power Dispatch Centre and its surrondings, the heritage of Buda Castle District. The building is going to recondition by A-A Collective at La Biennale di Venezia. The guide is Dániel Kovács, the curator of the exhibition of Hungarian Pavilion. The languages of the events are Hungarian. For more information visit the event's site.

Published articles about Othernity's buildings on Hype and Hyper.

• Déli Railway Station
• OKISZ Headquarters
• Endre Ady Cultural Centre of Újpest
• Planetarium
• Calvinist Church of Külső-Kelenföld
• OTP Apartment Building

KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre's Urban Walks have announced the new season of the program series, which invites the audience to visit the building of Othernity. The next stop is the OKISZ Headquarters which is going to recondition by b210 at La Biennale di Venezia. The languages of the events are Hungarian. For more information visit the event's site.

KÉK - Contemporary Architecture Centre's Urban Walks have announced the new season of the program series, which invites the audience to visit the building of Othernity. The next stop is the OTP Apartment Building which is going to recondition by MNPL Workshop at La Biennale di Venezia. The languages of the events are Hungarian. For more information visit the event's site.

"Some of the outstanding examples both in terms of content and display include shows such as Othernity in the Hungarian pavilion—a carefully and beautifully composed exhibition on alternative narratives of Eastern European modernity displayed through a mixture of contemporary practices involved with urban space, from photography to art to design."

Read the full article of Strelka Mag here.

"Perhaps the most exciting (definitely the most imaginative) take on communist architecture after Communism comes from Hungary, where a curatorial team led by Dániel Kovács has crafted a show of rare visual and intellectual concision... The floorplan of the show is especially elegant, maintaining a precise symmetry between the two sections and inviting visitors to bounce back and forth between endangered past and speculative future."

You can read the full article of Artforum here.