AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The HMC, Inc. and Mucius Gallery cordially invite you for the

HMC/A.I.R./Budapest International Artists Residencies
closing exhibition

Mucius Gallery
1066 Budapest O utca 35

August 5 - August 10, 2008
Closing reception: Tuesday, August 5 at 6:00pm
Opening remarks: Beata Szechy, HMC

Exhibiting artists are:

Holly Boruck, CA, USA - Howard M. Christopherson, MN, USA - Lana Ing Gabor, Kanada - Odette England, UK - Lisa Erdman, FL, USA - Gregory Euclide, MN, USA - Niku Kashef, CA, USA - Benjamin Page, CA, USA - Andreas Papanastasiu, UK/GR - Candida Pestana, Portugalia - Megan Randlett, MA, USA - Jenna Spevack, NY, USA - Hannah Verlin, MA, USA - Marlene Vinha, Portugalia - Patricia Tinajero, TN, USA - Kristine Trever, VA, USA - Rudee Westphal, SD, USA

FilmFest:
1. Dan Boord/Luis Valdovino, CO --- "Not enough Night" -7:44', 2007, experimental documentary
2. Gabriela Dworecki, UK ---"Songs of Disaffection" -37', 2006, experimental
3. Annie Heckman, IL --- "Becoming Formless" -2:09', 2007, animation
4. Terra Fuller, IN --- "Epic Advanture Saga" -42:00', 2007, documentary
5. FemLink, France --- "Resistance" -56:00', 2007, experimental art video-collage
6. Stefanos Mondelos, Greece --- "MasterPiece (Part1)" -25', 2007, documentary
7. Beata Szechy --- "My Mother/Anyukam" -4:28, 2008, video collage

The summer and winter art colonies of the Hungarian Multicultural Centre, which have been in operation for quite a few years now, belong to those flourishing artist' communities that bring artists of various traditions and cultures together.
These type of colonies have greatly contributed to the understanding of artistic trends and contributed to forming communities of artists even when the blocks of East and West were otherwise hermetically sealed from each other.
The artists participating can meet the cultures of other countries and compare prejudices with reality. They can study a territory very similar in general to their own artistic practice yet the different cultural traditions and artistic personalities make it different and intriguing.
The artists who come here bring their own world and form of expression and can enter into dialogue with the others, thus gaining a new perspective of their own art too. Such encounters provide opportunities for renewal or confirmation of beliefs and practice.

For questions please write to:
bszechy@yahoo.com