Press Room - 2023

ANDRII DOSTLIEV: GO WEST! February 8 – March 5, 2023 Opening event: February 8, 2023, Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. On February 8, 2023, the exhibition GO WEST! by Andrii Dostliev, organized by Blinken OSA Archivum together with CEU’s Institute for Advanced Study and Visual Studies Platform, will open at the Galeria Centralis, presenting the Ukrainian artist’s artistic research project on “Ostarbeiter,” the forced laborers from Eastern Europe in Nazi Germany during WW2. The exhibition will be accompanied by a presentation and guided tours given by the artist.    

Blinken OSA invites the public to a lecture series by historian Krisztián Ungváry, addressing the controversial turning points of Hungarian history. Exploring general themes like the historian as “judge” and case studies, such as the diverse memories of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 or the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the lectures aim to outline historical reality as well as the inner logic of the discourses manipulating, distorting reality. The lecture series will be held in Hungarian at CEU in Budapest, between February 7 and May 2. Registration is free but required, RSVP and more info (only in Hungarian) here!

EMINE ZIYATDINOVA: CRIMEA January 22–29, 2023 Opening event: January 22, 2023, Sunday, 6:00 p.m. The exhibition Crimea is a visual sequence that reflects on the photographer’s family and larger Crimean Tatar community experience, finding Home in the complicated geopolitical environment preceding and following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014.