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Streetfashion (2018-2022)

In 1976, Tibor Hajas produced his black-and-white film Self-Fashion Show depicting people passing through Moszkva Square. They are simple passersby appearing in front of the camera, but the producers of the movie…

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COMMON THREADS (2022)

“What we all have in common is that we are all living with HIV/AIDS, but we are human beings in the flesh, just like everyone else. We don’t want a…

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GREETINGS FROM MY NEW HOME (2018-2020)

Greetings From My New Home is the story of the retornados, the nearly 800,000 Portuguese citizens who were resettled from Portuguese colonies in Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and São…

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THREE PICTURES (2013-2019)

Commissioned work, made for the exhibition: For Family Reasons ‘Three pictures’ (2013 – 2019) show three decisive moments from our life with my grandparents.

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THE BLUE CENTER (2018)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition: Vanishing Points 3.0 Blue Center is about football and anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 70s.

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RECONCILIATION (2018)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition: Reconciliation The series produced in Pannonhalma capture the process of a confession, revolved around suspended gestures, ritual hand movements.

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HISTORIES OF LOVE (2009-2018)

Histories of Love discusses the eternal topic of love, focusing on my friends, relationships, trying to find answers to this unanswerable question: What ties people together.

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THE TRIBAL CHIEF (2015-2016)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition: Our heart is a different country. The Tribal Chief is a monologue photo-diary. It flashes memories from the life of a middle-aged man, living with…

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BALATONALIGA, 8171 (2015)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition: Lake of memories. Balatonaliga 8171 is about Kádár János, former communist leader’s secret cinema, where he would watch films that were banned for the public.

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positive — POSITIVE (2014-2015)

‘Positive’ presents a subjective interpretation of a life with HIV that contradicts all stereotypes. The photo-film follows the past 15 years of Martha’s life; following Martha’s voice, the Lilla Szász…

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NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON THE INTERNET (2014)

National Consultation on the Internet is based on a fake National Consultation questionnaire about the planned internet tax as a reflection to the National Consultations used by the present government….

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HAPPY NEW YEAR (2013-2014)

Happy New Year is a communication between two women. One has already passed away. The other has just moved in the flat of the old woman to start a new…

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MENDI (2013)

Mendi is a former porn star who lives together with her mother and her sister’s son, Richard, an Autistic boy. Mendi cares about them both. The project is about the…

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WALDSEE 1944 (2014)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition: Waldsee 1944. Waldsee 1944 was organized to commemorate the 565.000 Jews who perished during the Second World War. It is to remember the Hungarian deportations…

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DEVOTION (2010-2012)

Commissioned work made for the exhibition Generations and amnesia / remembrance Devotion (2014) is a three-part-project (Uniform (2010-2014), God Bless America, God Bless Israel (2010-2014) and My grandfather’s medal (2013-2014)),…

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PURPLE HEARTS

Purple Hearts are Russian – Post-Soviet Jewish veterans serving in the American military in order to get a green-card and obtain a US citizenship.

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COMRADES

Comrades documents the lives of Russian Jewish Veterans living in Brighton Beach, New York. As members of the Russian army, these people fiercely fought German occupation from 1941 to 1945….

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OUR HOUSE (2009-2015)

Our House is about my grandparents, our life together and my love to them.

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MOTHER MICHAEL GOES TO HEAVEN (2008-2010)

Mother Michael Goes To Heaven is a life of a family living with prostitution, poverty and unrequited love.

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MAKE UP (2009) – PART OF SERIES HISTORIES OF LOVE (2009-2018)

Make up is about friendship. About pure love. About intimacy of a situation.

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MOONFLOWER (2006-2007)

Moonflower follows the lives of homeless mothers living in shelter homes after escaping from domestic violence.

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DESIRES (2005)

Desires is a project about young teenage girls, their hopes, their wishes and their dreams about future.

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DAUGHTERS (2005)

Daughters is about life of teenage girls living in correctional institutions.

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GOLDEN AGE (2004)

Golden Age is about life of people living in homes for the elderly.

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SUNBATHERS (1998)

Sunbathers are poor people staying every day at the wall of Peter-Paul Fortress from February until late November in Saint Petersburg.

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FUN FAIR (1997)

Fun Fair is about my direct neighbours, who are workers at a fun fair.

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