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Ministry for the Exterior
March 2003

B+B started their season at the ACF by investigating current critical art practices in Hungary. Ministry for the Exterior considered the role of socially engaged art practices in a post-communist, pre-EU country. The programme included presentations by sociologist Monica Balint of HINTS Institute of Public Art and an insight into the history of politically engaged art by curator Katalin Timar (Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest).

Thursday 20 March, 1900-2100h, talk and drink
Ministry of the Exterior 1: An evening of presentations by Monica Balint (Hints Institute of Public Art, Budapest) and Sophie Hope about the role of socially engaged art practices in post-communist, pre-EU Hungary.
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Sunday 23 March, 1500-1900h, talk and drink plus feast
Ministry of the Exterior 2: Katalin Timar, Curator, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest, discussed the history of political art practices in Hungary from the 1970s to the present day. This was followed by a Hungarian feast prepared by Monica Balint and B+B based on a menu devised by artist Eszter Agnes Szabó.
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This first series of events launched a six-month showcase of past and present art practices from Hungary. In August, Ministry of the Exterior will show material from Artpool, the Hungarian archive of unofficial art of the 1970s and 1980s.
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MSDM book launch
Saturday 29 March, 1600-1800h, tea and biscuits
Launch of Outsourcing, a new publication by Paula Roush/MSDM (Mobile Strategies for Display and Mediation)
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