// heterotopia, immersive multimedia performance, walk-in environment, home-base building //
How are paranoias created today and how is it possible to alter the climate?
The Air Factory opened its gates in an abandoned and secret floor of the historical ‘Heinrich Udvar’ in Budapest’s 8th district for three weeks in October 2017. About 50 people formed over half a year an open community throughout the research process and finally realised 8 performances in Budapest and a smaller format in Bremen Spedition in February 2018.
Starting point of the research was the question how the original story of James Tilly Matthews from the early 19th century could be taken as a basis for reflection about today’s society. Matthews, patient Zero of diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, had the illusion of secret Airloom Gangs controlling politics after the French Revolution with huge hidden influencing machines. The Air Factory is a journey through these themes actualised through the participants: politics of fears, quest for free spaces, gentrification that works against common culture spaces, consciousness about consuming habits (autonomous food,
transport chaines,etc.), conspiracy theories and fake news.
The Air Factory was an installative spatial performance, a community-based home-experiment, art research, meeting point and knowledge-sharing center. Visitors of the factory could participate in the ongoing work of the factory. They could dive into the interactive, immersive labyrinth-performance-
exhibition-workshops-roleplay by finding their own role, path and connections. They got a breath of fresh air and insights into the real and only conspiracy, the rabbit-hole…
The Air Factory was a revival and renewal of the Pneuma project LUFTHASE in 2008.
In the frame of OFF-Biennale Budapest
A collaborative artwork by Pneuma Szöv. and Ongoing Project //// coordinated and initiated by: Pneuma Szöv.
by and with: Ádám Anna, Bartók György, Békefi Róbert, Berecz Zsuzsa, Bredán Máté, Shawn Bodden, Borsos Luca, Csanálosi Mária, Debreczeni Luca, Dobos Eszter, Fedor Nikolaevitch Drozdov, Carolin Eibel, Esze Dorka, File Csilla, Grósz Laci, Sarah Günther, Hauer Szilvia, Hódi Csilla, Hussami Péter, Jécsai László, Kerpely Adel, Kliment Jankó, Triada Kovalenko, Lutz Boglárka, Magyari Lilla, Makra Viktória, Markos Viktor, Michael McCarthy, Luiza Moraes, Poór Dorottya, Lisa Schwalb, Süttő Anikó, Szabados Luca, Szabó Veronika, Szűcs Petra, Varga Viktor and you
project coordination team: Berecz Zsuzsa, Shawn Bodden, Borsos Luca, Sarah Günther, Magyari Lilla, Lisa Schwalb, Szabados Luca
artistic director: Sarah Günther | dramaturg: Berecz Zsuzsa | visual design: Szabados Luca
Partners: Müszi – Művelődési Szint, Monhor Viki, Auróra, Láthatatlan Tanoda, Zöld Pók
Location: Heinrich udvar, 32. Üllői út, 4th floor, Budapest
Member recruitment: ongoing from 29. September, 2017
Premier: 13 October (Friday) 2017
Other visiting hours: 14, 20, 21, 23 October (revolutionary opening), 27, 28, 31 October (HELLONYUL – End Party), 2017
>>>> Open between 19h and 22h (with arrival between 19h and 21h), or by appointment
Supported by the Goethe-Institut and a grant by Burning Man
Article on Air Factory by Júlia Salamon in Balkon
