Grotesk The Common Language of Eastern Europe
Various Artists
Grotesk Photo Project
English
Softcover
Edition of 400
82 pages
311 x 435 mm
2025
Eastern Europe has been a geopolitical buffer zone for centuries, and as a result
the people who live here have had to learn to communicate by reading between the lines and laughing at their own impossible situations, which has given rise to an unmistakably unique way of expression, the Eastern European grotesque. Rather than focusing on the differences between the many peoples across the region, and on the East-West divide that has been left forgotten behind from the Cold War and is becoming less and less relevant with globalization, the GROTESK photo project is drawing attention to what connects us, our common values, by showing the best absurd photographs from Eastern Europe, through this publication and exhibitions in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary in 2025!
With contributions by Csilla Klenyánszki, Hórusz Archive, Éva Szombat, László Török, Zsuzsi Ujj, Oskar Helcel, Dita Pepe, Iren Stehli, Andrej Balco, Martin Kollár, Zuzana Pustaiová, Viktor Šelesták, Zbigniew Libera, Natalia LL, Rafał Milach, Agnieszka Sejud, Mihai Barabancea, Tamás Hajdu, Alexander Chekmenev, Julie Poly
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About the Publisher
G.R.O.T.E.S.K project is realized in the collaboration of Summa Artium (Budapest, Hungary), Fotofestiwal (Łódź, Poland), Fotograf Zone (Prague, Czech Republic) and OFF Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia). The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
(Source: https://fotofestiwal.com/2025/en/wystawy/g-r-o-t-e-s-k-the-common-language-of-eastern-europe/)
