The Hungarian National Museum Public Collection – Petőfi Literary Museum – Kassák Museum 
cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition 
BRICKOLOGY: WHAT FELL DOWN BY NIGHT, WAS BUILT BACK BY DAWN.

Vernissage: 19 June 2024, Thursday, 6 pm
Venue: Kassák Museum,1033 Budapest, Fő tér 1. (Zichy Castle)
Greeting: Merse Pál Szeredi, Director of Kassák Museum

The Bricks may be silent, but are not mute. They are knowers of difficult stories. The Bricks are experienced wall-residents, and know the grief of the Stonemasons’s wife. They also know her child, who grew tired of his mother's silent cries.They break the wall and its silence for them and with them. The exhibition, realised as part of the Kassák Contemporary Art Award’s 2024 winning project, aims to reflect on the relationship between the individual and society, using as a starting point the social-critical interpretation of the ballad, The Stonemason’s Wife. Arranged in a living, moving, changing installation, Dorottya Szonja Koltay's works make the exhibition space a stage, a playground, a diary of the creative process and a discursive space where the audience can be take on both playing and creative positions. This change of perspective is brought to life during the exhibition through participatory interventions, a series of performances, collective singing and dancing. 

The award ceremony for the Kassák Prize for Contemporary Art 2025 will take place before the opening of the exhibition, from 5pm.

Accompanying events on the Night of the Museums:
On 21 June 2025, Dorottya Szonja Koltay and Anna Seress will give a guided tour of the exhibition from 6 pm, and from 9 pm there will be a procession and picnic in the museum grounds as part of the Demolition Day celebrations.

The exhibition is open until 19 October 2025.

IMPRESSUM:
Exhibiting artist: Dorottya Szonja Koltay
Curator and co-creator:  Seress Anna Seress
Exhibition organization: Judit Csatlós, Merse Pál Szeredi
Music and sound design: Kurszàn Koltay
Graphic design: Dorottya Szonja Koltay
Prepress: Gábor Bogdándy
Installation: Ferenc Badak, Attila Batári, Gábor Bogdándy, Annamária H. Kocsis, Gyula Kemény, Judit Kodolányi, Alex Kovács, György Mihalkov, Àdàm Skublics
Communication: Renáta Szikra