Kitti Gosztola is interested in the relationships between art and natural sciences. Her practice includes projects tackling craftsmanship and specific materialities, works based on archival research and collaborative projects focusing on socio-political issues. Current lines of enquiry include a reinterpretation of the use of cow appendix membranes in Zeppelins and an ongoing investigation into the ecological and political context of so-called invasive species with participants outside the art world.

Kitti Gosztola graduated at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. She is a recipient of the Derkovits Scholarship and the Smohay and Klára Herczeg Prize. Her work has been presented throughout Europe in solo and group exhibitions at the Ludwig Museum, the King St. Stephen Museum and the Hungarian National Gallery. She is represented by the Kisterem Gallery in Budapest. Her recent solo shows Ruminatio and Flashforward focused on humanity’s historical relations to the environment – how natural resources have lost their mythical connotations in the course of using, processing and utilizing them.

https://www.works.io/kitti-gosztola 

Bence György Pálinkás works on post dramatic theater projects and is a PHD guest researcher at Slade School of Art. He is currently touring with Hungarian Acacia, a play presenting the story of an American tree that becomes a national symbol in Hungary, to examine the constructed nature of national identity and post factual, populist politics. He also works on a research project exploring the rehabilitation of the ancient ruins of Roma by the invasive plant Ailanthus Altissima, with the help of the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation Aachen Research Grant.

https://palinkasbencegyorgy.hu/