AUGMENTING PERCEPTION
“My artistic
research investigates perception and looking for the possibilities to develop and
augment it. My installations based on experiencing, rediscovering and
reinterpreting different phenomena. Traditional and new
media techniques mixed in the
artistic process. I’m especially interested in light and the invisible. I use
mostly natural materials because my work also dedicated to the protection of
the environment. I work mainly on site-specific projects, with a focus on
engagement with places and communities. I often refer to the collective memory
– and use archives – to introduce different cultures, and juxtapose them with
contemporary issues. I am interested in perception because the way of looking
things can be used to unite and overcome, as much as to divide and
shut out. I believe that the role of the artist in this process is unique,
and through a continual exploration embodies a novel perspective. Throw my
activity I question the way of seeing, and I generate interaction between
different perceptions.” Tamas
Szvet
“The works of Tamás Szvet, are essentially
conceptual and intermediary. He is a complex thinker with a holistic approach
who deeply believes that systematic scientific research as well as background
studies on art history and theory are integral parts of the process leading up
to the work. The result of this research-centered attitude is that the themes of
his creations – or his artistic experiments – focus on ontological issues
through pragmatic natural sciences. Consequently, the wide spectrum of the
materials he uses is always subordinated to the concept: in addition to
traditional materials and the classical video recorder and projector, he often
adopts procedures or techniques from physics and digital technology
(reflection, light, shadow, and their behavior in some special medium, such as
vapor or augmented reality)…”* Noémi SZABÓ, (art historian; curator)
* Noémi SZABÓ: Light
and Shadow - VISION, Pauker Collection, Pauker
Holding Kft. ISBN 978-615-5456-37-4, 2018