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MODEM turns 18.

The MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art enters its 18th year in 2024. From 26 to 28 September 2024, a three-day series of events will celebrate the coming of age of the 18-year-old pioneer of contemporary art.

The highlight of the event will include a varied program of events in 6 venues, 6 hours of concerts, a 2,500 m² exhibition space and 7 performances to make the celebrations unforgettable.

PROGRAM

THURSDAY (26 SEPTEMBER)

16:30 – 17:30 Replays: remembering, evoking, reinterpreting in the arts – Presentation of the journal Studia Litteraria (literary and cultural studies journal) – (lobby)
17:30 – 18:30 Curatorial guided tour by Szabolcs Süli-Zakar (in HUN) of the exhibition Mária Berhidi: Remembering the Present (2nd floor)
18:30 – 20:00 Institutional Fictions: The possibilities of an art faculty in Debrecen – exhibition opening (Project Space)

FRIDAY (27 SEPTEMBER)

17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30 Dance performance entitled Sirr of the Gradient Contemporary Ballet Debrecen, the dance company of the Csokonai National Theatre (3rd floor – Refik Anadol: Rumi Dreams)
19:00 – 20:30 Subtones concert (inner garden)
21:00 – 22:30 Balázs Zságer & Kati Katona’s immersive audiovisual performance (inner garden)

SATURDAY (28 SEPTEMBER)

10:00 – 11:00 Museum educational session with Kitty Csőke on the exhibition “Which Year Are You?” (ground floor)
10:00 – 10:45 Swinging with Zsuzsi Horváth (inner garden)
17:00-18:00 How did we get to the building projection? – Presentation by Zsolt László Bordos (multimedia room)
18:00 – 19:00 MODEM Award ceremony (inner garden)
Roundtable discussion with Ferenc Váradi, Krisztán Gábor Török and members of the Random Trip formation in connection with the exhibition ” Which Year Are You?” (Inner garden)
19:00 – 20:00 Guided tour of the exhibition “Which Year Are You?” by Szabolcs Süli-Zakar and Gábor Török Krisztián Süli-Zakar (ground floor)
20:00 László Zsolt Bordos building projection – (Baltazár Square)
20:30 – 21:00 Birthday party with a cake (inner garden)
21:00 – 22:30 Random Trip concert – Sena (Irie Maffia), Vavra Bence, MC Kemon (Irie Maffia), Szebényi Dániel (godfater.), Gudics Martin, Táborszky Bence, Delov Jávor, DJ Q-Cee (inner garden)
22:30 – 00:00 Spice Delicacy – Kisszántó DJ session (inner garden)

Tickets are available at the MODEM ticket office or online at modemart.jegy.hu.

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