Central to the piece are the declassified secret service files compiled after the surveillance of Benyó's grandfather, a research engineer and political activist during Hungary's communist era.Our collaboration reimagines the architecture of the state archive, transforming it into a conceptual space representing totalitarian overreach through the excessive production of knowledge. O.J.A.I. contributes to this transformation by creating paranoid organizational atmospheres, conveyed through a series of fictional texts and modular sound compositions.
This project was developed by Dóra Benyó during her residency at ABA in 2024, which was generously supported by the Mondrian Funds.
Farrelly's practice is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
Image: Haus der Statistik by Chris Dreier
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