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Welcome to eidolon centre – our Budapest-based institution, the only international platform to focus on everyday photography.
We hold on to the belief that this genre is a valuable cultural artefact, positioned at the intersection of creativity and everyday routines. The visual heritage of everyday photographs forms the foundation of our exploration and storytelling.
These images are also capable of revealing hitherto unexplored narratives about the social, cultural, and political aspects of the times and places in which they were created. We think it is time to put this unique heritage of mankind into the very centre of our attention.
We invite you to scroll down and check out our future and past exhibitions, events, talks, and publications!
Talks on Everyday Imaging vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked
A two-day conference on the expansive phenomena of digital image worlds – with a special focus on contemporary everyday imaging on 13th and 14th of February, 2025. In collaboration with The Photographers' Gallery.
Siege 80 – an image rescue campaign organised by Fortepan and Eidolon
We are seeking never-before-seen photographs depicting the siege of Budapest in 1944!
Eidolon Club vol. 4 – Zolnay Pál: Fotográfia – screening
October 24, 2024, 6:30 PM, Cirko-Gejzír Cinema, Budapest
This year, we launched a monthly event series where we discuss, present, and showcase various aspects of everyday photography. In October, we will screen Pál Zolnay’s docu-fiction Photography (Fotográfia) at the Cirko-Gejzír cinema in Budapest, accompanied by a video essay created by us.
Eidolon Club vol. 5 – Narcissus in Bloom – Book launch and artist talk with Mattie Colquhoun
November 13, 2024, 18:00, Művház, Budapest
The UK-based writer, blogger and photographer based in the UK who published their latest book Narcissus in Bloom: An Alternative History of the Selfie in 2023. We invited the author to Budapest to do a book launch event and a public lecture on the art historical and philosophical context of the selfie and its related phenomena.
Eidolon Gear – wear and support Eidolon!
The first Eidolon Gear drop is here – with slogans related to everyday imaging. By buying one (or more) of these baseball caps you support us to be able to realise our mission: to be a unifying and dynamic platform dedicated to researching and showcasing everyday photography.
Eidolon Club vol. 2 – The path of paper-based family photographs to Facebook
May 23, 2024, 18:00, Virág Benedek Ház, Budapest
For the second Eidolon Club event, we invite the admins and most active members of self-organised everyday photography enthusiast online groups in Hungary to a public discussion combined with a photography screening. We would like to relive the tradition of looking at photographs together, which we might have experienced, perhaps many years ago, with the snapshots of relatives who had returned from a long desired vacation.
Events & Projects
November 13, 2024
Művház, Budapest
Eidolon Club vol. 5 – Narcissus in Bloom – Book launch and artist talk with Mattie Colquhoun
Club session
October 24, 2024
Cirko-Gejzír Cinema, Budapest
Eidolon Club vol. 4 – Zolnay Pál: Fotográfia – screening
Club session
until August 30, 2024
Eidolon Grant
Open call
June 6, 2024
Toldi Cinema, Budapest
Eidolon Club vol. 3 – An Impossible Project – screening
Club session
May 23, 2024
Virág Benedek Ház, Budapest
Eidolon Club vol. 2 – The path of paper-based family photographs to Facebook
Club session
April 18, 2024
Toldi Cinema, Budapest
Eidolon Club vol. 1 – And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
Club session
March, 2024
ISBN, Budapest
We are introducing the Eidolon Shelf
Books
February, 2024
The Photo Vault’s new episode covers Eidolon’s conference on everyday imaging
Podcast
January 18, 2024
Blinken OSA Archive, Budapest
In Visible Presence book launch and discussion
Book launch
December 12, 2023
Capa Center, Budapest
Questions about showcasing vernacular photography vol. 3 – Focusing on personality rights
Roundtable
December 12, 2023
Capa Center, Budapest
Sándor Kereki – The seventies from a boy’s perspective
Book launch
December 7, 2023 –
February 4, 2024
Capa Center, Budapest
Sándor Kereki - Budapest in the seventies from a boy's perspective
Exhibition
November 2, 2023
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Talks on everyday imaging - the analogue and digital realm of the vernacular
International talk event in Budapest
February, 2022
www.kerekisandor.hu/en
Sándor Kereki's online archive
Digital project
September 27 —
October 10, 2021
Írók Boltja bookshop
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