Rose Hill
Rózsadomb (Rose Hill) is among the highest hills on the west bank of the Danube in Budapest. It comprises District II, with the hills bordering it as a part of District XII. Both neighbourhoods are known for housing Hungary’s diplomats, politicians, and economic elite. The area is characterized by gated homes, numerous embassies, and some of the highest land prices in the country. Hungarians often cynically refer to these districts as places “where an easy life resides.”
This project was made while residing in district II and is a look from within. Ultimately, it’s a critique on the way Hungary’s current government is holding the Europian Union at arm’s length, defending values of a time past and obstructing progression at any given chance. With the Hungarian middle class being marginal, the gap in living standards between the upper- and working class is astronomical. A gap that those in power seem to want to maintain. These spaces, often occupied by those very same people, are a metaphorical mirror of that sentiment; walled up and dilapidated, feeling physically and mentally removed from both the country and its citizens.
Diary of a Modern Citizen
Rose Hill
Rose Hill
A visual meditation on the idea of home for anyone who has ever crossed borders in search of a new life. These photographs were taken during walks through two neighbourhoods in seperate countries, both in connection to the artist. They dwell on the desire to break free from one landscape while yearning to be anchored to another.
This series invites viewers to consider how identity is negotiated through place by searching for the physical traces that define it. Ultimately, the project asks a universal question: where do we locate a sense of belonging when our roots occupy different places?
Rózsadomb (Rose Hill) is among the highest hills on the west bank of the Danube in Budapest. It comprises District II, with the hills bordering it as a part of District XII. Both neighbourhoods are known for housing Hungary’s diplomats, politicians, and economic elite. The area is characterized by gated homes, numerous embassies, and some of the highest land prices in the country. Hungarians often cynically refer to these districts as places “where an easy life resides.”
This project was made while residing in district II and is a look from within. Ultimately, it’s a critique on the way Hungary’s current government is holding the Europian Union at arm’s length, defending values of a time past and obstructing progression at any given chance. With the Hungarian middle class being marginal, the gap in living standards between the upper- and working class is astronomical. A gap that those in power seem to want to maintain. These spaces, often occupied by those very same people, are a metaphorical mirror of that sentiment; walled up and dilapidated, feeling physically and mentally removed from both the country and its citizens.
Rózsadomb (Rose Hill) is among the highest hills on the west bank of the Danube in Budapest. It comprises District II, with the hills bordering it as a part of District XII. Both neighbourhoods are known for housing Hungary’s diplomats, politicians, and economic elite. The area is characterized by gated homes, numerous embassies, and some of the highest land prices in the country. Hungarians often cynically refer to these districts as places “where an easy life resides.”
This project was made while residing in district II and is a look from within. Ultimately, it’s a critique on the way Hungary’s current government is holding the Europian Union at arm’s length, defending values of a time past and obstructing progression at any given chance. With the Hungarian middle class being marginal, the gap in living standards between the upper- and working class is astronomical. A gap that those in power seem to want to maintain. These spaces, often occupied by those very same people, are a metaphorical mirror of that sentiment; walled up and dilapidated, feeling physically and mentally removed from both the country and its citizens.