* sunshine * beautiful girls * hot cycler guys * banks of the Tisza * open air theater * Grand Café * “old” bridge with flowers * watching the musical clockwork * bathing in the sun on the Kárász street * walking home in the dawn on the Boldogasszony avenue * Christmas market with the odor of mulled wine * breakfast in the “loo-canteen” * university students * old guy with his mouth organ * “horse rump” * stamping through the dead leafs in the Liget * bridge fair * wine festival * old men and women sitting on the benches of the Széchenyi square * small pubs * street musicians * TIK * roaming in the botanic garden * the dragon boats * small distances * “Yellow”, which only true Szegedians do understand * Anna-bath * Nyugi * Zápor Jóska * foreigners * dance houses * parties on a ship * SZIN festival, where everybody turns out to be your friend * playgrounds * constant renovations * nostalgia tram * Art Nouveau * skating * paprika * “sunshine” houses * Sunday afternoons in the Zoo * the fact that you cannot get lost *
“Well, from my side it’s half empty or even emptier for me” comments Imre Huszár, the designer of one of the most minimalistic, yet most dense and most striking works. “Why? Because I think being born in a city is not enough in order to really love it. I like its measures, its landscape, its climate and of course the nice people I know here. But this is my personal life, not the life of the city. As a city Szeged has a rather rural taste. I believe the town has to be stirred up!” Fortunately half empty or half full, you can decide yourself, this is what Subjective Szeged is all about. It’s all about you and me, since Én vagyok Szeged (I am Szeged), as Lilla Felícia Bozóky’s bill-poster shows.
The first time I saw this street art exposition mentioned in the media was due to a scandal. Without doubt, Balázs Markulik’s works are the most controversial ones. And Szeged once more showed it’s “rural taste”. The (in)famous AZ meg Szeged (And that is Szeged) poster contains a hilarious visual pun. If you want, you can read it with a B and a D before and after the first word, respectively – this is how it becomes “F*ck you Szeged”. Somebody must have been very annoyed by this statement because the glass of this work got vandalized. I don’t think it was because of the hardly visible lines referring to the local culture-policy. Well, policy or politics?
My personal favourites were the works of Ferenc Kiss. One of his works pleases my fascination for knockers and door-handles, furthermore it shows that graphic art can become a dynamic dialogue between creator and beholder. He engages you into a little game with Find it to me!*, and invites you to stick your own personal impression onto Szeged, egyetlen szóval (Szeged in a single word). Last time I walked by it was fully with sticker notes. So don’t take yourself too seriously and don't be shy - it won't Hurt!
1. Balázs Burg
2. Imre Huszár
3. Balázs Markulik
4. Ferenc Kiss
