Pax Romana group: 'Obscene' remixed by Dan Perjovschi

Our work 'Obscene', already exhibited in Budapest before, was sent to Bukarest, to take part in the Zilele Strambe, organised by the Caminul Cultural. Considering, that the most important part of this work is definitely the story itself, we invited Dan Perjovschi, the only romanian artist, we had heard about, to help us communicating this complex story, in a new context. We asked Dan to make drawings about our experiences around this exhibition in Budapest, by not spending more than one hour to implement them and we have offered the same amount of money for his work, as a cheap hungarian prostitute would get for the same amount of time. But he donated back the money for our group and contributed this exhibiton with his work for free. The drawings of Perjovschi were copied on the walls of atelier35 by Gyula Muskovics, the curator of the exhibitions 'Exposed', member of Pax Romana group.

"I encourage you to dumpster dive"

"The mayor of Budapest’s 8th district (one of the most economically disadvantaged urban neighborhoods of the city) declared a war against the homeless in March of 2011. An edict was published at that time which made dumpster-diving an illegal act punishable by fines. Kocsis’ fight against this most vulnerable layer of society was only an amplification of policies already put in place in Budapest by Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós (both mayors represent Fidesz, Hungary’s leading party). Tarlós’ law targets homelessness per se: anyone found guilty of “having a life-style of living on the streets” – i.e. not only “being” on the street, but being on the streets for life – is punishable by a fine of up to 50,000 Hungarian forints. Currently that is the equivalent of 225 USD or 167 Euros."
Source: The Contrarian Hungarian
A three year suspended sentence was passed down by the Pest Central District Court for Norbert Ferencz, a social worker who urged others to reach into trash-cans in protest of the prohibition, in Budapest’s 8th district, against dumpster-diving.
Source: The Contrarian Hungarian


It seems, then: only the size, the color and the owner of the dumpster is important...

/Protest against the criminalization of homelessness, november 11, 2011, Budapest, 8th district./
Original video: here, from the 14th min.