The “Work in Context” symposium and exhibition have been held three times at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME). The most recent event, in 2021, was an international meeting of Central and Eastern European (CEE) photography, focusing on contemporary art and its social contexts. In addition to lectures, panel discussions, and workshops, an exhibition showcasing the participants’ works was also featured. The symposium aimed to explore new perspectives in photography and support the development of the CEE photographic community while providing the audience with insights into current trends.

 

The graphic and exhibition design aimed to shape the visual character derived from everyday life in the CEE region. To achieve this, we designed a font for the website that appeared to be made from black tape. When the exhibition could be realized on a larger scale after COVID, we incorporated this effect in practice, creating a modular font that our team individually assembled. This process, carried out with minimal tools but significant analog effort, reflected the puritan, brutalist, and CEE stylistic elements of the exhibition and the font design.

 

https://workincontext.mome.hu/