OFF-Biennale Budapest OFF-Biennale Budapest
OFF-Biennale Budapest started in 2015 as a grassroots statement project that was to testify to the independence, resilience, and capability of the local art scene in Hungary. Started and sustained by a handful of art professionals, the one-time event has since turned into an independent platform where art engages with pressing issues, and the underlying dialogues and collaborations of artists, curators, researchers, students, and various civic groups and organizations can be nurtured and promoted on a local as well as international level. OFF has never applied for Hungarian public funding and, except for a few partnerships, rarely collaborates with state-run art institutions — a policy that, while it counters the project’s principles of cooperation, sharing, and serving the common good, is still deemed necessary in order to preserve freedom of expression and professional integrity.
