Arion photography

KUDÁSZ, GÁBOR ARION

Looking at a map, parks are nice little green squares in the body of the city. They can be looked at as areas for future developments: factories, shopping centers and housing projects.
During a period of two years I documented decaying public areas in and around Budapest - before more profitable investments swallow them. I also tried to discover Wilderness on these footholds.

Parks are places of joy and revitalization. Parks are designed to evoke an imaginary view of the Garden of Eden, but urbanization is quite about the opposite. Cities were invented to escape the forces of Nature by creating controlled and calculable surroundings. In such an enviroment a park is a heart of nostalgia even if its origin is not natural in any way. Parks were created by people to simbolize the idea of Nature, but conquered and stripped from its forces. At the same time refugees who proved to be unable to fit in the new environment, or who are expelled from society, start to inhabit the green areas.

Some return to a place of voluntary exile, the artificial Paradise.

Pension, Gyepü utca / Panzió, Gyepü Street 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
5 of 5+Ap Sold out

36x30cm
c-print
8 of 25+Ap

Homeless, Páskom Woods / Hajléktalan, Páskom liget 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Playground, Fenyves Street / Játszótér, Fenyves utca 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

130x108cm
c-print, aluminium
3 of 3+Ap

Shelter, Szilas Creek / Hajlék, Szilas patak 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Undergrowth (Man and Son), Kerepesi Cemetery / Aljnövényzet, Kerepesi temetö 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Sleeping bag, Bikás Park / Hálózsák, Bikás park 2004

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

130x108cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 3+Ap

Sparkler, Szechenyi Memorial / Csillagszóró, Széchenyi emlékmü 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Husky, Liezen-Mayer Bouleward / Husky, Liezen-Mayer sétány 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

36x30cm
c-print
2 of 5+Ap

Tree, Gellért Hill / Fa, Gellért hegy 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Safety Light, Városliget / Biztonsági világítás, Városliget 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Footpath, Kerepesi Cemetery / Ösvény, Kerepesi temetö 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Addict, Kútvölgyi Road / Drogos, Kútvölgyi út 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Urns, Farkasrét / Urnák, Farkasrét 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

36x30cm
c-print
2 of 5+Ap

Rollerskater, Margit Island / Görkorcsolyázó, Margitsziget 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Available at YellowKorner

Evening Walk, Soroksári Road / Esti séta, Soroksári út 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Sleepers, Pop Festival / Alvók, Pop fesztivál 2005

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Tree, Népfürdö Street / Fa, Népfürdö utca 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
2 of 5+Ap

Relax, Köztársaság Square / Napfürdö, Köztársaság tér 2005

36x30cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Doberman, Margit Island / Doberman, Margitsziget 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Bench, Margit Island / Pad, Margitsziget 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Hotel, Martinovics Hill / Hotel, Martinovics hegy 2006

36x30cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap

Candle, Olimpic Park / Gyertya, Olimpiai park 2006

100x84cm
c-print, aluminium
1 of 5+Ap