In the 1980s, the small communities active alongside the internal circle of the democratic opposition had the same objectives both in words and actions. One of them, the INCONNU Group, used the means of critical art during their operation that spanned from the late 1970s to 1989. Its founders launched the group in Szolnok, and then many people became affiliated with the community, and some of them now regard it as their own story. By now, the reminiscences of people – defined by friendships, different worldviews and shifts in their political preferences – viewing all this from different angles can provide the activists of today with valuable personal information.
The last event of the series "A state of emergency" in Pepita Ofélia Bár is an attempt to uncover this treasure through discussions that accompanied the documentary exhibition.

"HUNGARY CAN BE YOURS!" was the title of the exhibition organised by György Galántai (Artpool) in FMK (Young Artists’ Club) in 1984 (sub-title: "International Hungary"). The show, which also displayed works by the INCONNU Group, was instantly banned. At the time, the Budapest Gallery’s jury did not recommend the implementation of the exhibition to be organised with the participation of 46 Hungarian artists and 58 artists from 18 foreign countries, ’on professional grounds’; consequently, the authorities banned it. The documentation exhibited in the Pepita Bar is the graphic illustration of the spy’s report about this event, i.e. photographs of the works mentioned in the report.

Participants of the discussion: Péter Bokros, Róbert Pálinkás-Szűcs (INCONNU), Dóra Hegyi (Ludwig-stairs, Transit), Márton Gulyás (Krétakör), Gáspár ‪Papp (Student Network, The Constitution Is Not a Game Group) – in addition to the members of INCONNU, some credible representatives of the new generation were also asking questions at the discussion, while other participants included today’s social activists who appear in public with critical artworks or political actions in order to help us all to draw the necessary conclusions from many ’timeless’ stories many of us are familiar with.

Moderator: Rudolf Pacsika (fine artist)

Exhibition (from Artpool’s collection): Reproductions from the exhibition titled "Hungary Can Be Yours! / International Hungary" (Young Artists’ Club, 1984), and the spy’s report about the show.

The event was initiated by János Korodi (painter)

(Politics, science and art in 1984)

27 February 1984 - Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, selected writings by György Petri titled "Old Petri". Poems recited by Péter Vallai.

10 April 1984 - opening of the Xertox exhibition titled "Smile" in Bercsényi Club. Péter Bokros and Róbert Pálinkás were also present.

12 May 1984 - University Stage, Dixi (János Gémes) and Tamás Papp:
Moebius Magica - light show, music: Balaton band.

"Feel more, think and plan more, realise your plans and live through them; if you were unable to realise them, imagine that you did realise them. Live as if you had managed to realise them. Be complex, believe in various things, experience the human conditions randing from blushing to turning pale every day. die each day like Dionysos, and rise again like Dionysos. Be the hero of life!"

Miklós Erdély made his work titled Military Secret for the 1984 Orwell exhibition in Vienna. He attached the following text in the catalogue:

"At this exhibition I will attempt to call attention to the autocratic mechanism of the military industry that obliterates everything in its path. This phenomenon limits our awareness and destroys our personality and its consequences affect the foundation of the existence of human beings facing the unknown. I believe it is the most important factor that determines the global situation in 1984."