THE FUTURE CONTINUES

Artpool Art Research Center's traditional summer exhibition event at the Valley of Arts Festival in Kapolcs
July 24 – August 2, 2026

Kapolcs, Area 51 and Galántai House
(GPS): Kapolcs, Kossuth utca 51. és Kapolcs, Kossuth utca 53.

Curator: György Galántai

Websites:
https://www.artpool.hu/K51/2026/
https://www.artpool.hu/K53/2026/

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Sponsors: Artpool Foundation and Valley of the Arts Festival

Area 51

THE FUTURE CONTINUES TO BE BUILT — through observation — in the SMALL “SPACES OF WILL” that arise by chance, where everything that was previously impossible is now possible.

Galántai House

THE FUTURE CONTINUES TO BE BUILT in the space of “non-will,” where nothing that could be imagined is possible, yet IT CONTINUES TO BE BUILT—an unwanted FUTURE.

An interactive, immersive exhibition event that takes advantage of the natural features of this unique environment, spread across fourteen spaces, including thirteen audio spaces and nine video spaces.

A selection from several previous Artpool projects (Boglár Chapel Studio, EU–Hungarian Flags, Hands, Footwear, art “in the fourth dimension,” etc.), as well as audio and video documents, focusing on connections and contemporary contexts.
Virtual content and the physical environment enable visitors to interact naturally with mixed reality.

The Newkapolcs Gallery, Kapolcs’s first art exhibition space, opened 35 years ago in 1991 and operated until 1995 in the Galántai House, which was still in ruins at the time.
Here we look back on the early days of Artpool’s presence in Kapolcs:
https://artpool.hu/en/posts/newkapolcs-gallery-1991-1995

In accordance with holonic realism, the series of exhibition events consists of the interconnected Holonic Path / the path of disintegration (01-00) and the Holarchy Space / the space of self-transcendence (00-01).
From here, the process of creating ever-larger wholes and incorporating the previous ones can continue conceptually: holarchization.

Artpool’s “holonic” approach adapts Arthur Koestler’s theory, according to which every entity in society is a conscious and productive actor that fits into a natural hierarchy (holon). Not only the individual but also society itself appears as a subordinate within this natural hierarchy.

You can explore the artistic complexity of the exhibits in every corner of Area 51 and the Galántai House at your own pace via the links below:

exhibition spaces - K51: front garden / front cellar / loo / pigsty / wood storager / back cellar / kitchen / room / upper atticf / covered courtyard/ back garden / K53
soundscapes - K51: front garden / electricity meter / cesspool / loo / wood storage attic / back cellar / gazebo / covered courtyard / back garden / K53 : portal / sculpture window / wood storage / shed
video spaces - K51: front cellar / wood storage / backcellar / lower  attic / kitchen / upper attic / cobered courtyard / videoshed / K53: monitor