Fruzsina SPITZER
She graduated in Visual Culture Studies from the University of Szeged. Since 2007, she has been creating experimental short films and hybrid animated documentaries (HANIMADOK). She has served as a curator of the Hungarian Electrographic Art Association since 2017 and as its vice-president since 2020. She has been a member of the Symposion Society since 2018. Between 2019 and 2021, she participated in projects conducted by the VR Learning Center at Széchenyi István University. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists and the John von Neumann Computer Society, as well as the layout editor of the journal Apertúra.
In her works of visual art and moving image, her figures evoke the formal world of automata, combining elements of nature with fragments of human-made objects and technological media. Since 2021, she has been exploring the creative potential of collaboration between artificial intelligence and the visual arts. Her writings have appeared in journals including Apertúra, Új Művészet and Képírás, as well as in the Képírás Füzetek series.
Working as an artistic duo since 2007, they create experimental short films, animations, video installations and hybrid animated documentaries (HANIMADOK). Their works are regularly presented at exhibitions and film festivals in Hungary and internationally.
Their artistic practice centres on alternative image-making processes and the dialogue between humans and technological media. They approach devices traditionally used for documentation or data collection as potential creative collaborators. Since 2013, they have used flatbed scanners as image-making tools that both replace the digital camera and extend its possibilities. They began incorporating robotic telescopes into their practice in 2015, followed by generative imaging systems in 2021. The resulting works combine visual fragments from diverse sources with natural forms, machine operations and human interventions.
Across their visual art and moving-image works, they examine the role of technological media in shaping reality, the anthropomorphisation of machines, and the ways in which space-based media influence our understanding of the cosmos, the Earth and ourselves.
Alongside their independent artistic practice, they have spent nearly two decades producing documentary reports and portrait films for artists, museums and galleries. Their curatorial projects involve collaborations with other artists to create video installations and screening programmes. Their theoretical writings on technological media and contemporary art have been published in specialist journals and art publications.
Dénes RUZSA
He completed his studies at the University of Debrecen. His research focuses on media and cultural studies, particularly digital art and new media art. Since 2007, he has been creating experimental short films, experimental animations and hybrid animated documentaries (HANIMADOK).
He has served as a curator of the Hungarian Electrographic Art Association since 2017 and has been a member of the Symposion Society since 2018. Since 2024, he has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists and a founding member of the Computer Art Section of the John von Neumann Computer Society.
Space art is a central area of both his artistic practice and theoretical research. He explores how telescopes, space probes, rovers and other space-based media shape our perception of the cosmos, the Earth and, ultimately, ourselves. His writings on art theory, media culture and contemporary visual art have appeared in journals including Új Művészet, Kortárs, Balkon, Országút, Képírás and Artcadia.
