Once Borszék used to be a flourishing health resort, and as a result of this also a lively commercial centre. The climate of the region and its main attraction, the special spring-waters, and last but not least the beauty of the countryside contributed to the development of a prosperous upper middle-class lifestyle. Unfortunately enough the series of historical events stopped this positive development. Today the destiny of Borszék and the conditions of its people does not present the dynamic of development but rather – especially from the point of view of culture and holiday-making – the image of decay. I have tried to document this unfortunate process, with main interest in the wonderful architecture of the turn of the century, set against the annual return of the once significant Jewish community, being keenly interested in the puritan – although impeccably preserved – Synagogue.

The inscriptions in Borszék are as they are, ruined fragments of texts left behind from other times, reflecting through their plain existence the present situation of the once prosperous holiday resort. New inscriptions can only be seen on the trucks – carrying off the mineral waters, the real essence of Borszék to all parts of the country. These trucks full of advertisements are always heading out of the settlement, never bringing anything, just leaving full of load. What is their load? Where do they take it? What do they do with it? What do they leave behind? What do they bring in exchange?

In my conception the virtual image-bazaar of Borszék will come into existence, including all kind of boards, advertisements, notice-boards, guide-posts – typical of Borszék. It will not have an inventorial, economical informational style, it might be continued on any rout by anyone who wishes, independently from me. It is going to store and present the aesthetic state of the advertisements, boards and name-plates of the town. This will be the basis of a data-base which will continuously grow during the period of the project, offering the possibility of further development after the finalization of the project as well.

Borszék by night

During the one-week stay here there will be created two different, separately recorded types of specimen (video).

1. THE SERIAL NUMBER OF VILLAS – the change from names (indicating private properties) to numbers (indicating state properties). The defective series of numbers indicate the present-day situation of ownership of the villas. The series extends from 1 to 71 but more than half of the villas still have numbers on them.
2. THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAS – and people, children around them. Broken social life heading towards failure.

If a leak appears on a certain reality-level, another dimension may become invisible.

Definition of the program
Survey, processing and documentation of the scalloped decorative designs of the specific timber-works, villas and fountains.

The seen relics, their resemblance to formerly seen similar sights lies close to my heart as I was born in Szováta, a holiday-resort offering a similar visual experience – reminds me of my childhood.

First of all photos are made of the sights, then every photographed object is measured and the original dimensions are noted down. In the next phase with the help of a computer program the photos are broken down completely to a contour line. The drawing expressed in a single line becomes the fragment of a remembrance, but at the same time it is the broken down, minimalised copy, the document of the inner happening, the internal filter.

The act of drawing of the contour line is performed with the aid of a plotter (computer) so that the processed document will appear on paper in its original dimension. It reaches the final stage as a filtered copy of the sight.

The problem of time arises here as well.

Time and space both give birth to forgetting.