This year's aqb Open House festival has chosen a chemical concept as its slogan. Zymurgy means fermentation and fermentation technology, the knowledge of everything related to the process. It is easy to understand all this metaphorically and, if necessary, self-ironically, because fermentation is close to art: fermentation is a natural process, if certain conditions are met, fermentation creates new qualities, fermentation releases great energy, fermentation is exciting, fermentation signals change. From the 24th to 26th of May, the dynamic artistic community of the former Haggenmacher brewery will be on show, from the roof terrace to the cellar, in a variety of locations: the ambiance of the studios, the abundance of permanent and occasional exhibition spaces, the coup de theatre in the performances and the vortex of musical events will shape this simmering but ever more sure-footed festival.
Stay with us from Friday afternoon all the way till Sunday if you are curious to see what an extraordinary mix of so many elements can create;)

24 May (Friday)

3 - 8 pm
⇢ ALONG COMMON BORDERS - aqb Project Space
Exhibiting artists: BOGLÁRKA BÖRCSÖK - ANDREAS BOLM, JÁNOS BRÜCKNER (IN COLLABORATION WITH MÁTÉ FILLÉR, ZÁGON NAGY AND OTTÓ SZABÓ), ANDI GÁLDI VINKÓ, ESZTER MAGYAR, ZSÓFI KOZMA, DANI MARCEL, MONTAG MODUS (THOMAS SCHAUPP), ANDRÁS NAGY-SÁNDOR, PANNI NÉDER, NORBERT OLÁH, SUZANNA RANOVICH - WANDA MARTIN, HANNA RÉDLING - FÁBIÁN KIS JUHÁSZ, KÁROLY TENDL, DÁVID VÁRHEGYI, DOROTTYA VÉKONY
Curator: ZSU ZSURÓ

3 - 10 pm
⇢ GÁBOR KOÓS, MARK VON ROSENSTIEL don’t worry, I’m just a hop, skip, and jump away - Mines
installation

3 - 8 pm
⇢ Exhibition of the BME Artist Residency Programme - Nest
Exhibiting artists: ÁDÁM BORUZS, JAVIER APARICIO FRAGO, OLGA KOCSI

3 - 8 pm
⇢ VANDA HUMINILOWICZ - C1
pop-up exhibition

3 - 8 pm
⇢ ORSOLYA NYÍRI + GÁBOR KRISTÓF - On the way to the Garden
pop-up exhibition

5 - 9 pm
⇢ Zymurgy performance-series - J2, B20, Sublevel, A26, Mines
5 - 9 pm KRISTÓF KELEMEN : Necromancy - J2
6.30 - 7 pm IMRE VASS: Reading the room - B20
7.30 - 8 pm GERGŐ FARKAS : Babes - Sublevel
8.30 - 9 pm ÁRON PORTELEKI, TAMARA ZSÓFIA VADAS: Crater ( _ before beginning_) - Mines

9 pm - 6 am
⇢ SPEEDRUN+++FAMILY FAST - Mines
ADORABLESTEAK96, T-RIPPER, GAINZ, ANTONIA XM, AMBLIO, MIASTIX, SELIB && DJ VIVI, AUTISMUS3000, DJ GIGASET, L3WII, DJ SILENTWEAKER

25 May (Saturday)

2 - 8 pm
⇢ ALONG COMMON BORDERS - aqb Project Space

2 - 8 pm
⇢ GÁBOR KOÓS, MARK VON ROSENSTIEL don’t worry, I’m just a hop, skip, and jump away - Mines

2 - 8 pm
⇢ Exhibition of the BME Artist Residency Programme - Nest

2 - 8 pm
⇢ VANDA HUMINILOWICZ - C1

2 - 8 pm
⇢ ORSOLYA NYÍRI + GÁBOR KRISTÓF - On the way to the Garden

3 - 7 pm
⇢ Open studios - buildings A, C, D, E, F
Participating artists: LILI AGG, SZILVIA BOLLA, BORI BALÁZS, CHRISTA BARTESCH, LŐRINC BORSOS, CREATURE FURNITURE, ENDRE CSERNA, PATRÍCIA HARSÁNY, MÁTÉ JANKY, ZOLTÁN JÓZSA, JÚLIA KEREKES, STELLA KOLESZÁR, GÁBOR KOÓS, MÁTÉ KOVÁCS, ÉVA KÖVES, GÁBOR KRISTÓF + IVETT PÁSZTOR / RAL5050, ÁRON LŐDI, TAMÁS MELKOVICS, ESZTER METZING, ZSOLT MOLNÁR, ESZTER NAGY, ORSOLYA NYÍRI, NUFOLKLORE STUDIO, ZSUZSANNA SINKOVITS, NELLI SZABÓ, NÓRA SZABÓ, ÁDÁM SZÉLL, PÉTER TELLER, DOMINIKA TRAPP, VALENTINA VÁRHELYI, KRISZTA ZATYKÓ, TBA…

3 - 7 pm
⇢ PATRÍCIA HARSÁNY + NELLI SZABÓ: Room for stopovers - D8
pop-up exhibition

3 - 4 pm
⇢ Walking tour in the former Haggenmacher Brewery guided by Viktória Gyönki, museologist

3 - 4 pm
⇢ BOGLÁRKA BÖRCSÖK - ANDREAS BOLM: Figuring Age - aqb Project Space
performance

4.30 - 5 pm
⇢ Guided tour by the artists at the exhibition of the Exhibition of the BME Artist Residency Programme - Nest

5 - 6 pm
Literary evening by the Szépírók Társasága - Nest

5 -7 pm
⇢ BLAKE HARGREAVES - Courtyard
music

6.30 pm - 12 am
⇢ LAMENT - 4D Space
Exhibiting artists: BARNABÁS BÁCSI, LŐRINC BORSOS, ASZTRID CSATLÓS, EDEN_JENESES & OMON WYNFRYTH, ÁDÁM HORVÁTH, ÁGOSTON BALÁZS KISS, ÁRON LŐRINCZ, ESZTER METZING, BEÁTA SZABÓ, NOÉMI SZÉCSI
Curator: BETTINA BENCE
exhibition opening

6.30 pm - 12 am
⇢ LAHMABEND - Foyer
Torso & Donald Kacsa Klub
radio party

7 - 8 pm
⇢ BOGLÁRKA BÖRCSÖK + ANDREAS BOLM: Figuring Age - aqb Project Space

8 pm - 2 am
⇢ ZAJ+ za- ʐ∀ʝ z----Z---⍺⍺⍺⍺-- ⍺j +---☆☆--+--- <<< zzzzz - Mines
(1) felhasználó + vessel, big_floppaboy, esze_veszett, Fejlesztési Iroda, Halálsor, korcs, macskalány, Mike Nylons, riumare

26 May (Sunday)

2 - 6 pm
⇢ LEGIO WORKSHOP - studio of Borsos Lőrinc / A16

2 - 6 pm
⇢ COLLAGE WORKSHOP with Zsófia Kozma - aqb Project Space

2 - 6 pm
⇢ ALONG COMMON BORDERS - aqb Project Space