Fusi (hungarian term) : illegal private production performed with the available machinery in Socialist factories, for personal gain or as the last resort for self-expression.

To experiment with this concept, I organized a race with two forklift drivers from a factory in the factory district of Budapest. I proposed a challenge to see who the better driver was between them. The significant aspect of this performance was that the race took place during their working day. They were actually paid by their factory during the race, engaging in a genuine Fusi moment that I choreographed. By turning it into a game, I aimed to amplify the function of the game as a means to challenge a system, an institution, or – in this case – a working day at the factory. The game served as a strategy to redefine norms and rules.

Direction: Clément Carat
Camera 2: Theofanis Dalezios
Sound: Gergel Hory
Production: Gabor Feher, Agota Sz K

This video was produced with the help of the Csepel Bike Factory.

What I admire about the Cabezudo sculptures, a staple in Spanish carnivals for centuries, is their ability to come to life. They always bring to mind the tale of Dedalus, who sculpted nature so masterfully that people feared his creations would awaken and flee, prompting them to chain the sculptures at night. You can touch and interact with the Cabezudos, engaging in fights or play. However, I didn't want to caricature others. Typically, Cabezudos are crafted to mock individuals. Thus, I enlisted a Cabezudo artisan to create one with my own likeness. To modernize it, I had it cast with mimetic materials like silicone, commonly used in cinema for special effects. The outcome is a sculpture that appears oddly alive, perhaps a touch solitary or surprised with its wide-open mouth. It's as though this sculpture is navigating life on its own terms.

Direction: Clément Carat
Master Cabezudo: Ramon Aumedes
Production mold, traditional cabezudo: Taller Saradanca, Aumedes family
Production silicone and mimetic materials: Studio Abajo, Pedro Rodriguez Abajo
Clothes: Aurélien Lepetit.

Project produced during a residency at the Casa de Velazquez, French Academy in Madrid.

Service après vente (customer service) is a project I produced in 2018

At that time, I was living in Paris (France), where I experienced a certain form of loneliness. Noticing that most of the forms of socialization are related from one form to another to process of consumption. I took the ironic and humouristic stand to contact major companies through their customer services to request assistance in socializing in this new city. I employ obvious irony by showing, or rather having the audience listen to, how I try to purchase goods in order to enhance my charisma, sociability, and popularity. Behind this futile quest, which does not hide its comedic aspect, I reveal the obvious emptiness of the race for possessions, as well as the somewhat absurd attempts of these sellers and, more generally, of multinational companies they represent to fulfill my (our) social desires.