Tibor Hajas
Self-Fashion Show / Öndivatbemutató, 1976
Tibor Hajas’ short 35 mm film "Öndivatbemutató" (Self Fashion Show), produced at Balázs Béla Filmstúdió in 1976, suggests documentary methods before questioning them. On a busy square, passersby are stopped and asked to look into the camera for one minute in a pose of their own choosing, to present themselves as “models of their own fates.” The vulnerability and manipulability of the persons approached become apparent and are highlighted by the soundtrack added later. Image and sound form a montage: the “protagonists” appear as a “collection of beetles, an anthropological manual” (Hajas) and are instructed by three speakers in how best to present themselves. (Dóra Hegyi)
Tibor Hajas’ short 35 mm film "Öndivatbemutató" (Self Fashion Show), produced at Balázs Béla Filmstúdió in 1976, suggests documentary methods before questioning them. On a busy square, passersby are stopped and asked to look into the camera for one minute in a pose of their own choosing, to present themselves as “models of their own fates.” The vulnerability and manipulability of the persons approached become apparent and are highlighted by the soundtrack added later. Image and sound form a montage: the “protagonists” appear as a “collection of beetles, an anthropological manual” (Hajas) and are instructed by three speakers in how best to present themselves. (Dóra Hegyi)