RAJK, László
architect, scenery designer
(26 Jan. 1949, Budapest - )
honlap: www.rajk.hu
One-Man Shows:
1977 • Five Projects, Fészek Gallery, Budapest [with György Szegő]
1979 • Super Cesspit, Bercsényi Hall, Budapest
1980 • Window-Wall-Wall-Window, Bercsényi Hall, Budapest
1981 • Meeting with Gábor Bachman on the Bridge [with the Group 180 and Gábor Bachman], Bercsényi Hall, Budapest
1982 • The House of The Elongated Spirit [with Gábor Bachman and János Vető], Bercsényi Hall, Budapest • Architectural Tendencies, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest
1984 • Plánum/Sick House [with Gábor Bachman, Attila Kovács, Tibor Szalay and László Vincze], Almássy Square Leisure Centre, Budapest
1985 • Neue Linie in Ungarn [with Gábor Bachman, Attila Kovács, Tibor Szalay and László Vincze], Messepalast, Vienna
1986 • Plans [with Gábor Bachman, Attila Kovács and Tibor Szalay], Dorottya Gallery, Budapest
1987 • Light Suspended, Elac Galerie, Lyon
1991 • Broken Sculpture [with Gábor Bachman], Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen • Harashow [with Miklós Haraszti], House of Arts, Pécs (HU)
2000 • L'autre moitié de l' Europe [with Gábor Bachman], Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1983 • Revitalisation and reconstruction plans for town center of Keszthely [with Dezső Ekler, Katalin Gyarmathy, Bálint Nagy, Katalin Pikler + 75 architect], Hotel de Ville, Lille
1989 • Symmetry, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1994 • The 80’s. Fine Arts, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1995 • Hommage a Moholy-Nagy, Gallery '56, Budapest
1996 • Deconstructivists, House of Arts, Pécs (HU) • Budapest-Graz, Museum of Contemporary Art/Ludwig Museum, Graz • Radical Eclectic – Planned Destruction, Goethe Institute, Budapest
Publications:
Nyitott színház, Színháztechnikai Fórum, 1978/4.
Néhány dekonstruáló gondolat, Magyar Építőművészet, 1996/1.
Budapest, az átalakuló város, OMRI (Prague), 1997/5.
A lichtensteini berepülés veszélyes (strip cartoon, 1979, szamizdat edition, "Napló" annex)
Robot. Radikális eklektika - kölcsönzött evidenciák (collected scripts), Pécs, 2000.
Architectural Works:
1973: Lift Grid, Test Unit (member of the Nontecton group)
1978: Workers’ Hostel of The Refuse Recycling Plant, Budapest
1981: KÉV Workshop, Siófok (HU)
1982: Refuse Recycling Plant, Budapest [team leader architect: Antal Lázár]
1984: Atelier House, Mihály Károlyi Foundation, Vence [with Bálint Nagy]
1987: Meteorological Station (filmarchitecture); House of the Ethologist (filmarchitecture)
1989: Refuneral of the Martyrs of the Revolution 1956 (architectural installation [with Gábor Bachman]), Heroes’ Square
1995: Theatre of Studio K, Budapest
1996: Reconstruction works of the Corvin Cinema Multiplex [architect: Dezső Töreky]
1999: Collegium Hungaricum [with János Balázs and Írisz Borsos], Vienna
1999: Moulin Rouge [with Írisz Borsos]
2000: Budapest Historical Museum, Aquincum Museum Project, Part I. [with Balázs János]
2001: Lehel Market Hall [with János Balázs].
Exhibition Design Works:
1994: Holocaust in Hungary, Budapest Historical Museum, Budapest
1996: Memorial Exhibition of Imre Nagy, Budapest Historical Museum, Budapest; The Representation of 1956 in the Press, French Institute, Budapest; Millennium in K.u.K. frame, Rathaus, Vienna
1998: "Born of a Metropolis", Budapest Historical Museum, Budapest
2000: Samizdat. Alternative Culture in Central Europe (organized by the Akademie der Künste, Berlin and the Forschungstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen).
Competitions:
1971: METESZ Hall [with Zsuzsa Szűts]
1977: Ideal Theatre (Paris)
1978: „Turn in – Turn out” (project for the Bercsényi Club); Building for the Feszty-cyclorama (master school, entrance examination)
1979: Picture Gallery, Szombathely
1981: Revitalisation and reconstruction plans for town center of Keszthely [with Dezső Ekler, Katalin Gyarmathy, Bálint Nagy, Katalin Pikler + 75 architect] 1983: Opera de la Bastille [international, Paris, with János Balázs and Endre Borza]
1986: Bulwark of Resistance [international, Japan, with Gábor Bachman, Miklós Haraszti and György Konrád]
1989: Memorial '56 , 301. parcel
1990: „Lying like the Bridge” - EXPO competition Vienna [international, with Gábor Bachman, Miklós Haraszti and György Konrád].
Filmarchitecture Works:
1979: Martinovics (MTV, director: Elek, J.); Version (BBS, director: Erdély, M.)
1981: Time Stands Still (Budapest Film Studio, director: Gothár, P.)
1983: The Dog’s Night Song (Plusz Studio, with Gábor Bachman, director: Bódy, G.)
1985: Time Suspended (Budapest Film Studio, director: Gothár, P.)
1986: Lenz (with Lujza Gecser, BBS, director: Szirtes, A.)
1987: Miss Arizona (with Gábor Bachman, director: Sándor, P.)
Little Red Riding-Hood (Budapest Film Studio, director: Mészáros, M.)
1988: Forced March (A-Pix, MTV, director: King, R.)
1989: Music Box (director: Costa, Gavras); Don’t Disturb! (Objektív Film Studio, director: Szász, J.)
1992: Latcho Drom (M., Gavras, director: Gatlif, T.)
1994: Holocaust in Hungary (director: Jancsó, M.)
1995: Thats Life Azarel (MTV/Studio of Young Artists-Hunnia Film Studio-MaMe, director: Sára, J.)
1997: When the Trumpets Fade (HBO NY., director: Irwin, J.)
1998: Crime and Punishment (Hallmark, director: Sargent, J.)
2000: The coldest night (MTV-Mythberg Film, director: Gothár, P.); The Prince and the Pauper (Hallmark Ent., director: Foster, G.)
Stage Design:
Różewicz: Starving Artist (1978, Ódry Stage, director: Szikora, J.)
Kafka: The Trial (1979, National Theatre of Pécs, director: Szikora, J.)
Witkiewicz: Moorhen (1980, National Theatre of Miskolc, director: Fodor, T.)
Nádas: Cleaning (1980, Kisfaludy Theatre of Győr, director: Szikora, J.)
Promenence: The Elephant Man (1981, Pest Theatre, director: Kapás, D.)
Hrabal: Bambini di Praga (1981, Kisfaludy Theatre of Győr, director: Szikora, J., with Gábor Bachman, Miklós Erdély, István Haraszty, Gyula Pauer, György Szegő and Bálint Nagy)
Hobo Blues Band: Hunting (1984, Budapest Sport Hall, director: Szikora, J. [with Gábor Bachman])
András Jeles - László Melis: Dramatic Events (1985, Petőfi Hall [with Bálint Nagy])
Monteverdi Wrestler Circle (1985, director: Jeles, A.)
Kafka: The Castle (1989, Szigligeti Theatre of Szolnok, director: Fodor, T.)
Eörsi, István: The Right to the Last Word (1989, Játékszín, director: Babarczy, L.)
Kárpáti, Péter: The River is down the Road (1990, Pest Theatre, director: Szikora, J.)
Hobo: Jim Morrison (1992, Merlin Theatre, director: Szikora, J.)
Bódy-Brjuszov: Angel of Fire (1993, National Theatre of Pécs, director: Szikora, J.)
Hobo: I love you Budapest (1994, Radnóti Theatre, director: Valló, P.)
Parti Nagy, Lajos: The Body-Angel (1995, Merlin Theatre, director: Tasnádi, M.)
E., Albee: Delicate Balance (1996, Játékszín, director: Tordy, G.)
Bergman-Sondheim: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1997, Madách Theatre, director: Szirtes, T.)
S., Becket: End Game (1997, Komédium, director: Darvas, I.-Jordán, T.).
Bibliography:
Esterházy, P.: Egy építészeti kérdéshez, Magyar Építőművészet, 1986/2.
Wines, J.: De-Architecture, Rizzoli, New York, 1987
Hegyi, L.: Élmény és fikció, Pécs, 1991
Fényi, T.: Faltörő ház Bécsben, Octogon, 1992/2.
György, P.: A mulandóság építészei, Filmvilág, 1986/5.
Duplan, C.-Giret, V.: La vie en rouge, Seuil, Párizs, 1994
Harris, F.: The Dissidents. Interjú ~val, The New York Times, 1999. november 7.
Mornement, A.: Hungary Abroad, World Architecture 80, 1999/10.
Konrád, Gy.: ~ kiállítása elé, Élet és Irodalom, 2000. november 3.
Demszky, G.-~-Sasvári, E.: Földalatti vonalak / Underground Lines / Untergrundlinien, Pécs, 2000
L'Autre Moitie de l'Europe, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, CD-ROM, 2000
Csizmadia, E.: A magyar demokratikus ellenzék, Budapest, 1995
György, P.: Néma hagyomány, Budapest, 2000
Boros, G.: Emlékművek 56-nak, Budapest, 1997
Peternák, M.: Ravatal, Budapest, 1990
SAMIZDAT, Edition Tehmen, 2000.

