RÉKA SZABÓ
My work explores the subtle relationships between nature, memory, and human presence. I create site-specific installations that emerge from attentive encounters with each place, responding to its textures, atmospheres, and cultural traces. Each project begins with close observation, allowing the site itself to shape the conceptual and material direction of the work.
I come from a Transylvanian Hungarian background, where the close presence of mountains, forests, and traditional culture shaped my sensitivity to landscape and cultural authenticity. My background is graphic, but since 2013, when I completed my institutional studies, I felt increasingly limited by two-dimensional formats. I wanted to step out of the “frame” and engage directly with space, matter, and the living environment, letting natural forces become active collaborators in the creative process.
Using natural and locally sourced materials, I build site-specific, interactive structures that shift with light, wind, time, and human presence. These works are not fixed objects but evolving presences within their surroundings, shaped by environmental conditions and the viewer’s movement. Today, graphic thinking remains part of my process mainly through functional sketches and technical drawings, while the core of my practice lies in creating spatial, site-responsive gestures that cultivate awareness of the landscapes we inhabit and the fragile balance we share with them.