Culture Hero

“The culture hero is neither a vocation, nor a disease, which is a probable reason why nobody never systematically engaged in standardization of that status, although the culture hero existed in ancient native mythologies as an inventor, revolutionary, clan founder, sometimes a trickster or semi-god. We are left with a question – who is the culture hero today? In any case, proclamation of the culture hero is an extremely democratic act, since s/he is chosen by majority. An individual can have his/her hero who, as a rule, remains anonymous, outside the collective memory. The culture hero is a social category and a cultural phenomenon that can be observed at both national and global levels. BQ_2 has a chance of deepening the theme of the culture hero, presuming that social conditions in each of four neighbouring countries (Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia) generate other and different heroes.”

(Sabina Salamon on the behalf of the curatorial team)

Mark Pozlep, The Final Battle, 2007