A Spectre is Haunting Europe

A Spectre Is Haunting Europe is an open-ended artistic work that combines research and experimental practice. It brings together different media—documentary film, photography, video, and experimental sound—to explore how Europe and its political and social spaces are perceived today.

Images are treated not as something to be interpreted in a fixed way, but as elements that disrupt habitual ways of seeing. Inspired by a Rorschach-like approach, visual material becomes a surface onto which memory, fear, ideology, and imagination are projected. Meaning remains unstable and shifts depending on context and viewer.

The work moves through different European locations where history, politics, and everyday life intersect. It begins in commemorative sites in Normandy, where the past is often presented as a unified narrative. It then shifts into spaces of public protest, where this order is challenged and collective forms of expression emerge.

The trajectory culminates on the Greek islands, where the arrival of migrants by sea reveals the limits of Europe and raises questions about who is allowed to be seen and included. Hospitality is approached here not as a moral concept, but as a system that organizes visibility and social position.

A central question remains whether there is still space for political imagination—the ability to envision alternative forms of society—or whether Europe has entered a condition in which change has become difficult to imagine.

In parallel, the work forms the conceptual basis for a forthcoming feature-length documentary film. The film develops the collected material into a cinematic travelogue about Europe, combining encounters, staged situations, and observational elements.

Rather than following a single narrative, it builds a mosaic of places, voices, and experiences. Movement spans cities such as Warsaw, Normandy, and Tbilisi, and concludes on the island of Lesbos, a symbolic site where migration and ideas of Europe converge.

Experimental responses from participants of different backgrounds, gathered through participatory methods, add another layer. These contributions form a polyphonic portrait of Europe as it is experienced, remembered, and imagined.

No clear conclusions are offered. Instead, attention is directed toward the tensions and contradictions that shape Europe’s present condition, and toward how it is understood today.

Co-creators: Robo Mihály (Film Director, Cinematography) , Michal Vasiľ (Cinematography, Photography), Maté Csuport (Editor), Oleksandr Buhaiev (Sound Engineer), Alena Kapinajová (Executive Producer, Sound Assistant), Anna Mach Rumanová (Producer), Virág Emma Csuport (Art Director, Digital & VFX)

Video art / Photography Series - Estimated date of first presentation: Spring 2027

Feature-length documentary - Estimated date of premiere: August 2028