BENEATH MY FEET, HOT WATER RISES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/eydmjy39

Keywords:

Heat, body heat, geothermal energy, travelogue, auto-ethnography, situated energies, warmth, heat exchange

Abstract

Geothermal heat, walking, and the energy of the artist’s body are the main characters in Dániel Máté’s Icelandic travelogue. Exploration and introspection merge to build relational knowledge in space.

Author Biography

  • Dániel Máté

    Dániel Máté is an artist, researcher and doctoral student at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, as well as an assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd Science University. He was a junior researcher in the research project EU4ART_differences. His artistic and research practice primarily deals with the ideology and politics of large scale infrastructures. Recently, he has been focusing mainly on the relationship between food production and the industrialisation of the home through the concept of body heat. His practice ranges from photography and text to large-scale installations. His works are frequently exhibited at prominent Hungarian exhibition venues such as the Budapest Gallery and the MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art. He presented his research at several international conferences and symposiums. He was also a co-editor of the book Approximating Borders: Artistic Research in Practice, published in 2023 by HUFA.

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Published

2025-02-21

Issue

No. 1 (2025): Edge of the Glacier

Section

Articles