In 2020, Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss won a residency at Akademie Schloss Solitude and he was awarded the Capa Grand Prize for his work Double Bond in the same year. The photo series explores his personal experience of his altered perception of the world, with his vision in focus. Neogrády underwent a brain tumour operation when he was still a teenager, which left him with a capacity to perceive only the left half of the field of vision in both eyes. During his recovery, when he had to relearn everyday movements such as walking, speaking and writing, he turned more seriously to photography as a potential means of self-expression. The artist constantly revises, reworks and interprets his own perceptual processes and his relationship to them. He does not illustrate; that is, he does not attempt the impossible – to show how he sees the world through his images, but rather, he turns to questions and observations about himself as a point of departure to explore deeper connections and create peculiar narratives. He also uses his experiences as a resource, treating them as part of his identity rather than taboo. He himself is visible in many of his works, standing on the other side of the camera and making himself the subject of his photographs. The final setup, the moment of the photograph’s creation then becomes unpredictable, partly contingent. Randomness and intuition are important elements not only in the creation but also in the presentation of his work. His performative works make sensitive use of space, creating loosely connected systems and situations that challenge our perception, encouraging us to follow the rhythm and logic of the work in our reception of the spectacle.

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