BOTTLED YEARS

2023, audiovisual installation commissioned by the Sauska Winery 


In 2016, the Sauska winery acquired ownership of the almost 400 m long
section of the Budafok Historical Cellar System, to develop a sparkling wine aging cellar in it. During the construction works, a party room, presumably created during Socialism, was discovered which as a curiosity fully preserved its former atmosphere and was therefore not demolished. Due to the high humidity and lack of ventilation, the room was not ideal for tastings and events, however: anyone who entered here was immediately under its influence, so a new function had to be found for it.

Our installation is based on imagined events, keeping the emphasized atmosphere of the place. Here, we want to evoke different eras of the past up to the present day, mixed with concrete and abstract elements, both in sound and in sights, as a kind of "time traveling séance."

 
Concept: Pater Sparrow & Balázs Barna,
Production Designer: Pater Sparrow
Light & Sound Design, Music Supervisor, Programing: Balázs Barna 
Producer Sauska és Társa: Andrea Sauska 
Producer Beat Film: Timka Szabó 
LightTech Technical Manager: János Bodonyi
Electrical Engineer: Ferenc Oravecz
Sauska Budafok Managing Director: Ádám Hanusz
SFX: Károly Barnabás Princz, Szabolcs Princz, Tibor Cserkó
Assistant Production Designer: Adrienn Galamb
Foley artist: Balázs Győry
Voice Actors: Levente Törköly, Böbe Bodor, Máté Haumann, Edit Nagyistók
Sound Records: Imre Madácsi, Gaston Stúdió Kft.
Construction: András Honek, Balázs Bencze, Gábor Gacs
Set Decorator: Heni Nagy / NH Setdec 
Props: Bálint Pálmai
Food Stylist: Ágnes Kapolka
Buyer: Tibor Nyári
Transportation: Ferenc Laczkovics
Clearance: Orsolya Bánki, Luca Tréfás
Printing House: Színművek Kft.