Bálint Szabó is a composer, musician, curator and interdisciplinary researcher. He completed his doctoral studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. His practice-based art research is entitled Speculative musical design in the creation of fictional worlds.
Co-curator of the Down To Earth lecture series at the French Institute in Budapest and former music curator of the prestigious contemporary art venue Trafó House of Contemporary Arts. His main artistic interests are non-standard musical sound systems and instrument design, speculative music design, ethnomusicology, decolonisation of hearing and ritual design.
His artistic work is manifested in his solo project Gosheven and his band Decolonize Your Mind Society. Gosheven’s debut album was voted best album of the year by the prestigious The Wire magazine, and his former band 12z has released albums on the label of legendary American producer Nicolas Jaar. Decolonize Your Mind Society has performed at prestigious international music festivals such as Donaufestival (Austria), Kyiv Biennial (Ukraine) and Fusion Festival (Germany).
Achievements
SHAPE Artist, 2018
The Wire magazin – The best album of the year, 2017
Publications
https://kortarsonline.hu/aktual/interju-szabo-balint-goshevennel.html
Artist’s website