János Sugár’s contribution to the dash Virtual Gallery was a pioneering web project that bridged the physical and virtual realms of exhibition-making. Created in conjunction with his 1996 exhibition at Knoll Gallery Budapest, Sugár’s virtual gallery served as an interactive map that reimagined the physical gallery space in a digital environment. Part of the d@sh Virtual Gallery initiative — launched in 1994 by László Tölgyes and Ágnes Ivacs — this project was among the first Hungarian attempts to explore the interplay of analogue and digital art in the online space. The dash journal, originally a print publication focusing on art and philosophy since 1981, expanded its scope with this initiative by inviting artists to reflect on the possibilities of virtual environments. Sugár’s project resonated with the theoretical explorations of dash’s 1995 issue ‘Cyberscope’, which examined virtual reality’s implications. His virtual map not only mirrored his physical exhibition but also reflected on the evolving dynamics between tangible art spaces and their digital counterparts, offering an innovative commentary on how art adapts to and redefines new media landscapes.
Available in the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20000424100020/http://caesar.elte.hu/gondolat-jel/sugar/title.html
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