Visual artist Ákos Rajnai creates
Before settling in Budapest in 2008 I lived
the Hungarian fashion industry. There is
photographic works that shine with
in Pécs, a small city in the country where
a lot of talent; you can see great works
confidence, and that draw from
I worked as a photoreporter in parallel
in visual art, fashion design, and in the
his interest in looking beyond the
with my university studies. I reported from
domain of visuality, and many young
formalities of fashion to explore
a vast number of local events. I lived to
people achieve a lot on the mainstream
an editorial story’s shapes and
the heartbeat of the city, I could identify
market.
soul. For the Summer 2014 issue of
with it very much. I feel much more like
NeverLazy Magazine, the Budapest-based
an outsider in the capital, which is also
What does a typical day in your life look
photographer teamed up with stylist
down to the fact that I have changed, too.
like?
Orsolya Poppre to create What’s On Her
The whole country, as well as the captial,
Mind, a stunning shoot that conveys a
has an air of frustration. There are social,
My days are characterised by their
cool, contemporary atmosphere through
political, ethnic and cultural-economic
mornings and evenings. Every morning,
beautifully soft colours and light.
fault lines overflown by tension. And the
my darling and I meditate. In fact, for
most saddening thing is that the political
us, this is about soothing ourselves and
Who is Akos Rajnai? How has your
elite is very much interested in sustaining
listening inside. She is Tünde Újszászi, a
hometown, Budapest, influenced your
these circumstances. To be more precise, it
designer and artist who also likes to use
identity as a creative?
thinks it is interested in that. I do not have
her creativity on the frontiers of genres, so
a desire to identify with this; as a creative
we have a lot of common projects such as
This is a difficult question, indeed. In
I feel comfortable as an observer in this
installations and video art. A typical day
just a few words: I am an experimental
environment.
also involves keeping my finger on the
photographer and video artist; someone
pulse of different international scenarios.
who likes to cooperate, who does not direct
The provincial lifestyle, thanks to the small
The rest of my time is taken by current
but rather observes, who does not want
size of this country, has a really positive
projects.
but rather accepts. I could not possibly do
effect on those who want to break out
something else other than what I am doing
from the micro-market environment of
right now.
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