What should we do today with classic tools such as encyclopaedias, atlases and lexicons, when objective facts have less and less bearing on public opinion as much as arguments based on emotions and personal beliefs? The central element of this exhibition by Gábor Gerhes is his namesake 368-page pictorial atlas, which awaits visitors inside the churchyard of the Kiscelli Museum. The ecclesiastical setting in a former monastery proves apt for the storage of traditional fonts of knowledge. With this book in hand, you have before you the concept of a world that is eerily familiar, yet not entirely your own.
