The special thing about the exhibition, which is made up of images from family archives, is that the photographs on display, like the memories, slowly fade until they finally disappear completely. The works in the exhibition Before We Disappear were literally only on display from November 8th to December 5th, because as the title suggests, they slowly disappeared from the exhibition space. The pictures remained, of course, but they faded more and more day by day before they disappeared for good. Hungarian families – especially the older generation – and various institutions and organizations have many photographs and documents that have historical value. These photographs and documents can be damaged or destroyed over the years, which can result in the loss of not only the object, but also the associated story, memory and, with it, the value. The exhibition would like to preserve these memories and the stories associated with them for posterity, making them part of the collective memory, thereby enabling the completion of national historical analyses and the support of research. Based on the idea, an exclusive photo album with the same title as the exhibition was published at the closing event of the exhibition, where the rescued images of the most cherished treasures of Hungarian families can be seen. These photos will no longer disappear, and perhaps we ourselves will have a little more difficulty.
