{"id":5694,"date":"2026-10-05T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:15:57","slug":"mate-dobokay-fixation-till-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fragmentation.fr\/en\/mate-dobokay-fixation-till-exhaustion\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e1t\u00e9 Dobokay \u2014 Fixation till Exhaustion"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"fragment-featured-image-5694\">body.postid-5694 .wp-block-cover:has(img.wp-post-image){min-height:0!important;aspect-ratio:auto!important;padding:0!important}body.postid-5694 .wp-block-cover img.wp-post-image{position:relative!important;width:100%!important;height:auto!important;object-fit:contain!important}body.postid-5694 .wp-block-cover:has(img.wp-post-image) .wp-block-cover__inner-container{display:none}<\/style>\n<div class=\"fragment-video\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1230493047\" title=\"Artwork video\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:2\/3;border:0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>An almost white sheet, curved edges, a shadow: photography becomes a material presence before it becomes an image. In <em>Fixation till Exhaustion<\/em>, M\u00e1t\u00e9 Dobokay pushes photographic fixer to the point where it can no longer stabilize the image. The depletion of a substance meant to preserve becomes the subject of the work.<\/p>\n<p>Published by Bigaignon on September 26, 2026, this video presents the work ahead of <em>Studies in Depletion<\/em>, announced at Bigaignon gallery, Paris, France, for October and November 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Born in P\u00e9cs in 1988 and based in Budapest, Dobokay explores the chemical reactions and supports of photography, often without a camera, at the boundary between image and object.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1230493047\">Bigaignon video<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/bigaignon.com\/mate-dobokay\">artist<\/a>. \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/256189673\/Fixation-till-Exhaustion\">Artist documentation<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Image licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An almost white sheet, curved edges, a shadow: photography becomes a material presence before it becomes an image. In Fixation till Exhaustion, M\u00e1t\u00e9 Dobokay pushes photographic fixer to the point where it can no longer stabilize the image. The depletion of a substance meant to preserve becomes the subject of the work. 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