Playing cards
METU x Ludwig museum – Card game for the Ludwig museum
About the art object: Bik van der Pol – Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol – Untitled (After Miklós Erdély) – Moszkva Square Project, 2003
“Their bronze chest is an homage to Miklós Erdély and one of his early actions (Unguarded Money, 1956). At the time of the 1956 revolution initiated by Erdély and his friends the Hungarian Writers’ Association left open, unguarded chests at different locations in Budapest, to raise money in support of the martyrs of the revolution.
In the 2003 project, Bik van der Pol’s chest stood open in the middle of the Moszkva Square in Budapest waiting for passers-by to put objects not needed by them anymore in, whilst others to take these out and use them.”
Concept
My idea was to create a game where players can collect objects which where common and popular in Hungary from 1956-2003 and exchange them between each other. Each player have to collect 10 objects to win. There are action cards that influence the gameplay. There are 4 object categories: Electronics, Clothing, Functional objects and Toys.