Artist: Marina Razheva
Assistance and witnessing: Dmitry Razhev
Date: December 2016; 28 March 2026
Location: Cella Septichora, Pécs; Stone Sea, Szentbékkálla, Hungary
Type: Photography, site-specific action
Materials: Photographic prints
Site conditions: Stone, natural light, wind
Dimensions / Duration: Variable
Work description
Stone Score connects colour photographs made in December 2016 at Cella Septichora in Pécs, Hungary, with a site-specific action carried out on 28 March 2026 at the Stone Sea near Szentbékkálla, Hungary.
The photographs record a pattern revealed by sunlight passing through the stone of the entrance door, seen from inside the building. The translucent and opaque areas of the rock formed lines resembling a musical score. The photographs were made without processing, preserving the appearance of the stone at that moment.
In 2026, printed copies of the photographs were temporarily placed in a narrow stone corridor. Wind displaced the sheets, changing their arrangement. After documentation, all prints were collected and removed.
If something was recorded but no one could read it, was it a record all along?
Context
Stone Score approaches photography as a record of a visual event that the artist did not create. The translucent and opaque areas of the rock were already there, becoming visible through a particular combination of sunlight and architectural conditions.
Source Images
December 2016 — Cella Septichora, Pécs, Hungary
Colour photographs of lines and shadows in the stone of the entrance door, lit from behind by the sun and viewed from inside the building. The photographs were made without processing.
2024 — Cella Septichora, Pécs, Hungary
Photographs of the entrance door, viewed from outside before the museum opened. In the warm season the door stands open during opening hours.
Realization
28 March 2026 — Stone Sea, Szentbékkálla, Hungary
Site-specific action with photographic prints. Documentation of the action was followed by the collection and removal of all prints.
Related pages
Project: Stone Score
Story & Archive: TRACES OF THE WORK