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Bucuresti 22 iulie /// Anaid Art Galery /// ora 19
Galati 24 iulie /// Mondart Galery /// ora 19
Tirgu-Mures 26 iulie /// Teatru 74 /// ora 19
Arad 28 iulie /// KF /// ora 19

Vernisaj TV

Tate Modern, Level 2 Gallery: Temporary Project by Matei Bejenaru

Level 2 Gallery: Temporary Project: Matei Bejenaru
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 September

During the coming year an artist will be invited to do a weekend-long temporary project in the Level 2 Gallery between each exhibition. The first will be Romanian artist Matei Bejenaru who will present a project with and about illegal Romanian migrant workers in the UK.

Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London

Tate Modern, London SE1
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/level2gallery/

Workshop and re-opening of the INTERACTIVITY show in Sibiu!

iBrella video
iBrella este o lucrare care porneste de la ipod hackin demonstrand ca poti practic sa emulezi toate comenzile unui ipod prin interactiunea fizica cu o umbrela
iBrella: un proiect prezentat de Matt Karau
INTERCONECTIVITY show *.Artlabs Sibiu















*.Artlabs e localizat la periferia urbana, sediul *.ARTLABS se afla in centrala termica dezafectata CT3 din cartierul de blocuri "Hipodrom". Vechile "cuptoare" si "centrala termica", ce nu demult conotau mediul industrial, se vor metamorfoza in ateliere de creatie artistica, transferand metaforic asupra fenomenului artistic functia furnizarii de caldura.

Artisti, designeri si ingineri analizeaza schimbarea paradigmatica generata de patrunderea in societate a tehnologiilor digitale, si isi pun in practica ideile intr-un mod creativ, promovand dialogul interdisciplinar. O agenda anuala de cercetare va fi schitata de un consiliu alcatuit din specialisti de marca, rezultatele fiind, de asemenea, evaluate anual.

The subject will be somehow loose connected to our "research" agenda
this year which will be RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS, as well as to our
upcoming exhibition REINVENTING THE WHEEL - alternative mobility and
artistic interventions in urban traffic. So we gonna look into
environmental parameters, that we could collect in urban space and
how to include those in our works. I'm talking about sounds, Images,
fine particle dust, co2 etc.

We are glad we will have Matt Karau from Distance Lab UK coming over
another time to cover the techy part. In addition to Matt we hope to
get another well appreciated artist/designer proficient in that
particular field. I for myself will give some introductory talks
about the subject and stick around for providing inspiration and
tutoring during production progress. The workshop will most likely
take place in the *.artlabs, Sibiu from August 6. - 12..The workshop
is intended to result in an actual artwork/product developed by each
attendee, which wil depending on quality be incorporated in the
exhibition this autumn. The workshop is free of charge. We look
forward to invite a exciting group of people, rooted in various
domains. As we briefly spoke about: we can provide very basic
sleeping accomodation, but unfortunately no additional costs.

So that was the very brief firts wrap up. As said It's not finalized
yet; I just try to evaluate what kind of attendees we could expect
during best holiday time for such an event. So in case you think of
some people who're keen on working like that, I would highly
appreciate if you would forward the news! Also: Due to some folks
asking for a re-opening of our REVIEWING THE MEDIUM - NO1 of  4 -
INTERACTIVITY show. We will do that: The exhibition will be re-opened
from July 19. - 21.

city wall gallery sibiu - first picks

Proiectul este o colaborare a Fundatiei Plan B cu
Fundatia Pentru Reabilitare Urbana - GTZ, si il are ca
si curator pe Stefan Tiron.
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City Wall Gallery Sibiu
iulie-septembrie 2007
vernisaj: 6 iulie 2007, ora 11, strada Movilei

Curator Stefan Tiron
Organizare Cristina Popa
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Este rar sa ai astazi pe strada ta ceva care sa nu
aiba un scop comercial si sa nu incerce sa iti vanda
ceva sau sa te forteze sa cumperi ceva. De data asta
nu avem nimic de cumparat ci mai curand de
rascumparat. Lucrarile si interventiile de aici o sa
ne ajute sa rascumparam unul din locurile si spatiile
familiare uitate pe langa care trecem in fiecare zi.
Nu numai atat, dar ele ne vor oferi poate si punct de
vedere critic cu privire la ce se intampla in orasul
in care traim si care se transforma de pe o zi pe alta
cu sau fara voia noastra.
City Wall Gallery este in primul rand o galerie de
arta in spatiu liber. Este o galerie asezata intr-un
loc cheie dintre orasul de sus si orasul de jos. Zidul
de beton unde o sa fie amplasate cele doua panouri
care se vor schimba din doua in doua saptamani leaga
acum aproape doua orase diferite intre ele. Este
important intr-un oras precum Sibiul sa existe cat mai
multe spatii de trecere. Spatii care sa fie cat mai
accesibile. Cel mai important este sa nu existe
restrictii pentru cei care locuiesc si traiesc in
acest oras.
Trebuie sa fim cat mai atenti ca in timp sa nu se
formeze niste borne invizibile si piedici care sa nu
lase decat turistul, investitorul sau diplomatul sa
stea sau sa treaca in voie. Cand un oras intra in
centrul atentiei el risca sa fie depopulat. Stim
cazuri in care locuitorii pleaca incetul cu incetul.
Exista un flux normal de oameni dintr-un oras in
altul, dar daca totul se scumpeste, daca totul este
orientat spre centru, incepi incet incet sa iti pierzi
locul chiar pe strada ta. In furia transformarilor
ajungi sa fi dezorientat in propriul tau oras.
Expozitii si artistii care se vor succeda pe cele doua
panouri ale acestei galerii. Amplasate in spatiul
liber ele vor marca si vor deschide o usa in zidul
acesta. O usa pentru ochii tuturor celor care vor
trece pe aceasta strada coborand sau urcand. Cand
locuiesti intr-un anume loc mai mult timp, incepi sa
treci pe langa el cu o anume indiferenta. Cu timpul
uiti ca exista acel loc. Nimic nu te mai surprinde
cand e acolo langa tine. Poate doar iti parchezi
masina acolo sau te opresti sa te odihnesti. Surpriza
intervine atunci cand iti dai seama ca din locul ala
poti ajunge si in alte locuri, ca poti calatori si te
poti intoarce pe alt drum acasa la tine. Ca te poti
gandi si la alte lucruri in timp ce mergi pe acolo.
Sandpapier, Cosmin Granidaru, Cristi Pogacean,
Sebastian Big, Alexandra Croitoru, Szilard Miklos,
Cristian Rusu si Johannes Grentzfurthner, toti acesti
artisti invitati au la dispozitie acum un zid cu doua
panouri unde o sa poata sa isi expuna lucrarile,
fiecare timp de doua saptamani.

Stefan Tiron

rezultatele concursului Eurobarometru Vizual 2007

6 PROIECTE DISTINSE EX-AEQUO IN CADRUL PROIECTULUI EUROBAROMETRU VIZUAL ‘07

Cu ocazia vernisarii expozitiei „VECINATATEA – exercitiu cotidian al valorilor sociale” au fost anuntate proiectele castigatoare ale acestei editii a EUROBAROMETRULUI VIZUAL, proiect finantat de Uniunea Europeana, prin Fondul Europa 2006.

Dupa vizionarea celor 28 de proiecte vizuale realizate de artisti membrii juriului international: Teodor Graur (artist, curator Galeria HT003, Bucuresti, RO), Dimitri Konstantinidis (curator, directorul Asociatiei Apollonia, Strasbourg, FR), Mihai Oroveanu (curator, director general MNAC, Bucuresti, RO), Daniel Sotiaux (curator, seful Delegatiei Walonia Bruxelles in Romania, B), Agnieszka Wolodzko (curator Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL) au decis sa acorde 6 distinctii ex-equo in valoare de 500 de euro fiecare urmatoarelor proiecte:

· AMBASADORII VECINATATII – autor Alina Bondrea, Cluj (serie foto, 12 printuri digitale 33 x 50 cm, 2007). Iconuri definitorii ale vecinatatii “Ambasadorii” sunt obiecte sau produse care se imprumuta neconditionat si se returneaza in termen scurt.
· B 07 ROU – autor Emanuel Borcescu, Bucuresti (instalatie – proiectie video, DVD, 2’ 16 “; slideshow foto CD, 2007). Lucrarea ironizeaza primitivitatea modului obsesiv de marcare a spatiilor de parcare, absurdul situatiei si ambiguitatea in perceptia spatiului public.
· VECINATATEA CA INTRECERE – autor Diana Duta, Bucuresti (instalatie – serie 12 foto A6, animatie digitala, DVD, 32”, 2007). Artista realizeaza prin animatie o ilustrare a fenomenului contemporan de intrecere intre vecini in a-si demonstra bunastarea.
· DE CINCI ORI BUCURESTI – autor Olivia Mihaltianu, Bucuresti (video pe 3 canale, DVD, 20’, 2007). Filmul surprinde cinci tipuri de relationare la spatiul orasului prin intermediul a cinci personaje ce ilustraza ipostaze reprezentative ale societatii urbane contemporane.
· PERETELE – autor Bogdan Rata, Bucuresti si Baia Mare, (instalatie – perete 200 x 200 x 20, obiecte diverse, 2007). Lucrarea pune in discutie diferentele de educatie, de preocupari si interese pe care uniformizarea fortata impusa prin structura insasi a locuintei colective nu le poate sterge.
· EVACUAREA FANTOMEI – autor Studiobasar (Alex Axinte, Cristi Borcan) Bucuresti (Instalatie – 4 printuri digitale 90 x 90; macheta 90 x 45 x 25; 2007). Studiobasar propune o campanie de comunicare capabila sa atraga atentia in mod corespunzator asupra situatiei familiilor evacuate din locuintele nationalizate, restituite proprietarilor. Prezentarea, foarte amplu documentata, atrage atentia asupra nevoii de implicare si participare in problemele vecinatatii.

Expozitia este deschisa in perioada 27.06 – 8.07. 2007 / MNAC Galeria Etaj ¾ Teatrul National, Bd. N. Balcescu nr.2.

Artisti participanti: Alina BONDREA, Emanuel BORCESCU, Diana DUTA, Irina GHEORGHE, Eugen HARASIM, Raluca IONESCU, Loreta ISAC, Andor KOMIVES, Alexandru LAZAR, Cezar LAZARESCU, Bogdan MATEIAS, Olivia MIHALTIANU, Nita MOCANU, Eugen MORITZ, Vlad NANCA, Cristina NASTASE, Cosmin NASUI, Dumitru OBOROC, Carmen PARII, Andrei PASTUHOV, Cosmin PAULESCU, Bogdan & Magda PELMUS, Alina POPA, Violeta RADU, Bogdan RATA, Mark REHA, Mima SOROCEAN, STUDIOBASAR (Cristi BORCAN & Alex Axinte), Oana TODERICA.

Curator: Irina CIOS

Pentru informatii suplimentare, fotografii, interviuri ne puteti contacta la CIAC - www.icca.ro

launching of VECTOR magazine, 3rd issue

Friday, June 29, h 19
Vector Gallery (Iasi, Cuza Voda 41, 1st floor)
launching of "Vector - art and culture in context" magazine with the participation of the editors Matei Bejenaru, Catalin Gheorghe and Cristian Nae

Vector magazine is a contributor for "documenta 12 magazine" which is developing its project in Kassel organizing lunch lectures, presentations and workshops between june 16 - september 23.

In September 10 - 16, the editors of Vector magazine are invited to participate in a series of lunch lectures on the theme of generating public sphere, together with editors from "De Witte Raaf", "Site", "Metropolis M", "Art-ist", "Piktogram", "Ojeblikket" and "Revista de Crítica Cultural" magazines.

3rd issue:
Vector - art and culture in context proposes in the opening a new series of presentations of art institutions activating in South East Europe and Middle East, the conception of an Western institutional initiative which is questioning the knowledge exchange between contexts and the first project realized in Iasi in the frame of Backyard Residencies program.
The second contribution of Vector magazine to the documenta 12 magazine editorial project is answering the question "What is Bare Life (Subjectification)?" both by a theoretical text about the resistance through small corruption in communist Romania and by a series of artistic projects proposed by invited artists and curators, talking about the photographic practice as simultaneously integrated and opposed to the practices of identity administration, about life taken on one's own as an artistic project, about hiding in plain sight the politically simplified aggression and about the creative reaction to the neoliberal scenarios.
The section assigned to the recent art theory and criticism approaches the "institutional critique" issue in a range of case studies about the situation of the production and inter-mediation of contemporary art in Bulgaria, Ukraine and Romania.
Other sections discuss situations of alternative everyday lifestyles, of commitments in tactical media or certain arguments about the organization of a film festival.


content:

building contexts, networking contexts
Margarita DOROVSKA
About Inter space, Sofia or how it came that new media matters in a broader socio-cultural context
Zoran PANTELIC
New Media Center _ kuda.org, novi sad
Yane CALOVSKI
Press to exit project space: ways of reinventing an idea
Basak SENOVA
Producing content, establishing culture, and visibility through the operation logic of nomad
Rejection Episodes; Kontrol online magazine
Galit EILAT
Forbidden Games at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
Andrei SICLODI
Private Investigations, the way we want them. Consideration on the institution of the artists' residency: the example of Kunstlerhaus Buhsenhausen

artists in context:
Asli CAVUSOGLU
MORT LA CREIER

"documenta 12 magazine":
what is bare life? (subjectification)
Sorin BOCANCEA
Resistance through small corruption in communist Romania
Florin BOBU
Mitica a lu' leanca (Mitica Leanca's son)
Raluca VOINEA, eduard CONSTANTIN
Trying to be a European citizen. A real-life project
Rana BISHARA
Secretive facts, pending families
Rozalinda BORCILA, Cristian NAE
Past futures

everyday lifestyles
Stefan TIRON
S.A.N.V.O.U. the spatial agency for nocturnal voyages to the origins of the universe. Messages received on board of the spaceship earth

tactical commitments
Johanne RICHARDSON
Memoirs of a video activist

critical condition: institutions
Dimitrina SEVOVA
Pessimism no more - exoticism is everywhere. Back to reality or micro-approaches for handling institutional matrices
Tamara ZLOBINA
Birth of institutions. Activities from Ukrainian voids
Alina SERBAN
The institution: friend or foe?
Catalin GHEORGHE
The positioning of the art criticism as an institution within an institution

interviews
Vlad MORARIU
Inter-text: celebrating change through art: Balkan Black Box film festival

exhibitional experiences
Kyd CAMPBELL, Basak SENOVA
Htmlles export 2 [06] - belgrade | sofia | istanbul

reading room
Vlad MORARIU
The other point of view: Balkan Trilogy


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Vector> Gallery
Cuza Voda 41, 1st Floor
700038 Iasi, Romania

tel/fax: +40 232 237 486
email: vector.gallery@gmail.com

opening hours: Tue - Fri 11 -15

press contact: Catalin GHEORGHE
mob: +40 723 785 816

Saddo and Other la Streetwise

28 iunie – 15 iulie 2007

vernisaj: 28 iunie, ora 20.00

Other spune ca este “un nomad nascut in Canada”, care face parte din marea familie a street art-ului mondial. A inceput sa faca graffiti in anii ’90, in contextul miscarii graffiti “hiphop” din America de Nord. Cu timpul si-a definit practica, desenand pe trenuri de marfa forme hibride de graffiti si “hobo art” - desene pe care calatorii si muncitorii le faceau pe trenuri inca din 1850. In timp ce lucrarile sale calatoresc pe sine din Canada pana in Mexic, artistul “merge din tara in tara si lasa mici parti din el in toata lumea - urme de aerosol, vopsea acrilica, markere si chiar creta… orice lasa urme…”

Saddo a terminat grafica la Facultatea de arte din Cluj insa numai dupa ce a terminat studiile a redescoperit “bucuria de a desena exact ce am eu chef ca si atunci cand eram copil, la Sovata si imi petreceam toata ziua desenand intr-un caiet”. Saddo deseneaza monstri, “monstri urati, cateodata monstri dragutzi si colorati, depinde”. Lui Saddo ii place mai mult decat orice sa deseneze – “mi-ar placea cel mai mult din lume sa pot sa desenez doar, sa nu mai fiu nevoit sa fac alte chestii. Si imi place sa desenez impreuna cu alti oameni”. A si facut-o cu mai multe ocazii impreuna cu colectivul The Playground din Cluj si in ultima vreme cu Other care pentru Saddo este “unul din artistii mei preferati, inca dinainte sa il cunosc”.

Program de vizitare:

sambata, duminica: 15-19

luni – vineri, cu programare la tel: 0723 240 434

Streetwise Gallery

Str Aurel Vlaicu nr 146,

colt cu Paul Greceanu

Langa statia de metrou Stefan cel Mare.

10 min pe jos din Piata Romana.

Cauta pe harta.

Contact:

vladnanca@yahoo.com

http://streetwisebucharest.blogspot.com/

Alexandru Paul la H'art

a l e x a n d r u p a u l

e x h i b i t i o n

www.alexandrupaul. com

v e r n i s a j joi 28 iunie ora 19.30

h'art gallery

str. mihai eminescu nr. 105-107

sponsor Razvan Ciobanu

Alexandru Paul vaneaza intimitati. Sau mai precis le fotografiaza. Mi-a fost intodeauna clar ca unul din motivele principale pentru care facem fotografii e incercarea utopica de a surprinde momentul acela de caldura personala care ne scapa tot timpul. Prietena mea, atunci cind se simtea foarte bine, dorea sa faca o fotografie. Incerca sa arhiveze. Intimitatea vine tot timpul si cu o latura narcisica. Te simti bine si vrei ca prin fotografie lucrul acesta sa fie stiut si de ceilalti. Intimitate si narcisism, astea sunt subiectele zilei. Sandu merge cu proiectul de fata intitulat Exhibition pana la limita minimalismului fotografic: compune doar premisele fotografiei, restul se produce de la sine. E un experiment interesant care spune ceva despre felul cum viata imita arta sau despre modul cum autorul e prezent totusi prin simpla intentionalitate si prin insusi actul expunerii.

Dan Popescu

Liliana Popescu

liliana@hartgallery .ro

m. 0722 588 330

H’ART GALLERY

Str. Mihai Eminescu nr. 105-107

t. 210 83 51

f. 210 83 02

www.hartgallery. ro

Program H’art Gallery

Luni-Vineri 13.00-18.00

Sambata 14.00-18.00

Stefan Constantinescu la MNAC

Stefan Constantinescu
Multumesc pentru ziua asta minunata / Thanks for a Wonderful, Ordinary Day
Curator: Oana Tanase

27 iunie – 2 septembrie 2007

vernisaj: miercuri 27 iunie, 19h00
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Fie ca este vorba de film, fotografie, text ori demers editorial, Stefan Constantinescu investigheaza felul in care experienta si memoria sunt mediate cultural. Pentru el, ambele domenii sunt in chip simultan construite si traite, deopotriva incarcate de dorinta, speranta si teama. Preocupat de istoria recenta, de politica evidentei si a absentei, perspectiva pe care si-o asuma artistul este una dubla: vorbind despre ceilalti, el livreaza totodata o discreta versiune autobiografica. Reflexivitatea este aici nu doar o solutie interna a documentarului ci si un imperativ etic.

Stefan Constantinescu (n.1968, Bucuresti / stabilit in Suedia din 1993) a absolvit studiile Academiei Regale de Arta din Stockholm in 1997. Activitatea lui include expozitii personale si de grup, precum si proiectii de film in Germania, Italia, Danemarca, Lituania, Elvetia, Suedia si Romania.

Lucrari prezentate in expozitie: Arhiva Durerii (instalatie video si carte, 2000); Just what is it… (serie foto, 2001); Baronul, 22.02.2002 (film, 2002); Dacia 1300, generatia mea (film si carte, 2003); El Pasaje (film, 2005); Lumina Nordului (serie foto si text, 2006); Building your Dacia 1300 (obiect, 2007)

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Parteneri MNAC: HP, BRD
Sponsor: Peroni
Partneri media: 24 Fun, Re:PUBLIK, Igloo, Arhitectura, Rfi, Time Out Bucuresti
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The National Museum of Contemporary Art
2-4, Str. Izvor, aripa E4, Bucharest (RO), 050563
tel: +40 21 318 91 37/ fax: +40 21 318 91 38, www.mnac.ro

FUORI USO 2006 – ALTERED STATES la MNAC si Galeria Noua

FUORI USO 2006 – ALTERED STATES
Are you experienced?

26 iunie – 31 august 2007
Curatori: Nicolas Bourriaud, Paolo Falcone

Vernisaj : marti 26 iunie
17h00 la Galeria Noua/ Str. Academiei 15
19h00 la MNAC/ Calea 13 Septembrie

incepand cu 20h00 BBQ + Party / Djs Cosmiq Microbiq, Jake Sauvage/ Terasa MNAC
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Are you experienced? incearca sa examineze relatia dintre arta si procesele de modificare a perceptiilor. Sub conceptul de suprarealism social incearca sa conecteze starile mentale alterate induse de visul colectiv in experiente artistice contemporane. Proiectul ia in considerare cateva aspecte care implica studiul noilor teorii care leaga experientele alterarii sau modificarea de perceptie cu antropologia, sociologia si practicile samanice, in sculptura, pictura, video, performance sau instalatii site-specific.

Artisti: Emese Benczur, Anca Benera, Madeleine Berkhemer, Liz Cohen, Attila Csorgo, Daniela d'Arielli, Christelle Familiari. Matteo Fato, Vidya Gastaldon & Nathalie Rebholz, Ludovica Gioscia, Piero Golia, Barthi Kher, Gunilla Klingberg, Gelitin, Michael Lin, Justin Lowe, Saverio Lucariello, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Kendell Geers, Sergio Sarra, subREAL, Janaina Tschape, Luca Vitone, Kelley Walker

Venice Biennale

One of Victor Man's works at the Romanian Pavillion "Low Budget Munuments" exhibition.

Some images from this years biennale, including from the Romanian Pavillion on this flickr account.

eurobarometru vizual

VISUAL EURO BAROMETER
VICINITY
daily exercise of social values implementation
27.06 – 8.07.2007

exhibition opening: miercuri 27.06.2007, ora 17:00
MNAC Galeria Etaj ¾ Teatrul National,
Bd. Nicolae Balcescu nr. 2.

artists: Alina BONDREA, Emanuel BORCESCU, Diana DUTA, Irina GHEORGHE, Eugen HARASIM, Raluca IONESCU, Loreta ISAC, Andor KOMIVES, Alexandru LAZAR, Cezar LAZARESCU, Bogdan MATEIAS, Olivia MIHALTIANU, Nita MOCANU, Eugen MORITZ, Vlad NANCA, Cristina NASTASE, Cosmin NASUI, Dumitru OBOROC, Carmen PARII, Andrei PASTUHOV, Cosmin PAULESCU, Bogdan & Magda PELMUS, Alina POPA, Violeta RADU, Bogdan RATA, Mark REHA, Mima SOROCEAN, STUDIOBASAR (Cristi BORCAN & Alex Axinte), Oana TODERICA.



curator: Irina CIOS

On this occasion the winners of the creation contest will be announced and the prizes
will be awarded.


A project of the International Centre for Contemporary Art,
financed with PHARE funds for microprojects, Europa Fund 2006

The project was produced with the support of the following institutions:
The National Museum for Contemporary Art, British Council, Apollonia Association from Strasbourg, Swiss Cultural Programme Romania Pro Helvetia / SDC, Galeria Noua, UNAgaleria, Galeria Meta, DC Communication, Headvertising.

http://www.icca.ro/expozitie.htm

Art | Basel | Geneva

Details here.

Via VVORK.

Romanian Pavillion at 52nd Venice Biennale 2007

LOW-BUDGET MONUMENTS
The Romanian Pavilion the 52nd International
Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale
Artists: Victor MAN, Cristi POGACEAN,
Mona VATAMANU & Florin TUDOR

Curator of the exhibition: Mihnea MIRCAN
Pavilion commissioner: Mihai Pop – Fundatia Plan B
Assistant commissioner: Bertha Niculescu –
Fundatia Plan B

Opening 8th June, 7 pm, Giardini di Castello
Exhibition: June 10th – November 21st


The exhibition in the Romanian Pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale proposes a reflection on the possibilities and conditions of the contemporary monument.

Can the monument be detached from glorification or commemoration, from the rhetorical overload that burdens the history of the practice, and remain a monument? Can the monument be reprogrammed as an artistic instrument that does not serve to illustrate doubtful victories, resonant sacrifices or abruptly terminated debates, and, if so, what other fundamental operation should be assigned to it? Can the monument incorporate social and political antagonism into a matrix other than the separation between winners and losers in history or politics, one that allows for the continuous recalibration of social forces? Are monuments for terrorism or law, globalization or locality, democracy or secrecy, liberalism or communism conceivable? What losses, gaps, traumas and reconfigured social relations deserve monumental sites of public negotiation, that would help activate open contention and work to defuse adversity?

Modes of public artistic action that perform a plural, contradictory function – this could be conceived as the foundation upon which the long-term monument can be built. Whether we advocate complicated monuments for complicated social facts, whose singularity derives from their enactment of conflictual consensus, of new forms of social coherence, of strategies meant to integrate what society ignores, forgets or excludes, monuments that link center and margin, that permanently irritate the nerves of the social body, polemic monuments mapping inevitably plural purposes and actions, tensions rather than epiphanies, monuments that behave ideologically inasmuch as they invent new, dynamic totalities, and muster ‘another army of metaphors, metonyms and mythology’ as an adversary for ideologies, we inscribe process in monuments – process either made visible or instigated.

The works in the Romanian pavilion engage different readings of monumentality, surveying its interplays with notions of artistic subjectivity. Cristi Pogacean’s ironic Obelisk and his powerful rendition of a recent hostage crisis, where a group of Romanian journalists have been abducted in Iraq, Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor’s discussion of architecture in its dual processes of construction and destruction, of colonizing space and simultaneously making entropy visible, from the perspective of a performative monument, Victor Man’s treatment of the residues of nationalism inscribed on the façade of the pavilion and his ‘Monument to Victor Man’, intersecting the private space of confession and a phantasmal public space – all works propose modes of rethinking the public place or role of art. In different ways, they propose degrees-zero from which new monuments can be built, strategies of the monument based on the logic of counter-action.

The publication of the pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale groups theoretical and visual contributions as the first episode in a long-term project that aims to rethink the contemporary monument. It stems from the belief that monuments are ‘impossible necessities’ (Laurent Liefooghe), that, in their infernal difficulty, monuments are problematic knots entangling decisive questions about the modes of history and ideology that constitute or condition communities. The artistic, critical repossession of the monument could bring enlightening arguments in the discussion about the subversive capabilities of political art, perhaps actualizing Thomas Hirschhorn’s enigmatic dictum about ‘making art politically’, in a practice that does not evacuate the possibility of failure and does not dissimulate it in lesser ambitions and diminishing scale.

The publication is edited by Mihnea Mircan and Meta Haven: Design Research (Amsterdam). Contributors include Mark Jarzombek, Markus Miessen, Doryun Chong and Sean Snyder, Office (Kersten Geers and David van Severen), Alon Levin, Branimir Stojanovic, Laurent Liefooghe, Azra Aksamija, Calin Dan, Mechtild Widrich, Daniel Kurjakovic, Christoph Büchel and Giovanni Carmine, Wouter Davidts, Lieven de Boeck, Malkit Shoshan, LUST, Azra Aksamija, Zbynek Baladran and Emily Katrencik.

Organized by
Ministry of Culture and Religious Communities Romania

Supported by
Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Venezia, Romanian Cultural institute Bucharest, ECUMEST Association.

Contact
Romanian Pavilion Biennale Office, 52nd Venice Biennale
Commissioner: Mihai Pop
Str. Albert Einstein 14
400045 Cluj, Romania
Email: contact@plan-b.ro
Phone: 40 742 504901

seara NOIR la KF arad

Sambata 9 iunie de la ora 22:oo in sus

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Prezentare scurta a surselor stilului noir in cinematografie. Vocabularul
vizual noir(contrastul lumina/intuneric, perspective de filmare
neobisnuite, camera miscata, peisaje urbane, camera subiectiva si flash
back-ul) teme predominante(trecutul amenintator, cosmarul predestinarii)
arhetipuri noir(figura celui pornit in cautarea adevarului,
urmaritul/fugaritul, femeia fatala), si un dialog, o proza tipica noir
extrem de concisa, ironica si brutala si extrasa direct din viata de zi cu
zi:

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
"She liked me. I could feel that. The way you feel when the cards are
falling right for you, with a nice little pile of blue and yellow chips in
the middle of the table. Only what I didn’t know then was that I wasn’t
playing her. She was playing me, with a deck of marked cards and the
stakes weren’t any blue and yellow chips. They were dynamite."
(Fred MacMurray’s narration)

Prezentarea comics-ului Hard Boiled de Frank Miller si Geof Darrow.

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Fraze cheie citite de Alex Maniu

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Proiectie de filme celebre (pe alese)

noir:

DARK PASSAGE (1947, Delmer Daves)
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958, Orson Welles)
THE BIG HEAT (1953, Fritz Lang)
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1047, Orson Wells)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955, Robert Aldrich)

neo-noir:
ANGEL HEART (1987, Alan Parker)
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001, Joel Coen)
SIN CITY (2005, Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez)

audio de sharuit: OTR (episoade radiofonice Old Time Radio cu Philip
Marlowe din 1948-1951), Classic Film Noir Themes and Scenes

2 cool 4 school DAY1

Cateva imagini de la prezentarea Kasiei Korczak.

Va asteptam sambata la 11.00 Tristan Manco - prezentarea lucrarilor si practicii (la UNAgaleria, str Budisteanu 10) si duminica la 14.00 la prezentare Tristan Manco “Street Art in galerii sau pe strada?” (la Galeria Noua, str Academiei 15).

Detalii aici.

2 COOL 4 SCHOOL

Halta - Cohn & Jansen, UNAgaleria si 2020 prezinta:

2 COOL 4 SCHOOL Kasia Korczak, Tristan Manco
UNAgaleria
Str Budisteanu nr 10
7-9 iunie 2007
Galeria Noua
10 iunie 2007

2 Cool 4 School e un program in care doua personalitati internationale ale industriilor creative sunt invitate la Bucuresti pentru a sustine prezentari in fata studentilor universitatii de arte si tuturor tinerilor creativi interesati. Pentru prima editie, Halta - Cohn & Jansen, UNAgaleria si 2020 i-au invitat la Bucuresti pe Kasia Korczak, graphic designer si Tristan Manco, autor de carti de graffiti si graphic designer. Cei doi impartasesc aceeasi pasiune pentru proiectele lor, atat personale, de artist sau autor de carti, cat si cele „comerciale”, de graphic designer si sunt invitati la Bucuresti pentru a-si prezenta lucrarile si pentru a realiza un workshop. 2 Cool 4 School este un proiect in care organizatorii isi propun sa incurajeze creativitatea in orice forma.

Kasia Korczak este interesata de design ca metoda de a produce si distribui continut si a fost in mod constant implicata in partea de publicatie a designului. Lucrarile ei au fost expuse la Design Museum si Barbican Gallery, Londra and Casco, Utrecht. Printre clientii s-au aflat si Colette, Nike si L’Oréal. In 2004 a infiintat "Korczak si fiicele", studio care produce lucrari de moda, design si arta cu o atitudine polemica particulara. Lucrarile ei au fost publicate in 032c, Eye, Creative Review, Diplo, +81, printre altele. In prezent isi imparte timpul intre Londra si o rezidenta de master la Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem.

Tristan Manco traieste si lucreaza in Bristol, unde in 2002 a infiintat Tijuana Deisgn, de care s-a despartit in 2006 pentru a continua freelance. A lucrat pentru clienti importanti precum Elle, BBC si EMI Music. A publicat articole in Creative Review si Modart si este autor al cartilor Stencil Graffiti (2002), Street Logos (2004) si Street Sketchbook (in curs de aparitie) si co-autor al cartii Graffiti Brasil (2005), toate la Thames and Hudson. A editat Graffiti World (2004), aparuta la aceeasi editura.

http://www.kasia-korczak.com/
http://www.tristanmanco.com/





Program

2 COOL 4 SCHOOL
Kasia Korczak, Tristan Manco
7-9 iunie 2007: UNAgaleria, Str Budisteanu nr 10
10 iunie 2007: Galeria Noua, Str Academiei 15


Joi 7 iunie
11.00 Kasia Korczak Prezentarea lucrarilor si practicii.
12.00 Workshop cu Kasia Korczak asistata de Boy Vereecken.


Vineri 8 iunie
12.00 Workshop cu Kasia Korczak asistata de Boy Vereecken


Sambata 9 iunie
11.00 Tristan Manco Prezentarea lucrarilor si practicii.
12.00 Workshop cu Kasia Korczak asistata de Boy Vereecken si Tristan Manco


Duminica 10 iunie
14.00 Prezentare Tristan Manco
“Street Art in galerii sau pe strada?”




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Pentru detalii si inscrieri la workshop scrieti un email pe adresa: vladnanca (at) yahoo.com

Mihai Iepure Gorski la Galeria Andreiana Mihail

Galeria Andreiana Mihail
va invita joi, 31 mai ora 19.00
la vernisajul expozitiei

"Ramanem peste noapte" (o retrospectiva).

Artist: Mihai Iepure Gorski



„N-am mai vazut un tanar artist al carui debut expozitional intr-o galerie comerciala sa fie mai plin de entuziasm decat cel al lui Mihai Iepure Gorski la Galeria Andreiana Mihail, debut intitulat "Ramanem peste noapte" (o retrospectiva). O urma de vanitate (in sfarsit) satisfacuta traverseaza orice artist la debut. Nu e cazul insa pentru Mihai, care, departe de a invoca maturitatea si abilitatile atistice, isi celebreaza debutul si conditia de tanar artist in acest show. Daca, in mod uzual, tema oricarei expozitii de acest fel e exterioara ideii de "inceput", idee luata drept implicita si lipsita de interes critic, iata ca Mihai Iepure Gorski isi intoarce ochiul analitic chiar catre actul propriului debut: I can't wait. I just can't wait. I'm so glad to be around... (John Lennon, Man of the Decade interview, British Television broadcast on ATV in December 1969) spune artistul citandu-l pe John Lennon, in momentul singurei fotografii din show. Si desi Mihai mi-a spus personal asta, vazind fotografia simt in ea intelesul cuvintelor lui Lennon alimentand o bucurie atat de candidia incat pare a fi un fake. Textul zgariat pe peretii galeriei anihileaza suspiciunea, si Bruce Nauman devine o categorie utila unui comentariu coroziv la mecanismele raportului galerie - artist iar conceptul motor al expozitiei traverseaza pana si cadrul cu iz suicid din video-ul Untitled. Atractia vidului, aplecarea peste margine, aproape o perversiune, e cifrul angoasei caracteristice binomului artist - industrie artistica, asa cum un baiat cu chibrituri, cea mai sensibila si criptica lucrare din "Ramanem peste noapte" (o retrospectiva) este conceptual reductibila la insusi titlul expozitiei. Un concept inedit, cu o implementare permeabila si o strategie artistica abila - asta va propune Galeria Andreiana Mihail prin expozitia lui Mihai Iepure Gorski.”

Text: Cosmin Moldovan






Galeria Andreiana Mihail
4 bis, Pandele Tarusanu St .
Bucuresti , Romania
Telefon 0722 650 221; 0721 286 376
info@andreianamihail.com

Expozitia va fi deschisa pana la data de 26 iunie. Programul galeriei: Marti - Vineri intre 14.00h si 18.00h.

Street Delivery in Bucuresti

Art Delivery se numeste acum Street Delivery.