Touring the Dublin Mountains | loop hike š„¾
Touring the Dublin Mountains | loop hike š„¾
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Beautiful end of November hike guided by Ben Shorten, from My Bike or Hike. It did come as a surprise, as I cozied myself up in Dublin, that the public transport is far from stellarĀ š There is only a handful of trails one can do using the public transport to the starting point – not...
Looking at people looking at art, in Venice Biennale
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Apparently, my visit of the Venice Biennale was more about observing the other visitors than interiorizing the work(s). I honestly can’t say I was taken aback by most of it… but neither did I expect it to be so. It’s rather hard to bring in controversial work when you’re “representing the nation”. Yet, Cosmin...
What about ZalÄu? | participatory photo exhibition
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Autumn 2020: it’s lockdown and I am going on my first artistic residency It’s in Zalau, a town of less than 50K in North-Western Romania. My plan in this residency was to look without expectations and enjoy time in a greener, breathier place than Bucharest. And, if I could, make people rethink their relationship to...
Photo work: The political theatre season ā 2021-2022
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To stage corona. To dramatize shame. To enact maternity. To (re)produce hospitality work. To listen to history. To sing delivery. To have solidarity in solitude. What does the labour of a commercial worker or a delivery wo/man mean in Corona times? How can one step in the shoes of those who just serves oneās needs?...
Decentralands, the new paradises of i-gaming and fashion?
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Blockchain solutions continue to revolutionize entertainment and luxury More and more commercial brands join the e-space, a trend accelerated further by Zuckerbergās announcement on the Metaverse. It might look like a business development potential for the i-gaming industry as well. Fashion brands are championing this brand move, with Gucciās virtual sneakers available in Roblox and...
A few notes on the Creativity 4 Better IAA Conference #5
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I should start by thanking Diana Flutur & Victor Dobre from IAA Romania for managing to pull the inspiring Creativity 4 Better online conference and bringing an engaged, curious audience in spite of the zoom event fatigue š I really found great value in many of the sessions so hereās a briefish digest of Creativity4Better...
This will age really well | Co-curating the first NFT-centric exhibition in Romania
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After my extensive and critical contributions in Revista ARTA and Revista 22, Ioana MarČic, artist and curator, promoter and making-happen-er of all sorts, reached out to me. Together with Leilei, Andrei, Andrei and Lucian, she was just starting to imagine a NFT-centric exhibition in Romania. But, besides playing around within this new crypto-realm, it was...
āI dreamed of a museum of photographyā | FOR ARTA MAGAZINE
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– And, knowing it wonāt happen any time soon, I donated almost all of my negatives to the Engravings Department of the Romanian Academy Library. – And I decided to stop waiting and create my own, online.Ā – And I went and saw as many photographic archive museums and galleries as I could in order...
The Oneiric Realism of Contemporary Moldovan Photography | for ARTA Magazine
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Magical realism with a shot of sadness, to go. This is how Iād characterize the aesthetic of contemporary Moldovan photography, by reducing it to its essence. I find a sort of dreamlike realism browsing through the series of Mikhail Kalarashan, Maria GuČu, or Ramin Mazur. Itās a dream in which sadness and joy converge and...
Texturile lui scoby
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Uneori Ć®mi place sÄ mÄ autosurprind, sÄ-mi faci mici surprize āculegĆ¢ndā ceva ābanalā care-mi iese-n cale. Ceva care sÄ mÄ scoatÄ din zona de confort. Dar doar puČin. AČa am Ć®nvÄČat sÄ fac curry, la un CentreĀ d’animation in 13eme, Paris. AČa a ajuns Či Scoby la mine acasÄ, de la Ari Či de la Oana....