O zi la Bad Schimläi, un orășel imaginar

Dacă Șimleu Silvaniei era un mic orășel din Germania s-ar fi numit, probabil, Bad Schimläi. Fix cu o zi înainte de intrarea în carantină a Zalăului am făcut o mică excursie în orășelul Șimleu Silvaniei, situat pe râul Crasna, tot în Sălaj. Ghici de unde mi-a venit similitudinea cu un orășel german de cum am...

Lumea arde și baba se piaptănă. Cam ăsta e my underlying feeling în prima mea rezidență artistică, de la Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Artă Zalău. Pentru că am învățat de mică să înșir cuvinte coerent, am fost una dintre artistele acceptate în rezidență la Zalău (alături de Sofia Nelega) și asta mă face mega...

Les Douches La Galerie is currently hosting a  Vivian Maier Exhibition “The Color Works”, which also includes many black & white photographs. Of course, her work is great but the exhibition concept is quite simplistic, the work is not at all contextualised and it’s presented a bit cramped. It all has an air of a desire...

*RO version only. Written within the Master programme “The theory and practice of image” at the Centre for Excellence in the Study of Image. Abstract Lucrarea de față își propune să discute opera fotografului american Saul Leiter, dintr-o perspectivă fenomenologică. Voi începe prin a contextualiza fotografia lui Leiter, oferind câteva note biografice și câteva considerații...

One afternoon after finishing off my volunteering shifts at Websummit I took myself and went on an afternoon trip in Sintra. Now, my close friends know I am not the biggest fan of solo activities but, actually, sometimes they can be truly mind-liberating. So, to get to Sintra, you just need to get yourself to...

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Coventry used to be one of Britain’s most important industrial hubs, today being a valuable University town. Second largest city in West Midlands, after Birmingham, and 12th in the entire United Kingdom, it’s not a big city, but a pleasant one to study in. Check more info about it here. A lot of pigeons in...

Isn’t it fascinating to discover patterns in everything around us? Our minds are organised around patterns, and the lack of pattern recognition will cause unrest, uncertainty. Here are some patterns in which I see Bucharest, my hometown. Bucharest is this weird, intriguing mix of old and new, of modernity and decay. Beautiful architectures are lost...

Discover 2010 London, the one before Brexit, the one I saw at the magic age of 20 years, right before Christmas. Decorations in Soho A crowd of Santas in front of the British Museum, seems like a legit tradition for them, but was quite surprising for us. However, socially things weren’t bright at that time...

Braga is one of the oldest Portuguese cities, with its 12th century monastery, built by the parents of the first Portuguese kings,  D. Henrique and D. Teresa, who are buried there. It’s a lively city, with an University centre, a nice pedestrian city centre. It’s also one of religious centres of the country. Braga was the...