• „ The HUMAn " VISUAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM - CUCUTENI, ROMANIA, 5-26 of August, 2007
Topic: HUMAN - SPACE - MOTION - TRANSFORMATION
Location: Romania, county of Iaşi, Cucuteni
Purpose: To work with the object, space and the human body in a creation workshop which includes various areas of art.
Objectives:
- to capitalize the archaeological and cultural material in the area from the perspective of visual arts;
- to work with the material, shape, gesture, space: interior-human, exterior-material;
- to make humans and space interact, to recreate spaces (visual, imaginary, metaphorical);
- to change the correlation with the ordinary, daily through art in a place where archaeological signs generate cultural and spiritual connotations and initiate contemporary interpretation and manifestation
Any technique from whatever area of art is accepted.
Participation in the symposium includes working with local children for a number of hours to be agreed upon from the beginning. Therefore, besides the personal project, every participant must organize a project involving children (the possibility of a personal project involving children in the first palce is not excluded provided it matches the criteria).
Any participant will carry out a personal project, another with children and piece of work for the sponsors. These will remain in custody of ARS CONTINUA.
Materials existing in the area:
- clay for molding / ovens for pottery burning;
- oak – 3 pieces: approximately 3m long and 50-80cm thick and 7 pieces: 25-30cm thick;
- limestone of small size
*others, according to the project proposed.
Facilities:
Accommodation, meals (rustic setting), deduction of transportation costs on the territory of Romania.
Number of participants from abroad to be selected: 2.
artists :
Emanuel-Florentin Avasiloaie (actor), Iaşi-Romania
Molnia Efremov , Bucuresti-Romania (ceramics)
Philip Firsov, London-Great Britain(sculpture)
Marija Milin, Belgrad-Serbia (ceramics)
Ionela Mihuleac, Iaşi-Romania (ceramics)
Dragoslav Nikitovic, Zlakusa-Serbia (ceramics)
Ghenadie Popescu, Floreşti- Republic of Moldavia (sculpture)
Violeta Radu , Iaşi-Romania (photo/video)
Alice-Ioana Şvaiţer (choreografer), Iaşi-Romania
Informations: tel: 0232 415593 / 0746 066109 (Ionela Mihuleac)
e-mail: arscontinua @yahoo.com
