Phone Box

The call box continues the series of non-conventional spaces of Urban Traces, the phone becoming an exponent of the urban society. It is a part of our life helping us to make connections and keep in touch with everyone. In every apartment there is a stable phone every individual has one or two mobile phones, in every boulevard or street there is a call box.
The phone means movement and expresses the identity of individual who talks on it. The stable phone used to be a communication means more rapid and it means the identity of the older generation.

The offers of the mobile phones companies are at competition and for the new generations the phone represents more than a means of communication. For them the mobile phone is a way of living. Its brand, colour the gesture with which one answers the mobile, the call bell show the identity of the individual who possesses it. On the other hand the call box is assaulted. It has become a social place. It is physically assaulted by the urban society. The windows of the call box are usually broken. And yet there are extreme situations when individuals need this call box and make phone calls. People pass indifferently by it. No one sees it no one asks any questions about it. It is sometimes used as a shelter against rain.
We bring into discussion the urban and rural identity through the call box. We will express our thoughts confusion and feelings in relation with the society with the concrete, the grass, the tree, the park, the boulevard, the street. In this way the individual is invited to participate, to look for a position, an attitude so that he may launch a social gesture.

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Cabina Telefonica continua seria spatiilor neconventionale a proiectului Urban Traces, telefonul devenind un exponent al societatii urbane. Este parte din viata noastra, el ne creeaza legaturile si ne ajuta sa relationam. In fiecare apartament gasim un telefon fix, la fiecare individ gasim cate unul sau doua telefoane mobile, pe fiecare bulevard sau strada importanta exista o cabina telefonica.
Telefonul inseamna miscare si exprima identitatea celui care vorbeste la el.
Telefonul fix a devenit o forma de comunicare mai rapida si este identitatea generatiei mai in varsta. In schimb mobilul s-a raspandit extrem de mult si rapid. Ofertele companiilor telefonice mobile se intrec in oferte iar noile generatii iau telefonul mai mult decat ca o simpla metoda de comunicare. Pentru ei mobilul inseamna un mod de viata. Marca lui, culoarea, gestul cu care raspunde la telefon sau formarea altui numar, soneria apelului, etc. ne arata identitatea celui care il are. In schimb cabina de telefon este agresata. Ea a devenit un loc social. Este agresata fizic de societatea urbana. In general cam toate geamurile sunt sparte. De altfel in cazuri de extrema urgenta indivizii mai dau cite un telefon din ea. Lumea trece pe linga ea cu indiferenta. Nimeni nu isi pune intrebari asupra acestui spatiu, de ce arata asa, cum ar arata altfel etc. De multe ori ea devine doar adapost pentru ploaie.

Punem in discutie identitatea urbana si rurala prin prisma cabinei telefonice. Ne vom exprima gandurile, confuziile, sentimentele etc in raport cu societea, cu betonul, cimentul, iarba, pomul, parcul, bulevardul, strada etc. In acest fel individul este invitat sa se implice, sa îsi caute o pozitie, o atitudine, sa lanseze un gest social.