MOnuMENTS

“MOnuMENTS” is an artistic project, which proposes a cultural and social reflection; aiming at a dialogue between rural and urban spaces, between different mentalities, between past and present.

“MOnuMENTS” este un proiect artistic, care propune o reflectie culturala si sociala, care vizeaza un dialog intre spatiul rural si urban, intre mentalitati diferite, intre trecut si prezent.

Monuments

Cobadin judetul Constanta 2007

“MOnuMENTS” is a natural, organic response from the artists to all these mutations and reconfigurations of the present time. The immediate result is the documentation of the diversity as a mixture between the urban and rural development, between cultural gestures and collective and individual gestures.

The mission of the project is a “work in progress” nature, which means ongoing working possibilities, means associations, changes and social dynamics. We are dealing with cultural gestures as well as individual or collective gestures, in between different representations but using similar techniques. “MOnuMENTS” presents the reality through the enticement of gesture, cultural and imagistic quotes which get filter and interpreted, and the balance in between metaphorical and abstract.

Monuments have always had a dual character: on one hand they commemorated history, and on the other hand they have been contested by many social groups which opposed certain ideological tendencies. The studying of monuments is a necessary study everywhere, as they offer many dates that are carved in stone regarding various ideologies and historical moments.

Our research started in 2007, but the project officially opened in 2009, when we made a performance aiming to attract the attention of forgotten monuments or the ones in a state of visible decay. This happened on the route from Constantza to Bucharest when we had the opportunity to notice the differences between urban and rural exhibited monuments.

“MOnuMENTS” reprezinta un raspuns firesc, organic al artistilor la aceste mutatii si reconfigurari. Rezultatul imediat il reprezinta documentarea diversitatii ca mixtura intre dezvoltarea urbana si cea rurala, intre gesturi culturale si gesturi individuale sau colective.

Misiunea proiectului este de natura “work in progress”, adica posibilitati continue de lucru, asocieri, schimbari si dinamica sociala. Avem de a face cu gesturi individuale sau colective, in reprezentari diferite dar folosind tehnici similare. “MOnuMENTS” prezinta realitatea prin farmecul gestului, citatelor culturale si imagistice care au fost interpretate intre metaforic si abstract.

Monumentele au avut întotdeauna un caracter dual: pe de o parte au comemorat istoria, iar pe de alta parte, acestea au fost contestate de mai multe grupuri sociale, care s-au opus anumitor tendinte ideologice. Acest studiu este necesar peste tot, oferind astfel mai multe informatii modelate în piatra cu privire la ideologiile diferite si momentele istorice.

Cercetarea a început în 2007, dar deschiderea oficiala a proiectului s-a produs în 2009, atunci când am facut o actiune cu scopul de a atrage atentia asupra unor monumente uitate sau aflate intr-o stare de degradare vizibila. Primul traseu l-am parcurs intre Constanta-Bucuresti, avand astfel ocazia sa observam diferentele dintre monumentele din mediul urban si rural.