- About ”U.N.A.G.E. IASI ART RESIDENCY”
- About Iasi
- About Artists
”U.N.A.G.E. IASI ART RESIDENCY”
”U.N.A.G.E. IASI ART RESIDENCY” functions within George Enescu National University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Iasi, Romania.
The main aim of ”U.N.A.G.E. IASI ART RESIDENCY”is to create various and complex cultural events in Iasi, by getting in touch the artists-in-residence with the students from George Enescu National University of Arts and also with the local artists, in order to exchange ideas and to share experiences as for a future possible collaboration.
Studios
The artists in residency will work in the studios from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, George Enescu National University of Arts. The studio is for free.
The artists in residency will benefit from a part of art materials for free.
Cafeteria
The artists in residency will eat either at Saint Nicholas Cafeteria which belongs to Metropolitan Cathedral or at Titu Maiorescu Cafeteria which belongs to Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. They are both located in the central area: the first one is located at 30 minutes walking or 10 minutes by bus or by tram from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design and the second one at 10 minutes walking from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. The price for one meal is about 10 Lei (about 2 Euros).
Accommodation
The organiser of ”U.N.A.G.E. IASI ART RESIDENCY” will help artists to find a private accommodation room with shared bathroom and kitchen. The price is 250 Euros per month (including expenses).
More information is to be found on this link.
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Palace of Culture
Vasile Alecsandri National Theater
Moldova State Philharmonic
Opera House
Iasi Athenaeum
Botanical Garden
Copou Park
Known as The Cultural Capital of Romania, Iasi is a symbol in Romanian history, it is the second-largest city in Romania, after the national capital Bucuresti, and the seat of Iasi County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, Iasi has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. Iasi is one of the most important education and research centres of the country and its social and cultural life revolves around: “Palace of Culture”, “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theater, “Moldova State Philharmonic”, “Opera House”, “Iasi Athenaeum”, “Botanical Garden” , “Central University Library”, the high quality cultural centres and festivals, an array of museums, memorial houses, religious and historical monuments.
Jamie Morgan
“Inner Shadows” exhibition is a collaboration with the American artist-in-residence Jamie Morgan which stands for a beautiful mixture between a series of paintings and a performance piece. This art exhibition brings to light the complexities of transition between one’s inner universe, crossing through the natural state of solitude, symbolized by the painted closed eyes, to the beginning of self-actualization in the outer universe, represented by the half-opened eyes. Jamie Morgan’s performance piece is a translation of all these paintings through her body movements; she confronts herself by looking at herself in the three pieces of mirrors and the whipping itself is the expression of her inner suffering so that at the end of the performance she gains her moral balance, by pouring on her body milk, considered to be a balm for soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdrts2DliA
Francesco Villicich
“Thanatopraxy” (the practice of death) exhibition reveals a state of meditation upon the ephemerality of this life which is expressed by the visual structures of the dead leaves and by the blurred landscapes of Iași. The title is based on the Greek term ,,Thanatos” which means death, the undeniable universal truth.
John Dillard
“Da, Mulțumesc” multimedia exhibition combines performance, video-art and sculpture, all these pieces of art making refference to the difficulty of sending the message from sender to receiver, the artist’s desperate attempt to connect himself to a totally different environment.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2033569960044254
Renzo Novelli
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Residency period: 15.02-15.03.2019
https://www.renzonovelli.com/portafolio
“Recuérdame/Amintește-mi” is a painting and drawing exhibition which reveals a series of facial expressions of unknown people, whose faces are drawn but balanced through the colour interventions.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2305732083045183
Stephen Polatch
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Residency period: 11.04-18.04.2019
“Drawings of Iasi” is a drawing exhibition which reveals a series of Iasi urban landscapes that are represented in various lines which betray sensitivity and also a good spirit of observation.
Amber Liberté
Residency period: 27.05-15.06.2019
https://amberliberty.weebly.com/
“Pigeon Loops” relates to a variety of buildings in Iasi of historical, political and social importance. After some deliberation, Liberté chose to focus her residency piece on “Piata Unirii” and her overall vision was to create a pedestrian style dance-piece using the aforementioned aspects of “Piata Unirii” and translating them into a movement sequence.
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Tomie Seo
Residency period: 01.05-13.06.2019
https://www.artsy.net/artist/tomie-seo
“Stop and play” is a multimedia exhibition which includes graphics, object installation and a video which takes part from video project series called “Horizontal Arc” that connects individual existences within the relationship between permanence and temporality within the context of time and memory.
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Vijay Patel
Residency period: 29.09-01.11.2019
http://www.interstructcollective.com
www.interstructcollective.com/mixed-media-installations
“Arteries of the dead: a step towards disunity” is a multimedia exhibition which consists of a series of ceramics pieces and a food art event that explore and transgress three main and overlapping thematic
interdisciplinary areas: historical & political perspectives, collective memory and
inclusive practices.
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Juraj Florek
Residency period: 31.10-01.12.2019
https://www.works.io/juraj-florek
“The Batman city” is a plein-air painting exhibition which redefines the space as a whole. The ingenious finding of an association with Batman (derived from the country brand of Dracula) can be seen ironically in the geographical-historical context of the city that does not claim its belonging to this myth, but also as an attempt to mythologize the space through a consumerist symbol (space that is validated by the spiritual-cultural landmarks).
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Martyna Benedyka
Residency period: 16.02-16.03.2020
“Rest here” A standing still. Dwelling on the beauty. Not accidental but intentional. Not only feeling it, but expressing it. How to express the true inner relationships between figures and objects. The art of between. The art of being neither art not nature, but both. Fragments that cut into our thoughts. The exactitude of the mark.
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Dylan Jones
Residency period: 06.03-16.03.2020
Larissa Mellor
Residency period: 7-17.10.2022
https://artstudio.berkeley.edu/faculty/larissa-mellor/
Larissa Mellor’s artworks are the result of a research of her own identity, as well as of the space related to her lived experiences and artistic creations. The artist presents a series of installations that refer to the Infinity Column by the sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, made from printed images of some traditional Romanian textile motifs, as well as a series of photographs showing the doilies and their shadows, which belonged to her grandmother.
