SALONUL DE PROIECTE:
OPEN CALLS
2011-2016
Edited by Alexandra Croitoru
Published by Salonul de Proiecte
English / Romanian
200 pages, 20 x 30cm
Hardcover
ISBN 978-973-0-22732-1
Price: 98 lei
Texts by Magda Radu, Diana Ursan, Jelena Vesić
Artists: Marina Albu, Luminița Apostu, Apparatus 22, Maria Baroncea, Vlad Basalici, Dragoș Bădiță, Biroul de Cercetări Melodramatice / The Bureau of Melodramatic Research, Alexandra Bodea, Mihuț Boșcu Kafchin, Răzvan Botiș, Lucian Bran, Cristina Amelia Cândea, Simion Cernica, Andreea Ciobîcă, Claudiu Cobilanschi, Irina Costache, Larisa David, Andrei Dinu, Daniel Djamo, Ion Dumitrescu, Paul Dunca, Alexandru Fifea, Tatiana Fiodorova, Florin Flueraș, Irina Gheorghe, Bogdan Gîrbovan, Mihai Iepure- Górski, Simina Guga, Cătălin Ilie, Mădălina Lazăr, Mihai Lukacs, Mihaela Michailov, Olivia Mihălțianu, Szilárd Miklós, Mixer, Ivana Mladenovic, Monotremu, Alexandru Niculescu, Daniela Pălimariu, Ioana Păun, Allison Peacock, [Perplex], Alexandra Pirici, Alina Popa, Raluca Popa, Sorin Popescu, Veda Popovici, Flaviu Rogojan, Cătălin Rulea, Ștefan Sava, David Schwartz, Sillyconductor, Soyons Impossibles, Zamir Suleymanov, Ștefan Tiron, Iulia Toma
Selectors: Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, Nicoline van Harskamp, Little Warsaw, Aurelia Mihai, Ciprian Mureșan, Nedko Solakov, Mona Vătămanu & Florin Tudor
This book encapsulates five years of the Salonul de proiecte curatorial programme, whose mission was to foster the production of contemporary art in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The Open Call programme was the driving force behind this project, against the precarious backdrop of a local art scene riven by a lack of resources or any infrastructure dedicated to artists. This publication is an important collection of works shown over the course of the eight exhibitions that resulted from the annual calls for projects; it is a relevant archive of the recent history of Romanian art, as well as a useful platform for future research projects.
The Open Call programme can be said to have been Salonul de proiecte’s most dynamic direction, given the diversity of the media employed, as well as the interdisciplinary nature of the projects, which were frequently situated at the interface between visual art, contemporary dance, performance, experimental music, and theatre. Many of the resulting works circulated afterwards in various contexts, being presented in prestigious exhibitions, locally and internationally. The works have a life of their own, beyond the context that produced them. By the same token, we hope that this publication will be more than just an attempt to file away an exhibition programme, and that instead it will become a useful tool for all those interested in researching contemporary art in Romania.