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Offset [2005]
Offset [2005], Romanian young artists projects of 2005

Offset is a great collection of recent works from some of Romania's finest young artists. There are over 20 artists represented and all of their works are worth taking a look. I chose to showcase two here today, Alex Dragulescu, a software artist with whom I was familiar already, and Vlad_Nanca whose "Terrorist Balloons" I thought was a very clever idea and make for great eye candy. Also worthy of special mention is the great collection of street art. Be sure to check out this exhibit online at Offset [2005]


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Vlad_Nanca's "Errorism - Terrorist Balloons" is pure genius. Such a simple idea to turn something like a terrorist into a playful balloon is brilliant.

From the Offset [2005] official Press Release.........
This is the second year Offset has been digging for outstanding projects of young Romanian artists. And we hope we have succeeded in offering a good sellection, a selection any curator can use as a starting point of his own project. Because primarily Offset is intended as such a tool. It's core idea is to gather projects from the year 2005. And then make them as visible as possible worldwide. The sellection was made by the Offset team based on this argument and the quality of the works (this you could question as a very subjective criterium, but we assure you the only filter we put forward is common sense). Offset doesn't claim to be exhaustive. What you see here is partly a result of a sellection, partly one of a special dynamic, independent of our will.

The artistic year 2005, as we see it in Offset 2005, is a social and political one. The artists and curators are taking on issues of interraction and communication between society, church and state. Duo van der Mixt and Alexandra Croitoru are studying the transformations that the exchange of religious power leads to. Casa Gontz is offering you a political safari, through his political tourism agency. Vlad Nanca is laughing at the over-discussed Redemption Cathedral. After he stops laughing he plays with the over-inflated terrorism, as does Cristi Pogacean in the remake of a kitsch classic. Gorzo makes a star out of Mr. President and Mona Vatamanu/Florin Tudor continue their study over political mutations in the urban space. Mihai Gongu is optimistic about Romanian society in his series of net banners, his optimism being built on a harsh and ironical critique. Irina Botea transforms the oppulent suite of Ceausescu from Arcus into a setting for her playful videos, ment to exorcise the place. Dina Dancu studies the social dimension of art, in interviewis transformed in an installation.

Another direction preocupying young artists is that of personal introspection and recuperation of life experiences. Miklos Szilard re-enacts the game all Romanian boys played,"tubermane", as a real-life 1st person shooter. Delia Popa transforms her grandmother ("Mamaia") in a symbol of a lost way of life and a tool for mentally recuperating it. Maria Draghici speaks of communism using her family photo archive as vehicle for interpretation. Ioana Nemes focuses on her daily life, turning it upside down and around, searching for meanings. Liliana Basarab forces introspection on others, challenging them to define truth, and comunicating this definition without saying a word. Victor Man and Gili Mocanu are the apostols of a new, redefined painting, refreshing the scene and the views about the classic artistic medium. Storming the scene with political hypermedia art, Alex Dragulescu cinically uses data from blogs of the US troops in Irak in a net-based graphic novel.

The young subcultures under the sign of interdiction are the core of Stefan Tiron's project - a week of digital anarchy, file-sharing, electronic music and Counter Strike battles at Galeria Noua - and of the urban interventions of the This.ro group of street artists.

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