Marija Mokrova Q&A

This months cover featuring
electronic-rock band noon:30.
Original photo courtesy of the band,
digital augmentation by K.K.W.

Public Space in Skopje: Q&A with Marija Mokrova. By K.K.W

This month we're featuring some interesting young women who are not just the some of their parts, but the product of over a century of the modern women's movement.    

Marija Mokrova.
Photo courtesy of miss Mokrova.

SP: Marija, thanks so much for taking the time for the interview.

MM: Your very welcome Kerwin.

SP: Every city has parks, however does Skopje have public spaces other then parks and do they have free wi-fi (internet), chess tables?

Are any of them enclosed, giving protection from the elements with comfortable seating?

MM: Aside from parks, or the quay of the river Vardar, or natures most precious gift to the city - the hill called Vodno - I can't really think spaces purposefully created for the recreation, entertainment, relaxation of the of the citizens of the city. Wi-Fi is generally available in the center of Skopje, around the main square, and there are benches. One could consider certain zones in the city as so-called public space...but the thing is, in the mind of this architectural layman, a public space should have a...meaning. It should materialize a deeper and elaborated idea, it should give a three-dimensional form to a concept that includes several aspects of urban life - be these creation/or exposition of street-art, challenges in popular games, or even presentation of popular dishes for the "skopj-nians."

SP: What are your, if any, favorite public spaces in Skopje?

MM: I really cannot categorize any place as a public space as such, but there are some places where...I can still feel the city's...  soul. Or dying soul, more appropriate to the to the current situation. There use to be more but recent changes in the city's appearance have literally destroyed them. A very cool spot is the terrace of The Museum of Contemporary Art, a forgotten jewel in Skopje, located on a hill overlooking the quay of Vardar, the city park, and part of the city's center. Kurshumli An - a cult spot in the Old Bazaar, still a beloved choice for open-air concerts and a charming corner of the city. Then again, the entire Old Bazaar is; and...now a goner, several benches right next to "Dom na ARM", the were close to the central street called "Macedonia" with a view to the space right in front of the institutions entrance, where different groups of young people and/or couples used to hang out.

SP: When it comes to public spaces in Skopje, what is your opinion of them? What should be added?

MM: ...As I cannot really say that they exist, I guess my only comment would be that...the lack of such spaces only speaks about the... impoverishment of the city's spirit, the disregard of certain circles of Skopje's population, and lack of "dialouge" between people on positions, actual artists and the "common" people that live Skopje's everyday life, and make it so uncommon in so many ways.

SP: The project "Skopje 2014" has made some major changes to the city, but has it affected public spaces in a really negative way, and if so how?

MM: Numerous green spaces have been destroyed. Not parks per se, but just small, green spaces in the midst of the edifices and constructions where people would just sit, talk, spend a moment or two and chat with neighbors. A lot of spots that epitomized the "neighborhood feel" of the city are long gone now; the ultra kitsch edifices that have flooded the center of Skopje leave no room for anything resembling a public space. I'd rather not comment on the rest of the effects of the above-mentioned project has, as it is literally raping the city.

SP: In New York City many of the "modern" buildings have public spaces built next to them, some are within the structures (a city zoning law passed in 1961 gives incentives to private developers for doing this). Does Skopje have any public spaces like this, and do you think your city should pass a similar zoning law? 

MM: Not sure if this really applies to Skopje. I'm not sure that any laws (social, architectural, natural, feng Shui, and any other one I can think of) are being respected in the recent changes that have affected the city. 

SP: If you could design a public space what would you have available for the people? 

MM: A spot for musical performances...maybe sort of wooden cabins for the passerby to have a taste of the latest Skopje crazes - a new cocktail, a new dish perhaps, a pastry or something. A corner for artist who want to create their art in front of the public... occasional presentations of popular radio shows, maybe (Ah, Kanal 103's Pink Cadillac comes to mind)...I don't know...I guess, a place that would reflect the most prominent aspects of urban life, in terms of musical preferences, arts, theatre, food, games...                      

Marija Mokrova.
Photo courtesy of miss Mokrova.

When it comes to public space (parks, plazas, squares, etc, & modern public space)  in any city its most important aspects is how it interacts with the area around it, and how people of varying degrees relate to it.

Aside from this, its part of what makes for a healthy urban existence and promotes harmony within the city.

"Art is the reason, art is the way"

If you would like to know more, go to:http://studiophoenix.blogspot.com/2012/12/marija-mokrova-skopje-not-mine-anymore.html, or:http://studiophoenix.blogspot.com/2013/01/q-igor-toshevski.html, or:http://studiophoenix.blogspot.com/2011/11/see-it-now-skopje-in-autumn-blues.html 

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Aquene Freechild: Q&A

This months cover,
featuring electronic-rock band noon:30.
Original photo courtesy of the band,
digital augmentation by K.K.W

Q&A - "Modern" Architecture,

with Aquene Freechild.

Aquene Freechild,
photo courtesy of Miss Freechild.

SP: Aquene, thanks for taking the time for the interview.

AF: Your welcome Kerwin.

Downtown NYC - digital photo by K.K.W 2012.

SP: How do you view the often dominant use of glass, or similar material and radically simple design (cube / rectangles, linear pattern) in modern architecture? 

AF: I like the large amount of light that some modern buildings offer. Concrete no, glass yes. It can be too much sometimes, people need to be able rest their eyes too.

SP: Architecture, like most things can be done wrong (design, execution, etc), however, do you feel it has more to do with opinion when its disliked (take for instance the Eiffel Tower - although its not a building- which was hated by most of the artists & many others in Paris, yet is now beloved by the world, or at least tourists)? 

AF: I am guessing that human beings share similar innate reactions to space, large spaces are grand, perhaps a little intimidating, perhaps inspiring, small spaces intimate, safer. I think there are endless likely iterations of this type of effect that I don't know how to describe.

SP: Even if a work of architectural design is considered flawed, bad, (whatever the reason) and an artist, or someone else, finds a way to express a positive feeling through it, its put to good use, people rent offices in it, an apartment / purchase one in it, does that not make it good?

AF: Yes, that makes it good. We adapt and make homes everywhere. 

Center of Skopje (Capital of Macedonia),
digital photo by Meglena Visinska 2012.

SP: Phillip Clay's two-stage model of gentrification places artists as prototypical stage one, or marginal gentrifier's. Artists (in large #'s) move into low-rent undesirables areas, rehabilitate it, making it more desirable to others (Real-Estate Developers, yuppies, semi-conservative families). By this do you think that artists, Musicians, etc, help to cause gentrification?

AF: Yes, because they provide a bridge between the classes. Artists are often from middle and upper classes and make lower income areas,  more chique and palatable to upper and middle class identified people who come to artist areas to engage with the art, which they can likely afford more than the artist's neighbors.

Aquene Freechild.
Photo courtesy of miss Freechild.

Modern Architecture has its roots in the Bauhaus movement, which originated in Germany during the 20th century, and is currently going through a major revival ("Days of the future past"?). Its ideas had a major impact one world that is still current today.  And as the subject is one that affects New York City & others, its most important to us.

Aquene Freechild is a graduate of NYU (New York University), & currently resides in Washington, District of Columbia. 

If you would like to know more, go to:www.facebook.com/aquenef ,

or:http://studiophoenix.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html,

www.facebook.com/VoSenkataNaMladiteInTheShadowOfTheYoungOnes 

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Rebecca Patek

This months cover featuring
electronic-rock band noon:30.
Original photo courtesy of the band,
digital augmentation by K.K.W

Beautiful Control: Rebecca Patek.

When you get right down to it, we are not just the some of our parts and what makes us individuals. We are in fact, the result of the efforts of those who came before us; and for a woman this is most important.

Rebecca Patek @ Spectrum.
Photo by K.K.W

The first time I saw her (@ Spectrum for Valerie Kuehne's birthday event) seemed the opposite of what she is - a choreographer & performance artist.  

On stage her voice, projection of intent, and body language showed the actions of a novice. 30 seconds into it and the crowd became annoyed and agitated; the tension became so thick you could cut it with a butter knife. 

Rebecca Patek @ Spectrum.
Photo by K.K.W

Patek seemed on the verge of a breakdown - babbling about what she wanted to do with her life, being dumped by her boyfriend, finding solace in a stuffed, faceless effigy to project ones sickness and suffering on. Then all of a sudden, she took control of herself and the audience. Anger crept into her eyes and voice as she began talking about her boyfriend mailing her panties back to her.

The audience was now totally in her power,
realizing the method to her madness, and clearly taken with sensuous nature of the act. It was wicked and wild.   

Rebecca Patek
@ The Invisible Dog Art Space
"Aunts Catch" 2/23/13

What's most interesting is the usage of her own vulnerability, body and sexuality to deceive & divert the audiences mind/attention. Patek's one woman act is similar to other female performance artists work ("Cut Piece" by Yoko Ono)in its simplicity, daring and shock.

Patek certainly is a talented young woman taking after (in her way) many others who broke with the notion of a female artist needing to be "a lady" in all things (Lynda Benglis, Vanessa Beecroft), especially her creativity.        

Rebecca Patek
@ The Invisible Dog Art Space
"Aunts Catch" 2/23/13

If you would like to know more, go to:http://rebeccapatek.com/ "Art is the reason, art is the way". 

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noon:30

This months cover, featuring
the electronic-rock band noon:30.
Original photo courtesy of the band,
digital augmentation by K.K.W

Music now (Brooklyn): noon:30.

Given that March is women's history month, we are posting about some great women now, that are the product of those who came before them.

Over the last 3 years I've become more immersed in "non-mainstream" music; of which there is almost too much. One of the best is still noon:30, who I first heard in a friends apartment (Jeanee) in Bklyn 3 years ago. 

Blue (left, vocals & bass) & Aissa (noise+guitar).
Image courtesy of the band.

Originally from Washington D.C, they moved to Brooklyn N.Y to inject their hard-hitting, thought-provoking, electronic-rock into the urban veins of our fair city (& thank God, cause we need it).

The sound is rooted in Punk (yet stands on its own merit) radiating at times soulful with an Industrial flow, griping you with meaningful lyrics thats part poetry & spoken-word protest. Critic & taste maker Everett True praised them as “protest music like mainstream commentators keep saying doesn’t exist these days” and as reminding him of “great lost 80s femme-punk duo Toxic Shock”. (1)

In an interview on Conversations with Bianca (an online periodical) Blue said being from Detroit, Motown was very much apart of her life growing-up. While Aissa said that her dad used to play guitar in a blues band, which lead to her eventually playing the guitar. Given this its no wonder noon:30 is such an amazing band.

Currently the duo is finishing up their latest EP, of which I only know the last song completed for it is called "Dream". So, like their many other fans I'm eagerly waiting.  

noon:30. Photo courtesy of the band. 

If you would like to know more, go to: http://www.myspace.com/noon30band, or:www.facebook.com/noon30. 

"Art is the reason, art is the way"

(1) Taken from the interview (Conversations with Bianca): "Q&A with noon:30 - Can music be revolutionary? "F*ck Yes."

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Natalie Eichengreen

This months cover
featuring electronic-rock band noon:30,
original photo courtesy of the band,
digital augmentation by K.K.W

Amazing art: Natalie Eichengreen.

Without going into too much, I'll simply say that while paying homage to women who fought for and died for change is great, we should look to those who are the product of that struggle.

Untitled 2006 - Israeli Defense Force.
Image courtesy of the artist.

From Haifa, Israel, she joined the Israeli army at the age of 18 and served as a photographer in the Navy, as well as the Israeli Defense Force spokes unit. She also documented the 2nd Lebanon war, operations and press conferences.  

Natalie Eichengreen. Image courtesy of the artist.

Its this part of her life that makes her artwork so interesting. Sexuality, repression, discrimination and moods explored through the human body. One of her major projects, "Woman X", focuses on repression/discrimination that is projected against women in Israel, and abroad from men in extreme ultra orthodox religious sectors.    

Roni - Haifa Paste, 2012.
From the "Woman X" project.
Image courtesy of the artist.

Combining various mediums such as photography, video works, text pieces, sculpture and "street art"- Eichengreen explores self awareness through individuality resulting in stunning projects. Reality, parallel realities, and those that exist only for a few, herself included, puts her work on par with such artists as Diane Arbus and Vanessa Beecroft. 

Untitled - image of man defacing the
Roni - Haifa paste.
Image courtesy of the artist.

There is an intimate touch and feel to her subjects that flows with a delicate, current of sexuality. Within this aspect of her work the viewer is looking from a distance (figuratively & literally)and yet one feels invited, gently urged to bridge the gap between viewer and subject. 

Muffinhead - 2011 from the work "on/off".
Image courtesy of the artist.

Untitled 2011- From the work "film inspired".
Homage to Daisies - Sedmikrasky
by Vera Chytilova, 1966.
Image courtesy of the artist.

Untitled 2010. From the work
"I wish I was".
Image courtesy of the artist

Untitled 2012. Self-portrait.
Image courtesy of the artist.

Natalie Eichengreen's art is powerful in its concepts, depiction, subject's, and meaning. She not only has the photographers eye, but the ability to use it as a vector for social commentary, which often puts the artist in danger and at odds with the world she is born into. 

If you would like to know more, go to:http://natalieichengreen.com/home.html 

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In The Shadow Of The Young Ones (The Exhibition)

Original photos & digital art by K.K.W

Art inspired by fellow artists & friends in Skopje

In The Shadow Of The Young Ones

/ (Vo Senkata Na Mladite)

A joint venture  between one visual artist in New York, 1 in Bucharest, & 3 in Skopje. 

Kerwin Williamson (NYC - project leader & curator), Ana Lazarevska (Skopje), Meglena Visinska (Skopje), Cinty Ionescu (Bucharest),& Matej Bogdanovski (Skopje).

The theme of our exhibition is Exploring the changing architecture of New York city, Bucharest and Skopje Macedonia. New architecture taking over the landscape, young vs old, a battle of style, thought, and city planning. The disturbances 

these "young ones" cause within the minds of people, fans and critics is amazing. All three cities architecture has changed considerably in the last 10 years and will continue to change, but the question is how has, and how will those changes affect the people who live within these cities. As many of these buildings, and or structures are taller then others, or frankly more important, they often cast their shadow (literally & figuratively) over the older buildings, hence the name of the exhibition. But more than this its a way of looking at them. Although each city is unique to itself and in some ways extremely different, they all share this same aspect, albeit visually expressed in their own way. 

"We 2 are 1". Self portrait by K.K.W (NYC)
Digital photography / graphic art.

Ana Lazarevska (Skopje): Videography

Playing with different forms, mediums of expression and space. 

Trying to fit the time and emotions into a form of art  work. 

In short, those are my interests in art. While creating artwork I do not set bounds to  the mediums of expression, so that is why I have  lots of creation on different materials, collages, all combined in space with light- installation, paintings, photography and videography. Choosing a theme of interest for me is almost always related to my experience and emotions. That’s how I chose to make an video titled as "Tourist Guide" dedicated to my city, Skopje. In the past few years there have been a lot changes in the city. I often remember how it use to be and how is now, and I am always coming to the conclusion that there are new places for new memories. I wanted to express the transition from old to new and from harmony to chaos, than backward. This is what drew me to the project  "In the shadow of the young ones", the idea of visually exploring the current and continuing changes in Skopje and New York City. While our cities  visually change, we notice but very quickly go past that and become numb once more, unable to see. The two are interconnected (the people & the city) through these changes,  and so the one without the other is pointless. In the end , with this art work, I am rising the question, where is all these changes leading us? (Ana Lazarevska)

In a way photography is like exploration- visual, mental, and emotional.

And when it comes to a city, a person, moments within a place, its all the same. When you explore, its the journey and the subject (object or reason) that leads you towards understanding yourself, as much as the subject. With this project, "In The Shadow Of The  Young Ones", it is very much so, both for the artists involved and those who will view their work. The architecture and monuments of any city is half of its charm, life, and what makes it unique. The people of the city, their reaction(s) to the architecture and monuments are the other side of that coin. The people are the creators and or inhabitants of the city and its structures, moving through and about them like blood cells move through our veins. The one without the other is pointless and more importantly, cannot be. Finding common ground, similarities, exchanging ideas while bringing attention to the disappearing parts of our cities due to change, is the goal of the project. Helping others to appreciate the geometric simplicity, the pattern of lines that alters the skyline, creating shapes in conjunction with the other buildings and structures. The reflective/gleaming quality that alters the urban landscape producing a powerful visual, which is a beaming reminder of urban change. To find some beauty, if any, in the juxtaposition of the "young ones" to their elders and the use of public space is what the project is about. (K.K.W)

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"The machine & its creation"

What I wanted was to engage the viewer with exciting visuals of "Modern" architecture in their city, and show through other artists in distant cities, the same if not similar thing. 

We begin, with my images, in Brooklyn which is so much more then Manhattan in its own way. 

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Next, a few examples of urban change in Bushwick Sector. In some ways it still looks and seems unchanged,

however slowly it is becoming more like Park Slope Sector.  

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"Dumbo sector" - living proof that artists, in a way, help to increase urban change. If it were not for all the visual artists, musicians, etc who flocked there the area would not be what it is now (expensive, posh, with many new luxury buildings). This is why they have a hand in causing gentrification in the 20th & 21st century.  

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Try to look at the image in a sense of linear pattern.
The bridge leading to the building,
the overpass to the left creating a slight triangular shape in the middle.

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Barclays Center, while still under construction.

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Barclays Center, while still under construction.

From here we cross the great bridge (Brooklyn Bridge),

into the heart of the city - Manhattan. 

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"Look up"

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"Sic Luceat Lux"

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At first I didn't like this image when I looked @ it on a large
screen, but then I realize its the past (stone, brick, texture),
and the future/past
(glass & steel - which was being used as far back as 1925).

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If your a real New Yorker or have been here before,
you should be able to tell where this is. 

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This is a new swank apartment building near
Gallery MC (Macedonian gallery in NYC).
I watched it rise form its foundations.
"Stairway to heaven" ?

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The building on the right is one of my favorites,
especially the top. A great example of architecture in NYC.

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2-3 images spliced together).
The large face is of a Buddhist statue,
which I think is a visual aspect of the religious
insanity people place on property & where they live.
The others are a student on the left,
& 2 policemen on motorcycles.   

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Original images by Matej Bogdanovski.
"Pale rider - his name is death"

C.I image #1 With violinist Miranda Cuckson.
The idea was someone playing a requiem for the old buildings being replaced.

C.I image #23 "Skopje in abstract"
Original photos by Meglena Visnska.

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with Acacia & Sunja

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With this one I used the face of a stone carving 
on a building in Harlem (an area in Manhattan),
as it represents a major aspect of architecture of the past 
(ornamentation on buildings). Her face is almost engulfed by the glass
of "Modern" architecture. 

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Original images by K.K.W & Matej Bogdanovski.
With violinist Miranda Cuckson. 

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This I think is one of the best.
I have to thank my fellow artists I'm working with
& many other artists in Skopje for the inspiration.

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"The angel of death"
Sic Luceat Lux
(thus let the light shine). In death as in rebirth

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This one is a splice of an image from a cemetery,
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"Requiem for Skopje #2". Original photos by K.K.W
& Meglena Visinska. With violinist Miranda Cuckson.

C.I image #61"Requiem for Bklyn" : With cellist Valerie Kuehne

Meglena Visinska (Skopje) Digital photography
& graphic manipulation.
Image courtesy of the artist. 

Each person has a different way of expressing his or her feelings....I find mine in photography and graphic manipulation (design) in Adobe Photoshop. It helps me bring out the key points of my inner revolt and express the emotions I feel toward the subject. The artworks I have created for this exhibition is inspired from the everyday situations that I face while living in this country of so-called tradition. Honestly, I do not know much about politics, but I know that every human being wants to be surrounded by beauty, warmth and love. This project, "In The Shadow Of The Young Ones", is a topic that deeply touches my soul; I feel over-burdened from my city Skopje.....a city that once was the love of my life...now has turned into chaos...

like a pile of things thrown on top of each other. Beautiful buildings...pure artwork from every point of view, so much detail, so much exclusiveness, so trendy...and yet they all lack something. Something I truly hope to discover from this project. 

(Meglena Visinska)

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"Skopje splice". Original images by & courtesy of  Meglena Visinska,
digital augmentation by K.K.W

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Matej Bogdanovski (Skopje). Digital photography &
graphic manipulation. 

The cycle "Uber  Skulpturalles" came about as a response to an invitation from the young artist from New York, Kerwin K Williamson, and his concept for the exhibition "IN THE SHADOW OF THE YOUNG ONES".

The main idea of the exhibition is to depict the urbanistic changes that happens in two different cities, New York and Skopje, through visual and creative ways. These two cities are different by many things, but also with certain similarities. Something that provokes us as artists are the new buildings, objects, esthetics and a new view that comes out of it all. The young buildings and monuments that cast their shadow on their neighbors, the old ones. Uber  Skulpturalles  is inspired by the pretentious construction efforts initiated by the Government of Macedonia who endeavor to make our capital Skopje, look more attractive and give it an image of a "true European metropolis". And at the same time leave a strong mark about "our identity". The aim is to achieve this through constructing buildings with an abundance of antique elements (pillars and colonnades), baroque facades and placement of monumental sculptures of "significant people from our history", even a triumphal arch.

And all this will be built at and around the main city square called Macedonia. I particularly used the sculptures as a main theme in these photos. In these seven digitally edited photos I deliberately made the objects dimensions several times bigger. In this way they dominate the surrounding environment, whereas the people are made smaller. With this I wanted to express my personal feeling of discomfort whenever I pass by these 'young ones' dominating the area, contaminating the space with its over-decoration and kitsch. (Matej Bogdanovski)

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Cinty Ionescu (Bucharest): Videography /
digital photography.
Original image of Cinty courtesy of the artist,
digital augmentation by K.K.W 

Transcending intersections is the main goal of living in urban spaces. Blurry lines is what you see when you travel at the speed of sounds & lights of the cities we love. Each point of view gets interconnected to familiar spaces when trying to understand what urban spaces are. With this video I managed to superimpose various cities in Romania, retaining their particularities, while emphasizing their universality. These cities are full of cables, which are metaphors for the bonds between us as spectators and citizens, cables that interconnect us while as well confuse us. Working with many layers was a daunting but necessary task in order to understand each of them and my own (layered and troubled) relationship to them. I therefore am obscured by the intersection and it's a powerful experience of everyday life in the Romanian urban space.

I rather feel traumatized and alienated by the urban space in romania, especially bucharest, and my belief is that living, seeing and experimenting everyday with and in an ugly and chaotic space we are marked forever in a very powerful way. (Cinty Ionescu)

I (K.K.W) had asked Cinty to take some quick, basic shots of Bucharest so those who have never been there would see images of the city, and some of their modern architecture, alongside the older buildings. I did some basic editing of the photos. 

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Obscured (by the) Sun - a video by Cinty Ionescu 

                                            Music and additional footage - Miron Ghiu.

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Urban development is a part of life in all cities, though is overdevelopment, under-development, piss-poor development, and gentrification a reality we have to deal with? It is the hope of those involved with this project and rooting for it, that there be a great cultural exchange of ideas regarding this matter, East meets West. And while the West is considered the greater of the two, in many respects, hopefully so much of the best of what we are will have a positive impact on our friends in the East of Europe.

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