[Nettime-ro] Reminder. Lansare de carte si expozitie Calin Dan la Victoria Art Center

[Marius Tana <marius_tana@hotmail.com>]

Lansare de carte si expozitie.
Arhitectura emotionala, vol. 4

Marti 25
februarie 2014, 19.00 

Victoria Art Center, Calea Victoriei 12C

 

Călin Dan lanseaza al patrulea volum al seriei Emotional Architecture (Arhitectura
Emotionala), in ambianta unei video instalatii proiectate special pentru
acest eveniment. Arhitectura Emotionala este un proiect care investigheaza
relatia dintre oameni si locuire. Lansarea va fi prefatata de o discutie intre
artist si scriitorul Bogdan Ghiu. Cu aceasta 
ocazie, Călin Dan va introduce noul sau proiect "Autorul colectiv.
Istorii private ale Arhitecturii Publice."

 

Evenimentul are loc in prezenta Excelentei sale Matthijs
van Bonzel, ambasador al Regatului Olandei in Romania.

 

Organizatori: Ambasada Regatului Olandei in Romania si
Victoria Art Center. 

Parteneri: MNACLab, Galeria Anca Poterasu

Parteneri media: ArtClue, modernism.ro, Radio France
Internationale Romania, Metropotam, Clubul Presei Transatlantice

 

Context:

In perioada februarie-martie 2008, Călin Dan a investigat
functionarea institutionala, sociala si architectonica a Ministerului locuirii,
planificarii teritoriale si administrarii ambientale (Ministerie van
Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer - pe scurt MinVROM), de
la Haga. Cercetarea era motivata de mai vechea preocupare a artistului pentru
relatia dintre puterea politica si architectura, combinata cu fascinatia pentru
complexul program al cladirii realizate in perioada 1986-1992 dupa desenele
arhitectului Jan Hoogstad. Cercetarea a fost sprijinita fianciar de catre
centrul de arta si arhitectura Stroom si a fost facilitata de catre structurile
ministerului.

 

Cartea:

Timp de doua luni, Călin Dan a lucrat ca "stagiar" la
MinVROM, avand acces la toate facilitatile tehnice si logistice, si comunicand
cu ceilalti angajati in cadrul a numeroase evenimente sociale si profesionale.
Accesul sau la sedinte administrative, intalniri de lucru, receptii, precum si
la toate spatile giganticei cladiri - era nelimitat.  Din aceste intalniri cu architectura
ministerului si cu oamenii care se foloseau de ea a rezultat un numar mare de
fotografii si note, care au devenit elementele constitutive ale unei  carti ce oglindeste modalitatile complexe
prin care institutiile isi construiesc imaginea publica. Mai mult decat atat, Emotional Architecture 4 e jurnalul unei
relatii constant renegociate intre artist si institutia care face obiectul
analizei sale.

 

Cladirea:

Nasterea si viata cladirii MinVROM nu e una banala.
Proiectat ca un manifest al guvernarii transparente si sustenabile,
impresionantul obiect architectural a fost supus constant unor critici
punctuale de catre utilizatori. In acelasi timp insa, a devenit foarte repede
relicva simbolica a unei perioade istorice 
cand politicienii isi cautau validarea proiectand o imagine publica
incarcata de idealuri. Pe cand cladirea MinVROM era inca in constructie, s-a
luat decizia ca pe viitor institutiile guvernamentale sa nu mai initieze
proiecte arhitecturale, ramanand sa isi aleaga sediile din oferta pietei
imobiliare. Proiectata la sfarsitul razboiului rece, inaugurata in scurta
perioada de euforie de la inceputul anilor 90, cladirea MinVROM building ofera
o rara oportunitate de a intelege mecanismele productiei de imagine publica
prin architectura oficiala, si de a compara acest tip de abordare cu
strategiile de tip corporatist adoptate de clasa politica sub presiunea
globalizarii. Intre timp, in contextul crizei globale inaugurate in 2008,
MinVROM a fost desfiintat si functiile sale au fost redistribuite altor
organisme guvernamentale. Cladirea asteapta inca sa i se gaseasca alte functii.

 

Călin Dan, Emotional Architecture 4, Jap Sam Books,
2013

Text de Judit Angel; imagini de Călin Dan; layout Arnold
Estefan. Cu o conversatie intre artist si Adela Marcu. 

 

Contact: Călin Dan (handmilked.visions@gmail.com)

http://www.artvictoria.ro, office@artvictoria.ro,
031.102.05.12

 



 



 

Book launch and exhibition. Emotional Architecture
4

Tuesday February 25th 2014,
19h00

Victoria
Art Center, Calea Victoriei 12C

 

Călin Dan
launches the 4th volume of the series Emotional Architecture, in a
video installation especially designed for the event. Emotional Architecture is
a project that investigates the relation between people and their habitat. The
launching will be followed by a talk between the writer Bogdan Ghiu and the
artist. On this occasion, the author will introduce his new project "Collective
Authorship. Private Histories of Public Architecture."

 

In the
presence of the His Excellency Matthijs van Bonzel, Ambassador of the Kingdom
of the Nederlands in Romania.

 

Event
organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Nederlands in Romania and
Victoria Art Center. 

Partners:
MNACLab, Anca Poterasu Gallery

Media
partners: ArtClue, modernism.ro, Radio France Internationale Romania,
Metropotam, Clubul Presei Transatlantice

 

Context:

In the
period February-March 2008 Călin Dan performed a research on the institutional,
social and architectural functioning of the building of the Ministry VROM
(Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer -
Ministry of Habitat, Territorial Systematization, and Environmental
Management), in Den Haag / The Hague. The research was motivated by his long
term interest in the relation between political power and architecture,
combined with a fascination with the intrinsic design qualities of the building
realized after the design of Jan Hoogstad in the period 1986-1992. The research
unfolded with the support of Stroom Den Haag (who acted also as a financial
sponsor), and of the Ministry's hierarchic structures.

 

The book:

For two
months Călin Dan was a full time "intern" at the Ministry, working from a desk
with access to intranet facilities, sharing the cantina food, mingling with the
employees in numerous social events. For the research purposes, he has been
granted unlimited access to professional meetings, debates, think tank
activities, as well as to all spaces of the building. The encounters with the
architecture and the people using it resulted in a large number of photos and
notes that became the building blocks of a book reflecting on the complex ways
through which institutions project their public image. Next to this, Emotional Architecture 4 is the diary of
a constantly re-negotiated relation between the artist and the institution he
brings under scrutiny.

 

The building:

The birth
and consequent life of the MinVROM building is not a trivial one. Designed as a
manifesto for transparent and sustainable governance, the architectural object
met from the beginning till today sharp - even if punctual criticism from its
users. Meanwhile, it became very quickly a pious relic to an era when the
political agents still wanted a public profile charged with ideals. While the
MinVROM building was still under construction, a decision was made that
government instances will give up their position as initiators of architectural
projects, and will choose their new venues from the offer of the real estate
market. Designed at the end of the Cold War, inaugurated in the short period of
euphoria from the beginning of the 90s, the MinVROM building is a unique
opportunity to understand the mechanisms of image creation through
representational architecture, and to compare that with the new corporate
strategies adopted by governments under the pressure of globalization.
Meanwhile, in the context of the global downturn inaugurated in 2008, Min VROM
was dismantled and its functions redistributed to other government bodies. The
building waits now to be filled with new functions.

 

Călin
Dan, Emotional Architecture 4, Jap Sam Books, 2013

Text by
Judit Angel; images by Călin Dan; layout Arnold Estefan. With a conversation
between the artist and Adela Marcu. 

 

Contact: Călin Dan (handmilked.visions@gmail.com)

http://www.artvictoria.ro, office@artvictoria.ro, 031.102.05.12

 

 

 		 	   		  
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