Mapping the City - A creative approach on Bucharest #1

FVPCI - 2 nd Semester Volume 1 / March 2011

Alex Nelu ’Greetings from Bucharest’

Mircius ‘Fighting the city’

Adrian Mihaiu ‘Traffic zen’

Liliana Zaharia ’Moara lui Assan (Assan’s mill)’
Moara lui Assan este prima moara industriala
din Bucuresti ce functiona pe baza
unui motor cu vapori de apa . Aceasta
a fost cosntruita in anul 1853, in zona
Obor-Lizeanu, de catre Gheorghe Assan si
Ioan Martinovici, care aveau deja deschise
in oras cateva bacanii. Moara asigura
aprovizionarea cu faina a orasului atunci
cand Dambovita si lacul Colentina inghetat,
iar morile cu apa nu mai erau functionale.
Mai tarziu, in afara comertului cu faina, s-a
produs ulei vegetal, lacuri, culori. In prezent,
moara este considerata monument istoric.
Arhitectura silozului este impresionanta,
avand aerul unei cetati medievale, cu
diverse ornamente si chiar 2 turnuri. La
vremea construirii acesteia, era cea mai
inalta cladire din Bucuresti. Desi acum este
ascunsa printre blocurile de tip comunist,
zona respectiva este foarte vasta iar ruinele
ce se afla intr-o stare de degradare sunt
neobisnuite din punct de vedere vizual.
Desi este un monument istoric, nu este si
un punct turistic si foarte putini locuitori ai
orasului cunosc acest loc.

Nicoleta Huţanu ‘Sursa Culorii / colour flow’

Bucharest is meant to be, beyond appearance,
full of nature and color. We imagine
parallel worlds or recall memories that we
conjure of that place we pass it by. How
would it be not to have been there, or even
to be different than it is? Let’s bring into
place something we want it to be, a phantasy,
a bit of poetry.

Ana-Maria Staicu ’Visual poetry’

Mario Oprean ’Construct’

Andrei Ivan ’Kids Town’

Irina Demeter & Şerban Manta ’Codoi CO 2 ’

Bogdan Rãuţã ’Pe bicicletã / ‘On the bike’

4Orașul este un puzzle dezordonat ale cărui piese sunt obiecte
care au o semnificație pentru fiecare dintre noi. Care sunt
primele patru obiecte care amintesc de București.

Delia Gheorghiu, Şerban Manta & Oana Rad ’Bucharest in 4 objects’

Delia Gheorghiu, Şerban Manta & Oana Rad ’Bucharest in 4 objects’

Maria Burachu ‘Springtime’

Micul Bucuresti 01

Micul Bucuresti 02
Elena Albu ’Pâclã / Smog’

Irina Demeter ‘Book-a-rest’

Irina Demeter ‘Book-a-rest’

Tina Stroescu & Petru Anton ’News Wars ‘20 vs. 00’

Tina Stroescu & Petru Anton ’News Wars ‘20 vs. 00’

Roxana Constantinescu & Alfred Schupler ‘Crucified Faith / Credinta rastignita’

Credinta Rastignita
La marginea Bucurestiului, pe Calea Giulesti, in peisajul dezolant oferit de groapa de
gunoi, se inalta ruinele bisericii a ceea ce a fost candva Manastirea Chiajna, ridicata
la 1780, pe vremea domniei lui Alexandru Ipsilanti si finalizata la 1790 de domnitorul
Nicolae Mavrogheni. Edificiul are dimensiuni impresionante, chiar si acum cand nu
mai e decat o ruina: 43 metri lungime, 18 metri inaltime, ziduri groase de 2 metri.
Chiajna a fost pe vremuri o manastire mai mare
decat Cernica. La ea au lucrat mesterii care au inaltat
conacul Vacarestilor de langa Targoviste, astazi aflat si
el in ruina. Sfantul lacas si-a luat numele de la o mosie
a celebrei doamne Chiajna, sotia lui Mircea Voda.
Construit in stil neoclasic, urma sa fie cel mai important
complex monastic din Tara Romaneasca.
Astazi se afla in paragina, in mijlocul unui peisaj ingrozitor:
hectare de gropi de gunoi, tone de deseuri, hale
industriale parasite, cimitirul, calea ferata. Aici se adapostesc
aurolaci si cersetori ce se incalzesc la focuri
incropite, in pronaos, din anvelope, iar vara vacarii ce
pasc turmele prin apropiere isi stabilesc aici cartierul
general.
Fara ajutor grabnic, Manastirea Chiajna este condamnata
in scurt timp sa dispara fara urma si, o data cu ea,
o alta fila a trecutului nostru, memorie de piatra lasata
sa moara. Orice initiativa de a reconstrui edificiul a
fost in zadar , autoritatile nu au sustinut finantarea
lucrarilor. Biserica Chiajna nu este un caz singular ,
mai multe ruine zac uitate si abandonate de comunitatile
ortodoxe.

Roxana Constantinescu & Alfred Schupler ‘Crucified Faith / Credinta rastignita’
Ortodoxia, interpretata deficient
naste un comportament bizar ,
in timpul slujbelor unii credinciosi
se imbrancesc degenerand chiar
in violente verbale, uitand motivul
prezentei lor in casa Domnului.
Pe fondul interferentei precrestinismului
cu ortodoxia , a facut posibila
prezenta unor ritualuri pagane
pana in zilele noastre, bunaoara
unii bunici isi ridica nepotii si ii
misca circular deasupra defunctului.
In mod surprinzator preotii
tolereaza asemenea manisfestari.
Cele trei situatii sunt doar cateva
din exemplele atitudinii nonortodoxe
ale crestinilor :
abandonarea locaselor de cult ,
generarea de violente in biserici
si folosirea de ritualuri precrestine

Dora Hrund Gisladottir ‘Red light’

URANUS
BOULEVARD OF
BROKEN DREAMS
Uranus is a future boulevard, near the
center of Bucharest, already planned by
Ceaușescu. The City Hall, who decided
to build it now, is following the dictator’s
plans. Its place is supposed to be between
the Victoriei Square and the Palace of Parliament.
Many old buildings will be or are
have been already destroyed to make room
for the avenue.
The people living there were given money
or were moved at the periphery of Bucharest,
probably in Pantelimon, a not very
friendly neighborhood). In our journey to
discovering stories of the people who were
evacuated from their homes to making
room for a larger street, we have found no
one there.

Mihaela Nazarie & Andreea Cioran ‘Uranus: Boulevard of Broken Dreams’

Mihaela Nazarie & Andreea Cioran ‘Uranus: Boulevard of Broken Dreams’

Delia Ştirbu ‘Counting clouds’

WHAT DO I
SEE IN A DAY?
THAT MENTAL MAP
Left colum
pictures:
Changes
Right colum
pictures:
Continuity
THE DAY
Talk, watch, stare, time, late,
there, sound, number s ,
messages, subliminal, bla-bla,
sketch, trip, poor, stressed,
nerve, phone, music, chat,
coffee, sweets, girls, UGG,
trend, home, time-time-time,
want, web, lame, lonesome,
hidden, masks, dye, jean, fake,
hideous, colourful, stops.
THE OTHER DAY
Blank, absent, picture, money,
phone, keys, car, light, metro,
jam, tree, Parliament, tobacco,
coffee, commercial, hag, hobo,
heater, orange, steam, dust,
spit, green, lash, fake, tan, hair,
smell, brick, fallout, crowd, nest,
shut, false, lie, spark, bag, price,
bird, trash, cake, dog, history,
advice, rude, expensive, old.
THE POINT?
See, want , feel , smel l
manifest, social, humanity,
one, get, rude, hate, humiliate
subliminal, idea, thought,
understand, be, stand, look!
You’re there. A part of it.
T H I N K
C R E A T E

Catrinel Elena Cotae ‘That mental map’

Maia Bretan & Corina Nae ‘UR24 Cristina Urban street Antoniu fashion ‘Bucharest’s in Bucharest’ style’

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Delia Gheorghiu, Şerban Manta & Oana Rad ’Grey’

Maia Bretan & Corina Nae ‘UR24 Urban street fashion in Bucharest’

Maia Bretan & Corina Nae ‘UR24 Urban street fashion in Bucharest’

CITY OF
REFLECTION

Alex Gâlmeanu ‘City of Reflection’

Cristina Antoniu ‘old vs new’

Emil Avasilichioaiei & Irina Ghenu ‘42 Statii Metrou / 42 Subway Stations’
42 SUBWAY
STATIONS
inside space - outside space
center - outskirts
old design - new design
yellow - m1 line
blue - m2 line
red - m3 line
green - m4 line

Emil Avasilichioaiei & Irina Ghenu ‘42 Statii Metrou / 42 Subway Stations’

Emil Avasilichioaiei Maia Bretan && Corina Irina Ghenu Nae ‘UR24 ‘42 Statii Urban Metrou street / fashion 42 Subway in Bucharest’ Stations’

Camelia Iordan ‘A natural part of Bucharest’

Fortification in 1894 Fortification in 2011

Maia Bretan & Corina Nae George ‘UR24 Urban Mocanu street ‘The fashion castle in of Bucharest’ Bucuresci’

Mircea , 10 years in Bucharest

Maia Bretan & Corina Nae ‘UR24 Urban Ionuţ-Florin street fashion Negrilã in ‘buzzelbuc’ Bucharest’
Emil, 1.5 years in Bucharest
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This publication is the outcome of a one week workshop
conducted by andrews:degen with 34 students from the
Photo/Video FVPCI department at the National University
of Arts in Bucharest. The research was focusing on the
students’ personal visual stories and experiences relating
to the city of Bucharest. A collection of work reflecting a
contemporary critical and social orientated perspective.