Mapping the City - A creative approach on Bucharest #1
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.
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.
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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.
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