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In memoriam Ioana Nemeø (1979–<strong><strong>20</strong><strong>11</strong></strong>)<br />
„I’m Telling You Stories. Trust Me“ 1<br />
Interviu cu Ioana Nemeø realizat de Stuart Aarsman<br />
Retipærim aceastæ lucrare apærutæ în #<strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>05, ca semn al prefluirii noastre statornice<br />
pentru un artist important øi un vechi prieten.<br />
STUART AARSMAN este scriitor øi curator independent. Studii de filosofie øi artæ la Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam,<br />
actualmente masterand la Central Saint Martin College of Art and Design, Londra. Publicæ articole în Metropolis M,<br />
Baby, RE-, Blvd, Afterall, Frieze etc.<br />
Cartea All the facets of the same B., un eseu filosofic despre artæ & consumerism, a fost publicatæ în <strong>20</strong>02, de Artimo/Gijs<br />
Stork.<br />
Pe Ioana am întîlnit-o într-un restaurant din Amsterdam. Era imediat dupæ vernisajul<br />
ei de la galeria lui Ellen. Era un local turcesc sau arab, am comandat tofli cîte o pizza<br />
øi unii dintre noi am început sæ-i punem Ioanei cîteva întrebæri. M-au uimit seriozitatea<br />
øi încrîncenarea cu care ræspundea la întrebærile noastre øi am decis cæ trebuie<br />
neapærat sæ mai vorbim despre lucrærile ei. Am schimbat adresele de e-mail øi,<br />
dupæ øase luni, profit de trecerea mea prin Bucureøti în drum spre Istanbul pentru<br />
a mæ reîntîlni cu Ioana. Mai precis, pentru a-i lua un interviu.<br />
Hotærîm împreunæ, de fapt mai mult Ioana, ca locul unde sæ se desfæøoare interviul<br />
sæ nu fie unul singur, ci trei situri diferite: o salæ de sport, un dig øi o salæ de cinema;<br />
trei spaflii diferite, dar care însemnau pentru ea ceva mai mult decît niøte locuri<br />
publice pe care sæ le frecventezi în weekend. Am stabilit zonele de interes pe care<br />
vrem sæ le exploræm în interviu øi am ataøat fiecærui loca un subiect specific: sælii de<br />
sport, culori & cuburi; digului, contextul românesc; sælii de cinema, ficfliune & realitate.<br />
SIT: SALA DE SPORT FLOREASCA<br />
SUBIECT: CULORI & CUBURI<br />
Sala Floreasca este situatæ într-un cartier cochet din centrul Bucureøtiului. Pentru a<br />
ajunge la ea, trebuie sæ traversezi o zonæ liniøtitæ cu a<strong>lei</strong> øi spaflii verzi care øerpuiesc<br />
printre vile construite în stil vechi, ce nu depæøesc mai mult de trei etaje. Din<br />
cauza atmosferei paønice, n-ai spune cæ te afli foarte aproape de colosul cu 15 etaje<br />
al Televiziunii Române. Este locul cel mai fierbinte pe care românii au încercat sæ-l<br />
cucereascæ în Revoluflia din ’89.<br />
Øi sala de sport este veche, terenul nici mæcar nu este regulamentar, pentru cæ spafliul<br />
dintre tribune øi terenul de joc sînt mult prea mici øi se produc mereu tot felul de<br />
accidente, dar cupola este fabuloasæ: construitæ ca pe vremuri, din arcade de<br />
lemn îmbinate cu sticlæ, care dau sælii de sport un aer uøor burghez.<br />
Ioana soseøte la 12 fix, mæ întreabæ dacæ a întîrziat øi îmi mærturiseøte cæ uræøte sæ<br />
întîrzie. Are un aer destul de somnoros, poate øi din cauza hainelor øleampete de<br />
pe ea: o bluzæ din catifea strælucitoare de un maro-albæstrui care-i alunecæ pe corp,<br />
excelent croitæ, pantaloni din catifea pluøatæ maro-pæmîntiu care pornesc foarte bufanfli<br />
din talie øi se strîng brusc pe picior, sub nivelul genunchilor, øi niøte ølapi de un mov<br />
intens.<br />
Stuart Aarsman – Cum de nu ai intrat pe uøa principalæ?<br />
Ioana Nemeø – Pe culoarul æsta obiønuiam sæ intru cînd veneam la antrenamente<br />
la salæ. Pe aici intrau doar jucætorii, arbitrii øi antrenorii. E un culoar foarte strîmt øi-mi<br />
aduce aminte de culoarele care dau în arena cu nisip a unei coride spaniole. Aceeaøi<br />
tensiune care se acumuleazæ de-a lungul culoarului pentru a ræbufni în salæ.<br />
“I’M TELLING YOU STORIES. TRUST ME” 1<br />
An Interview with Ioana Nemeø by Stuart Aarsman<br />
scena<br />
We reprint this material originally published in issue <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>05, as a<br />
sign of our unfailing appreciation for an important artist and an old<br />
friend.<br />
STUART AARSMAN is a writer and independent curator. He studies art<br />
and philosophy at Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. Currently M.A. at Central<br />
Saint Martin College of Art and Design, London. Writing for Metropolis<br />
M, Baby, RE-, Blvd, Afterall, Frieze etc.<br />
All the facets of the same B. – philosophical essay about art & consumerism<br />
published in <strong>20</strong>02 by Artimo/Gijs Stork.<br />
I met Ioana in a restaurant in Amsterdam. It was just after her opening<br />
in Ellen’s gallery. We all ordered pizza; it was one of these<br />
Turkish or Arabic restaurants. Some of us started to ask Ioana some<br />
questions. I was amazed by the seriousness and keenness of her<br />
answers to our questions and decided I have to talk about her works.<br />
We exchanged email addresses. I wanted to take advantage of my<br />
going through Bucharest on my way to Istanbul to meet Ioana again.<br />
More exactly, I wanted to interview her.<br />
We decided together, in fact Ioana did, that there would be three<br />
locations for the interview, not only one: a sports hall, a dam and<br />
a movie hall; three different spaces but which meant for her something<br />
more than simple public spaces to go on weekends. We established<br />
together the topics we wanted to explore in the interview and<br />
attached to each location a specific issue: colours & cubes for the<br />
sports hall, Romanian context for the dam, and fiction & reality for<br />
the movie hall.<br />
LOCATION: FLOREASCA SPORTS HALL<br />
SUBJECT: COLOURS & CUBES<br />
Floreasca sports hall is located in a nice Bucharest neighbourhood.<br />
In order to get there, you have to cross a quiet stretch of alleys and<br />
green spots winding among old villas with no more than three<br />
storeys. The atmosphere is so serene, you wouldn’t say you are so<br />
close to the 15 story colossus of the Romanian Television – the<br />
hottest spot that Romanians tried to conquer during the revolution<br />
of ’89.<br />
The sports hall is also rather old; the field is not even according the<br />
regulations because the space between the stands and the field is<br />
much too narrow and there are frequent accidents. The dome is fabulous;<br />
built in old fashioned style, of wooden arcades combined with<br />
glass that impregnate this space with a certain bourgeois spirit.<br />
Ioana arrived at 12 o’clock sharp, she asked me if she was late and<br />
confessed she hated to be late. She looks quite sleepy, maybe<br />
because of her slovenly clothes: a blouse made of shiny bluish brown<br />
velvet, slippery on her body, beautifully tailored, plush velvet brown<br />
trousers, very puffed from the waist and tight on the leg under the<br />
knee, and some deep purple flip-flops.<br />
Stuart Aarsman – How come you didn’t enter the main door?<br />
Ioana Nemeø – I used to pass through this corridor when I came to<br />
trainings. This was only for players, referees and coaches. It’s a very<br />
narrow corridor and it reminds me of the passage ways that lead out<br />
to the sand circle of a Spanish bullfighting arena. The same tension<br />
that accumulates along the corridor to break out in the hall.<br />
– It’s very beautiful.<br />
– I like it when it’s quiet, like now, when there is nobody. You know<br />
what I’m thinking of? Of that sound made by the ball when it is hit<br />
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