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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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