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workshops, art coaching for the young, meetings with foreign or Romanian specialists on several fields, Bucharest. The Alimentara Exhibition, Orizont Gallery – it seemedrather nostalgic than... critic... out of date... no longer a story..., Etaj 3/4 Gallery – with Dan. “E rîndul tæu” [It’s your turn], installation. The UAP prize for young artist – myworks are bought by the Minister of Culture: drawings – school studies from 1989 and an object-book, also from 1989. The drawings shall be exhibited again and again byMNAC (National Museum of Contemporary Arts), but without a time reference (in order to make them look recent and render our delimitation useless)... But where is theobject-book? Picturæ: Horia Bernea, Horea Paøtina, Aurel Vlad, Ioana Bætrînu, Marian Zidaru. 1991 The Gulf War, The collapse of Yugoslavia – Milosevic dictatorship, USSRimplodes, Romania: Abortion is legalized and becomes the most popular form of contraception, Dan Perjovschi organizes actions in the Museum of Collections. Bucharest,Sorin Vreme (Timiøoara), “Stare færæ titlu” [State without a title] event... exhibition, performance..., Rudolf Bone, Olimpiu Bandalac, In December 1991, a new Constitutionwas drafted and subsequently adopted, after a popular referendum, which, however, attracted criticism from international observers, who accused the government ofmanipulating the population and even of outright fraud. The Constitution was recently revised by a national referendum on October 18–19, 2003, again plagued by fraudaccusations made by internal and international observers. The new Constitution, which took effect on October 29, 2003, follows the structure of the 1991 Constitution, butmakes significant revisions among which the most important are the extension of the presidential mandate and the guaranteed protection of private property. 1991 Newglobal recession, More or less free elections in the former USSR republics of Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia. 1992 March 1992 marked the split of the FSN into two groups: theDemocratic National Front (FDSN), led by Ion Iliescu and the Democratic Party (PD), led by Petre Roman. Iliescu won the presidential elections in September 1992 by a clearmargin, and his FDSN won the general elections held at the same time. With parliamentary support from the nationalist PUNR (National Unity Party of Romanians), PRM(Great Romania Party), and the ex-communist PSM (Socialist Workers’ Party), a new government was formed in November 1992 under Prime Minister Nicolae Væcæroiu, aneconomist and former Communist Party official. The FDSN changed its name to Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) in July 1993. The Istanbul International Biennial;Bucharest. At Galeria Simeza, with Dan Perjovschi, Sound installation – I pretend to be working at the gallery (so that I can have a relaxed dialog with the people); Bratislava,Karlovivary, Nové Zámky, Budapest, Vác. “Nimic nu-i întîmplætor” [Nothing is accidental] – performance; Bucharest. “Pentru noi” at Podul Gallery – intervention in the groupexhibition organized by Alexandra Titu; Prague, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Kassel, Vienna; Kassel, Documenta 9, Jan Hoet – the exhibition library is impressive; Mathew Barney’sstrange installation and actions surprised me, Bucharest. Soros Foundation for a Open Society is created, Timiøoara: we meet Ion Grigorescu, Bucharest. Ion Grigorescu andthe changing exhibition at Cæminul Artei Gallery, Vienna. Dan’s residence – we visit the acquisition warehouse, The 20th Century Museum, Ludwig Museum; Bucharest.Workshop-meeting with 12 American journalists – we also invite other artists, critics; Bucharest. I initiate a survey for artists and critics at the Art Academy – What is art?The artist? The art critic?... nobody answered..; Bucharest. We meet with Kristine Stiles USA – an essential encounter: long conversations about the concept of trauma andthe culture of trauma, Dan Perjovschi, Ion Grigorescu, Eugenia Pop, Ion Bitzan, Algeria: The Islamic Front of Salvation; armed fights and terrorism; GIA. 1993 USA: The mostpowerful telescope, The first drug against Alzheimer disease becomes marketable, UNESCO – The International Bioethics Committee, Free elections in Cambodia, The Internetsystem, Jane Campion: “The Piano”, Roma, Venice, Bovile, Ernica – residence, The Venice Biennial, Bucharest. Soros Center for Contemporary Art is founded; Ex OrienteLux – first annual exhibition – curator Cælin Dan, Rudolf Bone, disappointed of the way he is treated, retires, destroys his works and gives up his artistic career, “Similarsituation” – video installation, Sorin Vreme: “Portretul artistului la 30 de ani” [The Portrait of the artist at 30] – video sculpture, Dan Perjovschi – scan installation, AlexandruPatatics – installation, Timiøoara. Ileana Pintilie sets up the first Performance Festival, Zona Est Europa, Dan Perjovschi has Romania tattooed on his shoulder – performance,Lia: “Lupt pentru dreptul meu de a fi diferitæ” [I fight for my right to be different] – performance, Theodor Graur: “Speaking to Europe from Europe”, Paris. Besançon ArtInstitute for Decorative Art – group exhibition and lecture, Costineøti. I organize The Experimental Art International Camp, Aachen, Amsterdam, Maastricht – artistic residence,master with Luciano Fabro... I translated from Italian to French and English, Jan van Eyck Akademie: Theoretical studies, The year I finished my studies at the ArtAcademy, I submit the program of an interdisciplinary workshop managed by me – starting from what I would have liked to be told as a student and I wasn’t. Spætaru – therector of the Academy – said that he couldn’t create something just for me, but that I could chose one of the pre-existing departments. It’s just in something pre-existingthat I didn’t believe in. 1994 Vienna. KulturKontakt fellowship scholarship, in alliance with Galeria Christine Konig, I started the theoretical research/documenting in theGallery library, at MAK and at the University, attending, at the same time, a German course and working at the studio, I won the Project KunstHalle contest for young artist...5 windows/5 identities, Christine Konig exhibited and sold some of my works at the Basel Art Fair and to Vienna collectors, Milan. Scholarship at Accademia di Breraresearch/documenting at the Academy Library, Group exhibition at Copenhagen, Project for Europe at Turbinenhall, Bucharest EU intervention at GDS (Group for SocialDialogue), Arad. Art Museum – I exhibit the Visual Archive of Survival, Bucharest. Etaj 3/4 Gallery: “E rîndul tæu” [It’s your turn] – intervention with Dan, Pipilotti Rist: “Selflessin the Bath of Lava”, Bucharest. City tour with Antoni Muntadas; we talk about The File Room, Stelarc – the body connected to the Internet, Geneva MAMCO, Bucharest. Imake the scenography for Chekhov’s “Seagull” at Teatrul Mic, under the direction of Cætælina Buzoianu... she receives the award for the best show; it will be on stage until2000, Dan Mihælflianu, Gheorghe Rasovsky. 1995 The ETA Basque separatism radicalizes, 400 million cars in the world, Russia: 80% of the private and banking sector is inthe hands of the Mafia; 12 million Russians under the poverty standard, Romania: McDonald’s – standard for toilettes..., Naples, Sicily, Agrigento, Palermo, Barcelona withthe play “The Seagull”, Barcelona – MACBA, New York. I research/document – MOMA, Dia Center, Public Library... Film Archive, Bucharest. MediA Culpa C SOROS IAC –curator Aurelia Mocanu, Standard portrait of the president, Arad Inter(n), city interventions – curator Angel Judit, Berlin, Vienna, Balt-Orient-Express, IFA Gallery, Berlin,Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna – curator Dan Mihælflianu, Vienna Generali Foundation, Vienna, MAK redesigned. 1996 IRA attempts, Chechnya’s independence, Romania:the elections are won by the democratic opposition; Emil Constantinescu is elected as president, Bucharest. Exhibition “Experimentul românesc din 1960 pînæ azi” [Romanianexperiment from 1960 to today] at the Etaj 3/4 Gallery – curator Alexandra Titu, Our studio becomes public space. Open studio. TVR broadcasting – live; guests: Mona andSorin Antohi, Ioana and H.-R. Patapievici..., Ruxandra Garofeanu. TVR – live show from the studio wit guests: Smaranda Vultur (Timiøoara), anthropologist, Andrei Oiøteanu(Bucharest), anthropologist. For 3 days we have a very diverse audience, families, young people, artists, critics..., Arad. The Museum Complex – curator Angel Judit, Sibiu.Brukenthal Museum: Contemporary exhibiting, a colloquium organized by Liviana Dan (Marius Babias, Ute Meta Bauer, Kristine Stiles), “The State of Art After” – Interventionin the museum, CAA Workshop Lecture Mike Nelson (UK) Contemporary Sculpture – lecture, CAA Workshop Cristian Alexa and Roxana Marcoci (USA), New York. Public spaceprojects, St. Petersburg. the forth Spatia Nova Biennial: “Lupt pentru dreptul meu de a fi diferitæ” [I fight for my right to be different] – performance, Kristine Stiles (USA):“Shaved Heads” and “Marked Bodies – Representations from Cultures of Trauma”, University of North Carolina Press – about us, Bitzan and Ion Grigorescu, Sf. Gheorghe.72