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„Muzeul Istoriilor Curente” translates as „the Museum of Current (hi)stories”. It was a one-time-only event hosted in the intimate house of „Colivia” on the 26th of September 2015. The concept of the exhibition - which featured an indoor projection mapping on the fireplace and library - was created especially for the the night of the open houses circuit in Bucharest (www.noapteacaselor.tumblr.com - aimed at promoting cultural and social movers and shakers).
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„Colivia” was open all night long with a multitude of micro-happenings,
all of them related to the activities that usually take place in the space at Colivia.
We have created a key visual for each:
Food&drinks section:
„A” is for alcohol, namely the Colivia naturally-produced brandies.
„D” is for dessert - cakes made from chocolate + fruits used to produce the brandies
„Z” is for zacuscă, made with sweat on a hot summer day by the members of Funky Citizens.
„&” is for the collaboration between Colivia and the „Lente” bar across the street (special promotion for that very night - order a food item from Lente's menu and get a free beer)
„&” is for the collaboration between Colivia and the „Lente” bar across the street (special promotion for that very night - order a food item from Lente's menu and get a free beer)
Good governance projects:
„B” stand for budgets, since Funky Citizens (NGO inhabiting „Colivia”) has an activist project for demistifying public expenditure
„C” is for corrupts - as seen in the Romanian coruptopedia at www.maricorupti.ro, also a Funky Citizens project
„O” is for Oprescu (which would roughly translate as mr. Stopper) - the mayor of Bucharest had recently been arrested for corruption charges. The visual artist Ramon Sadîc immortalized the moment of the arrest by creating a scale model of the mayor, winged by a policeman, in the very moment of his arrest. Visitors were openly invited to take a photo of this unique moment of the arrest.
Fun and party stuff:
„M” is for „dume de mestecat” - a play upon words for this creative endeavour - https://www.facebook.com/dumedemestecat
„R” stands for „Urban Resistance”, an informal group active on all things Bucharest. They organized a tour in the neighbourhood for people to better known the local history.
„S” is for saloon, the main room in Colivia which boasts a smart cloud suspended for the ceiling. The tint and intensity (plus other light effects) can be controlled via smartphone thanks to the LiFX smart bulbs. Adding the the light show in the saloon was the indoor projection mapping that turned the fireplace and library into a crazy canvas.
„T” & „Y” - two friends of the house who guest-starred as barteder and DJ
„T” & „Y” - two friends of the house who guest-starred as barteder and DJ
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