Sunday, May 10, 2015, 04:00 p.m., the collective sculpture and installation exhibition Facets of Hyperconnectivity will open at the "Brancoveanu Palaces" Cultural Center in Mogosoaia. This is the third step in a complex curatorial program initiated in 2012 by Many Colors Association. Like the previous events (Human Evolution / Involution and Temporal Perceptions) this year's project involves, in addition to the thematic exhibition itself, a series of related events - performances, happenings, workshops, experimental and contemporary music auditions and interactive dance - whose schedule is available on several web platforms.
The artists participating in the 2015 project Facets of Hyperconnectivity include Adrian Moise, Anamaria Pravicenco, Arcadie Rusu, Catalin Oancea, Darie Dup, Dragos Neagoe, FlaviaLupu, Frantz Galo (France), Gabriel Brojboiu, Georgiana Cozma, Ileana Oancea, Ioana Marchidan, Irinel Moldoveanu, Octav Avramescu, Radu Dragomirescu, Simona Antoniu and Vlad Basarab. The manager of the project is Simona Antoniu, seconded by Irinel Moldoveanu as assistant manager.
The new exhibition of Many Colors, hosted by the Lapidarium, the Ice House and several outdoor spaces of the Palace, from May 10 to May 31, will be presented on a press conference to be held at the Vasile Grigore Art Museum (23, Maria Rosetti St., Bucharest), Tuesday, April 28, 2015. On this occasion, the participating artists - most of them, well-known names of the Romanian visual art scene - will be introduced, as well as their works created in response to the theme of the show.
In a world dominated by computers and mobile phones, together with all the gadgets associated with these requisites of modern man, the fact of being connected, of being online, has become a purpose in itself, beyond everything that the connection to global information can provide, raised to the status of an ontological privilege. In other words, the way has become the goal, with all the inherent (sub)cultural consequences arising from this.
The theme of the exhibition proposed by Many Colors Association focuses on the genuine verbal communication, taking place off-line, on colloquialism, psychological probing, empathy, intuition, and the inner world - the one built on non-virtual foundations. The colloquialism of the Internet tends to replace the print culture, interfering with modern man's mechanisms of thought or, so to speak, determining a certain type of spontaneity and also a kind of quickness that is often akin to superficiality, or a sort of compression and generalization of the message conveyed.
This statement can be interpreted either positively or derogatorily, depending on each viewer's perspective, as the role of art is not to moralize. The key element, in this case, is the interrogative dimension, above the aesthetic and conceptual ones.
Many Colors selects the participants in its projects based on an internal algorithm, inviting artists whose works are in consonance with the intents of the project promoters. Thus, for the artists who decide to accept the invitation, the problem of finding a common ground is already superfluous, although the participants are always extremely different in point of experience, techniques and views. From this point on, creative freedom, options and inspiration are the only ingredients that configure the actual shape of an exhibition.
Facets of Hyperconnectivity involves "traditional" approaches to the topic, as well as experimental or intermedia pursuits.
The “Facets of Hyperconnectivity” project, is an initiative funded through the EEA Grants 2009-2014, Programme PA17 / RO13 - Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage (www.fonduri-diversitate.ro) in Romania. Supported by a grant from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and the Romanian Government. (Mihai Plamadeala, art critic)
