Artists: Guillaume Bihan (FR), Nadine Weber (CH/AT), Matei Monoranu (RO), Alina Ion (RO), Eden Barrena (ES), Miruna Radovici (RO), Roxana Morar (RO), Alexandru Mihai Budeș (RO/DE), Covrig (Anca Dima) (RO), Vitaly Yankovy (UA/RO).

Theme: The residency proposed an in-depth exploration of myths as an in-between reality and fiction type of story. It employed the power of imagination to ascribe meaning and the individual memory to recall the layers of significance. The thread between active and inactive spaces, between places and landscapes, between here and elsewhere lies in the capacity of myths to build a frame in order to accommodate the out-of-the-ordinary and the eerie inside the community. The residency was based on the process of exploring the sonic and material landscapes that lie at the core of the local myths in Șona.

SLB: THREADS

Through the printed piece and the audio material, the artist wanted to explore the feeling of home and belonging somewhere, through his character Simon Siclop, an alter ego representing the emotional side of his life. The atypical format brings back the nostalgia of being a child in the 90's, when kids adorned their walls with cheap posters, of blockbuster movies, video games and various bands.  

Home

A pocket book about an unfinished journal in which the writer gathered accidental encounters, ephemeral ideas and small incidents. ”Probably a book about water” is dedicated to water, luck and rejuvenation and it can be brought back to live by whomever may finish it, while taking into account the residues left beforehand. 

In some cultures, to talk of water and air means to make small talk. 

Probably a book about water

[the title] derives from the ironization of the best-seller books and popular articles from the past decade(s) or so, which come with the promise of helping you with your life.

the project was constructed under the idea of cyclical periods - a book with no beginning and no ending and a sound which has captures sounds from the beginning in the end - both revolving under a centered piece (such is the forge in the village): the engagement with the metal.

six ways to start a myth

The book and the sound piece are two parts of the same work. Although they exist independently, they explore the pictorial dimension and the repetitive aspects of images and sounds, like rhythms that complement each other. Be it visual or auditory, the emphasis is on the almost sensual contemplation of a landscape, on a journey between nature and humanity.

Everything is tinted by a feverish melancholy and a disturbing peacefulness. Followed by the images of an armchair where a "Doina" is sung, and a skull with its teeth pulled out, the two pieces have a personal story threaded throughout, a lingering presence of a sweet heaviness.

At Night I Sang to Bears

An observation of traditional and industrial aspects from all the overall image of the village.

Modern Tradition

This project revolves around an attempt to measure the present moment. During my two-week stay in Șona, I observed the surroundings, outlined and separated the elements that could end up as the objects of my study. I let myself be affected by anything that came my way and had a quantifiable feature, then ordered them in a timeline-based structure. This process bounded to my sonic experience that triggered, in some instances, what I chose to record. It was also dependent and equally limited by my capacities as a body in space. The outcome resulted in a glossary system of knowledge, action and existence.

Sample_Observing water dripping down the pipe after the first rain since I got here

Sounds like a Book is a book-making and self-publishing platform that addresses those interested in the book as a medium of artistic expression. As the chosen name suggests, SLB focuses on the visual transmission, conversion, and representation of the sound.

Sample_Observing water dripping down the pipe after the first rain since I got here

Sounds Like a Book