November 1-19, 2023
Tech Rider’s Dilemma
Group show at Rezidenta9, Bucharest RO
Exhibition cared for by Andrei Tudose & Suzana Dan
Powered by Marginal
Reliquaries for the Fungible, my project commissioned by Marginal, in the framework of the wonderful Tech Rider’s Dilemma project, will be on display at Rezidenta9, one of my favourite exhibition venues in Bucharest, RO!
Tech Rider’s Dilemma tackles problems related to new media survival, heritage with a focus on art & science / technology and various forms of technical dysfunctions in electronic artworks, caused by the dynamics of obsolescence, practices based on improvisation and a penury of inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations in Romania.
The project opens an active dialogue aimed at understanding the vulnerabilities of art, not just in the face of time, but also related to technological changes and ideological evolution, as well as public interactions, taking the first steps towards creating protocols for new media archiving and preservation in Romania. will includes a research phase (involving both artistic, as well scientific experts), disseminated through a series of articles, opinion pieces and conversations, while also rooting two comissioned new artistic works produced in a transdisciplinary team, led by myself and Mara Oglakci, alongside scientific researchers from the Institute of Lasers, Plasma and Radiation – with the objective of bridging scientific research protocols with the artistic production process.
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That moment when the interactive artwork has been interacted with one too many times and it stopped working.
That moment when the coolest gallery wants to show a work from 5 years ago, but it was taken apart and transformed into 5 new artworks.
That moment when an electronic component breaks down and needs replacement, but they haven’t been producing them for over 3 years.
That moment when the work is returned by the shipping company and you have two missing pieces and 3 extra ones, because it wasn’t handled properly and now it’s broken.
Welcome to the Tech Rider’s Dilemma – an unpleasant, but necessary, conversation about new media obsolescence, conservation and responsibility.
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Excerpt from curatorial text by Andrei Tudose
More on the Tech Rider’s Dilemma project here.
Contributors
Marginal is a cultural non-profit organization from Bucharest, Romania, functioning as a transdisciplinary collective aiming to support, promote and extend bridges between artists and various agents from adjacent fields, with a focus on the humanities and the implications of sciences and technologies in socio-cultural structures. Under this ideology, the Marginal purpose is weaving a collaborative network that brings together areas that that aren’t always associated with art, and the public, through a participatory approach that challenges the current paradigm of the audience-spectator.
https://marginal.ro/
https://www.instagram.com/marginal.ro/
Rezidenta9 is a center for contemporary culture created by BRD – Groupe Société Générale, in a building recognized as a historical monument on Ion Luca Caragiale st 32, in the heart of Bucharest. Together with Fundația9, the team behind Rezidența9 is currently working on developing various programs within this space, where relevant thinkers and creators meet the audience, using arts, culture and dialogue, to better understand the world we live in.
https://www.fundatia9.ro/program/rezidenta-BRD-scena9
https://www.facebook.com/RezidentaBRDScena9
Tech Rider’s Dilemma is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN).
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of the project or the manner in which the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.
https://www.afcn-proiecte.ro/
Line-up
Tech Rider’s Dilemma project lineup:
Antoni Rayzhekov (AT/ BG), Darsha Hewitt(CA/ DE), Ioana Vreme Moser (RO/ DE), Drujba Collective (MD), kinema ikon (RO), Sabina Suru (RO), Silvia Niculae (RO), Mara Oglakci (RO), Colectivul Harta SF (RO)
Curators: Andrei Tudose & Suzana Dan
Project research contributors:
reVoltaire (Călin Man) and gH (Gheorghe Iosif) / kinema ikon (Art Museum Arad / RO), drd. Vlad Petru Toma and Dr. Bogdana Mitu, along with Dr. Cristina Popa (Achim) and Dr. Ana Maria Udrea (researchers at INFLPR – National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics / RO), drd. Adina Rău (Seismological Observatory Timișoara within INCDFP – National Institute for Earth Physics / RO), Mara Oglakci (independent / RO), Alexandra Costea (independent / RO)
Reliquaries for the Fungible team:
Sabina Suru – concept / installation
Andrei Văcaru – creative code
Gabriel Oșan – glass
Antoni Rayzhekov – technical support
Andrei Tudose – curator & research support
drd. Vlad Petru Toma – technical & research support
Contributors with broken components or remainders of new media artworks or scientific experiments waste:
Maria Nalbantova (BG), Antoni Rayzhekov (AT/BG), Ioana Vreme Moser (DE/RO), drd. Vlad Petru Toma & CETAL colleagues, Dr. Cristina Popa (Achim)
Also, big thank you’s for their help along the way:
The technicians from the Glass dept. at Unarte Bucharest, Dr. Bogdana Mitu, Dr. Pip Laurenson (UCL / UK)