/SAC @ Malmaison

Thursday, November 13th, we are excited to invite you at /SAC @ MALMAISON (Calea Plevnei 137C, building B, 2nd floor) to visit the performative installation "Guide Me" during the opening hours of DOIJOI from 6PM to 9PM. "Guide Me" is a video-performance installation about how, in recent years, the psychological concept of narcissistic personality disorder has been popularized and used in the public sphere. The work, created by theater and film director and screenwriter Gabriel Sandu at /SAC @ Malmaison, starts from a documentary in the field of pop psychology and, in the construction of the video installation, draws clear differences between the approaches of psychology and sociology to the phenomenon. It then veers into fiction: a famous YouTube psychologist (Richard Grannon) is invited to an event hosted by a "high-achieving" family full of narcissists, and his presence has catastrophic effects. Without moralizing, deliberately light-hearted, the project sheds light on a dark theme that affects many people and traces the evolution of the perception and cultural use of the term "narcissist." Outside of DOIJOI, the installation can be visited in the period 01.11-22.11 from Thursday to Saturday, 4PM to 8PM. Cultural project co-financed by Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project’s content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding. Concept, script, and direction: Gabriel Sandu Co-writer of the video work: Adrian Ionescu Set design: Alisa Matei Video performers: Cătălina Romaneț Mihaela Teoloacă Petru Verdeș Răzvan Mîndruță Richard Grannon Veronica Odagiu Vlad Crudu Original music: Andrei Raicu Psychologist/performer: Andreea Găzdaru Video editors: Robert Bitay, Cristina Popa Colourisation: Ruxandra Staicu Director of photography: Pătru Păunescu Assistant directors: Ștefania Ispas, Lavinia Ionescu Script supervisor: Luiza Dabija Executive producer: Tudor Hermeneanu Sociologist: Fidelie Kalambayi Curator: Alex Radu Exhibition design: Justin Baroncea, Maria Ghement & Alexandra Müller /SAC team: Andreea Chircă, Iulian Cristea, Lidia Dobrea, Anne Lolea, Elena Maxemciuc