Guided Tour
Writing the Exhibition
With Dan Perjovschi & George Roșu
Curated by Daniela Domuța
In “Writing the Exhibition,” the artistic act leaves the limits of the object and infiltrates the space. The surfaces of intervention take on different forms, and words no longer function merely as carriers of meaning, but as activist gestures. White Cuib is transformed into an open work, where the viewer is part of the discourse. The text does not accompany the exhibition, but constitutes it, creates tensions and configures an experience in which language becomes medium and message.
Dan Perjovschi uses his drawings, accompanied by wordplay, which function as critical interventions in public space, supporting causes. Transferred to mobile, visible supports, these interventions do not stop at the moment of exposure, but prolong their life in everyday life. Thus, the tote bag becomes ready-made and a testimony of a moment, of a positioning of the artist following activist projects. The bag is no longer just a support, but a living archive, a medium in which the message persists and circulates.
In this framework, George Roșu's intervention transforms the White Nest space into both a support and a space of friction. The work is thus constituted in direct relation with the viewer, being a product of a reaction and an echo, where meaning is not delivered, but triggered. The gaze is essential in the discourse of the gesture, where the support becomes a place of tension between text and interpretation, between writing and reception.
Thus, the exhibition is configured as a space of positioning and contestation, in which messages circulate, are assumed, and are continuously reconfigured.
Praxis!, a platform for expression and professional development for emerging curators, returns with a series of exhibitions running from 25 June to 12 July. Praxis! is a project of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca and is unique at the national level.