{"id":6,"date":"2021-08-10T16:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:14:51","slug":"uranus_acum_2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/uranus_acum_2020\/","title":{"rendered":"URANUS ACUM 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project initiators: Zeppelin, Ideilagram<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 22, 1989 marked not only the fall of the Ceau\u0219escu regime, but also the end of the megalomaniac communist project to demolish and then rebuild Romanian cities. Thirty years on, the collective memory of these destructions is fading away, while the aggression against the cities continues, even in an opposite paradigm \u2013 that of ultraliberal development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forgetting (sometimes voluntary) can intensify a revisionist discourse, which justifies those brutal demolitions by the need to \u201cmodernize\u201d. The same discourse then programmatically applies to the destructions and excessive building we witness today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under these circumstances, we believe that nostalgic accounts or the display of archives and other records as such are no longer enough. Therefore, through the proposed project we intend to take a step forward towards a symbolic and analytical reenactment of an erased urban reality.
Prin proiectul propus aici facem pasul c\u0103tre o reconstituire simbolic\u0103 \u0219i analitic\u0103 a unui realit\u0103\u021bi urbane eliminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Collage: Radu Manelici. Photo: Andrei B\u00eersan, \u0218tefan Tuchil\u0103<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We concentrate the almost completely distructed Uranus neighborhood, the very place the occupied by Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s Palace (now the seat of the Parliament) and several other totalitarian buildings. But we also talk about the context, the general project and other brutal urban replacements, including recent ones in Bucharest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Ecoului Street in the 1980s. Photo: Andrei B\u00eersan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The keyword is co-presence: overlaying today\u2019s reality on the erased past reality. And this will be achieved not only for houses, churches, schools, streets and gardens, but also people and their stories. Using 3D and physical models and installations, we aim to symbolically bring back to life the demolished buildings into today\u2019s world.
The main goal of our project goes beyond remembering and honoring those who suffered, resisted or documented this tragedy: it is also about promoting a more balanced and responsible urban development in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

URANUS NOW is a project about the living history and community spirit, about the sometimes invisible connections between periods of history that might appear radically different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Photo: Andrei B\u00eersan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Contents and activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. We are conducting historical and architectural research, an online archive about the Uranus-Izvor area (broadly the area between Splaiul Independen\u021bei, Pia\u021ba Constitu\u021biei, Pia\u021ba Regina Maria, Calea Rahovei, Strada Izvor).<\/strong> The archive contains new historical images and plans, as well as summaries or excerpts from other researches, including conversations with former residents or witnesses of the events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the information will be presented as such, in a structured way, but we will provide interpretations of the data too. Among others, we are working on a 3D model of the area: a 3D two-layer model of the area, superimposing the reality pre-existing Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s intervention today\u2019s cityscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toate aceste informa\u021bii vor fi prezentate ca atare, \u00eentr-un mod structurat, dar vor fi \u0219i interpretate. Printre altele, construim un model 3D al zonei: un model dublu, \u0219i de fapt contopit, \u00eentre realitatea fizic\u0103 anterioar\u0103 opera\u021biunii lui Ceau\u0219escu \u0219i cea actual\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arhiva va putea fi accesat\u0103 \u0219i desc\u0103rcat\u0103 \u00een mod liber \u0219i gratuit de pe platforma uranusacum.ro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. An indoor exhibition will be organized at the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition presents a selection of the documentation described above, as well as film screenings, fragments of the demolished buildings, items kept by the residents, etc. One of the main elements in the exhibition is a two-layer physical model of the past reality superimposed on the present-day one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*photo: Vlad Dumitrescu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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*photo: Vlad Dumitrescu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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*photo: Vlad Dumitrescu<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

3. An outdoor exhibition will consist of a series of temporary installations mounted in the public space or on the property of some institutions in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installations will take form of 1:1 scale models made of light materials. They will replicate fragments of the demolished constructions and will be placed in the public space on the exact former locations of the buildings. They will work as support for accessing information: archive images and plans, interviews with the residents etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*House from Ecoului Street 50<\/a>Public Space Installations in front of Romanian Academy \/ photo: Vlad Dumitrescu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. The exhibition will be accompanied by a round table and events for children (in partnership with De-a Arhitectura Association). Undergraduates of the Ion Mincu University of Architecture will be involved in creating the digital archive, projects, and actual constructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*The archeology of the urban memory. A restored plan of the former neighbourhood superimposed over the current situation (detail). None of the old elements in the picture survived (the church, the streets, the houses).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uranus Now. Exhibition, digital archive and public space installations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORGANIZERS: Zeppelin, Ideilagram, Ordinul Arhitec\u0163ilor din Rom\u00e2nia \u2013 OAR \u2013 Filiala\nBucure\u015fti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXHIBITION: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest \u2013 MNAC, 17.10.2019 \u2013 12.01.2020 Event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PARTNERS: MNAC Bucharest, The Romanian Academy, \u201cIon Mincu\u201d University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ONLINE ARCHIVE, PROJECT INFO: uranusacum.ro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project does not necessarily reflect the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN). AFCN is not responsible for the contents of the project or the way the project outcomes might be used. Responsibility for these lies entirely with the beneficiary of the funding.\u201d \u201eProiectul nu reprezint\u0103 \u00een mod necesar pozi\u0163ia Administra\u021biei Fondului Cultural Na\u021bional. AFCN nu este responsabil\u0103 de con\u021binutul proiectului sau de modul \u00een care rezultatele proiectului pot fi folosite. Acestea sunt \u00een \u00eentregime responsabilitatea beneficiarului finan\u021b\u0103rii.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPONSORS: Saint-Gobain Rigips, Valachorum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONCEPT, CURATORS: Dorothee Hasna\u0219, \u0218tefan Ghenciulescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESIGN COORDINATION, CURATOR: Ilinca P\u0103un-Constantinescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH, EXHIBITION CONCEPT, DESIGN: Dorothee Hasna\u0219, Ilinca P\u0103un Constantinescu, \u0218tefan Ghenciulescu, Tudor Constantinescu, Gabriela Belcineanu, Iulia P\u0103un, Alexandru P\u0103un<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HISTORIC, SOCIOLOGIC AN URBAN RESEARCH: Oana-Valentina Suciu, Iris \u0218erban, Irina Tulbure, Andrei-R\u0103zvan Voinea, Mihai Burcea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERVIEWS: Oana-Valentina Suciu, Iris \u0218erban, Dorothee Hasna\u0219<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLABORATORS INTERVIEWS: Silvia Schechter, Ioana Olaru, Anca Sandu, Andrei\nBulearc\u0103<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPERTS: Hanna Derer, Peter Derer, Nicolae Lascu, Sorin Vasilescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Radu Manelici, Max Gruenwald (Faber Studio)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FILMS, EDITING: Alexandru P\u0103un<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESEARCH COLLABORATION, PLANS RECONSTRUCTION, 3D MODEL: Ana B\u0103bu\u0219, Anca- Bardan, Bogdan Diaconu, Teo Neagu, Diana Necula, Octavian Drago\u0219 Puiu, Andrei Sub\u021biric\u0103, Anastasia David Limona, Andrei Badea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INHABITANTS, WITNESSES INTERVIEWED: Crengu\u021ba Ro\u0219u, Dinu Suciu, Liviu Tofan, Paul Drogeanu, Dan Perry, Iulian A., Horia Marinescu, Tudor Marinescu, Sorin Vasilescu, Peter Derer, Emanuel T\u00e2njal\u0103, Rodica Scafe\u0219, Dinu Bumb\u0103cea, Cristian Preda, Dumitru Belu, Mircea Stroe, Nicolae Olaru, Alexandru Mexi, Cristian Zaharia, Musi Tudor Vespremeanu, Radu Stroe, Beatrice J\u00f6ger, George Calalb, Persida Bucur (Kipper), Ligia Livad\u0103, Mariana Avanu-Bulei, Ozana Nicolau, Ecaterina B\u0103nd\u0103r\u0103u, Raluca Bibiri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW AND ARCHIVE PHOTOS: Andrei B\u00eersan, \u0218erban Hasna\u0219, Alexandru Panaitescu, Dan\nPerry, \u0218tefan Tuchil\u0103, Sorin Vasilescu, Cristian Zaharia, Agerpress, arhivele locuitorilor\ncartierului, alte arhive personale \u0219i institu\u021bionale\/Archives of the dwellers, other personal and\ninstitutional archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSTALLATION STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Adrian Br\u00e2nzoiu, \u0218tefan Ruste & Ioana Avram<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GYPSUM ORNAMENTS: Neta Popescu, Florin Ciobanu, Marian Ciobanu, Florin Stanciu, Ionic\u0103\nFlorea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONSTRUCTION TEAM: George T\u0103nase, Daniel Dafina, Marian Doroban\u021bu, Iulian Gala\u021bi, Ionu\u021b Agache, Gabriel Cazan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXHIBITION PRODUCTION: XDesign, Atelier Vast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE INSTALLATIONS AND THE MOUNTING OF THE EXHIBITION:\nAndrei Badea, Luana Iona\u0219cu, Cristina Ginara, Anca Maria P\u0103s\u0103rin, Lucia Spinoiu, Laura Dinu, Vladimir Nicula, Iulian Eremia, Mihnea Tudor, Iris \u0218erban, Antonia Panaitescu, Laura Paraschiv, Bogdan R\u0103dulescu, Ioana Nani\u0219, Andrada Oncescu, Nadia Oltea Constantinescu, Casian Cosma, Laura Paraschiv, Lorena Breaz\u0103, Bianca Andreea Iva\u0219cu, Ioana Manu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPECIAL THANKS: R\u0103zvan Theodorescu, Tomni\u021ba Florescu, Anca Oroveanu, Georgiana Ghenciulescu, Marius Andruh, \u0218tefan B\u00e2lici, Laura Bursuc, Andu P\u0103un, Ioan Erhan, Rare\u0219 Hopinc\u0103, Cristian Zaharia, \u0218erban + Marina Hasna\u0219, Ruxandra Dumitrescu, Alexandru Nicolae Panaitescu, Monica Grecu, Gabriela Ghircoias, Irina Hasna\u0219, Sonia Irimescu, Alexandra Chiliman Juvara, Cristina Ionescu, Drago\u0219 Marian, Ligia Marian, Cristi I. Popescu, Silviu Munteanu, Coca Stroe, Paul Buchert, Alex Mexi<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ini\u021biatori: Zeppelin, Ideilagram Pe 22 decembrie 1989 se sf\u00e2r\u0219ea brusc nu doar regimul Ceau\u0219escu, ci \u0219i proiectul megaloman de distrugere \u0219i reconstruire a ora\u0219elor rom\u00e2ne\u0219ti. Dup\u0103 30 de ani, memoria colectiv\u0103 a acestor transform\u0103ri este din ce \u00een ce mai slab\u0103, \u00een timp ce agresiunile asupra ora\u0219elor continu\u0103, chiar dac\u0103 \u00eentr-o manier\u0103 complet diferit\u0103. Uitarea uneori… Continue reading URANUS ACUM 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uranusacum.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}