Exhibitions

3J40 (Japan)

exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture
curators: Cosmina Goagea and Atsuro Osada
16 June – 7 July 2005, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest

Three young architects under 40: Kumiko Inui – one of the most talented promising architects, Naoyuki Nagata – outstanding in house design and Tomio Mabuchi – a very discreet architect so far, member of an entreprenorial team with over 10,000 people.

Seek.02, by Neutral

screening of a film produced by Neutral ((UK)
15 and 16 September 2005, Revolution Square, Bucharest

An experimental film about the contemporary city seen as a global entity, creation of the British group, Neutral. Images shot in two different cities, London and Bombay, are combined, mixed or superimposed, common places are explored, placed in contradiction or highlighted, deliberately avoiding geographical sources and outlining a weird experience of modern living.

Diego Ferrari (UK)

photography exhibition
1 – 16 September 2005, Mincu House, headquarters of the Romanian Order of Architects, Bucharest

Its photos, apparently colages or easily digitally completed special effects, are made with a 35 mm single-use camera, chap, easile changed, so that a a set of images, usually three, can be mixed up. By disconnecting the automatic mechanism adjusting the diaphragm and the movement of the film, Ferrary controls manually the exposure time and may connect between them the different perspectives, covering the already exposed film surface.

Aleix Bague (Spain)

exhibition of architecture photography
17 November – 20 December 2004, Cărtureşti teashop, Bucharest

Aleix Bague is one of the major Spanish photographers of architecture. The exhibition with original images was specially designed for the widest audience possible, that is why this space was selected – the teashop of Cărtureşti bookshop. Aleix Bagues’ photos are the perfect way in which those outside the profession can be attracted by architecture.

Catalan contemporary architecture

exhibition
16 November – 20 December 2004,
“Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest

The exhibition focused on Catalonia and its architectural state-of-the-art architecture. We did not aim to have a division of style, since the trends and styles are least applicable in the Iberic Peninsula.