collective landscapes (2014-2024)
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there was finally silence
the air is crisp, and the mountains glow
light was milky, as it had a mass to it
the meadow was smelling like rain and dust and hay in the same time
I invite you to a meeting. I offer you my ability to draw. You share a memory, and I represent it. Together, we reveal memory, reconstruct a shared history, and relate our individuality to a collective. Come and be a part of your own story.
In 2024, the collective landscapes project is celebrating 10 years of existence, and on this occasion, it came to Timișoara. This project is based on a participatory and utilitarian performance, where I offer the public my ability to draw. Through collective landscapes, I want to give people the opportunity to capture a memory of a landscape and become aware of their presence and influence in nature and society. I am convinced that if more people become truly aware of their presence in the world, we will live a much more sustainable life as humanity and as inhabitants of the Earth.
In individual 20-minute sessions, my proposal has been, and remains, to draw a memory-robot for each participant: an image unrecorded in any other way, existing only in their inner space. I have asked, and will continue to invite participants, to focus on memories that contain landscapes, to create a physical and conceptual framework for the project. I aim to find participants in alternative spaces: in parks, on the street, in squares, in public institutions, in shops, in public transport stations, etc. Participants can also register in advance. The relationship between myself and the subjects, the representation of their multiple memories through my subjective vision, as well as the fine line between imagination and documentary, deeply interest me.
the mountains out there
make you stop breathing
and just be
I could see the house of my grandfather, lonely, over the hill
I felt alone, but at the same time empowered
the water was emerald green, and my heart was the same too
I never realized how big the Sun was until that day
you could see the heat waves
at the horizon
I felt alive, really alive
in this different world, everything was perfect
the sound was so loud
with Bega, my emotions flew
the herbs were touching me when the wind blew
it was fade, but so beautiful
the shadow of the forest in the morning was so present
I could see inside of me there
I was free
the light came through the branches, golden
it was my place in the world
the snow was drifting in the wind
it was stormy weather
the sky was soft gray and mist lingered through the trees
the lava was mixing with the rain
it was as it came straight from a fairytale
the green was fantastic
the stars were moving around
the lonely tree was me
that mountain was my lover, my brother, my friend
light was milky, as it had a mass to it
sparkling lights on the water
I was moving with the landscape
the village lights were flickering
I was dreaming about a pearl planet with pearls satellites
the black island obsessed me
for years
the water was still
the flash of life was striking
the ice is still haunting me
I am remembering a state... a state of being at ease, relaxed, fulfilled
the light was washing me with warmth
the forest was dense and dark,
full of wonders and mysteries
the clouds were violet
and thick
the fresh air, the morning
light, just being alive
I enjoy being in the waves
despite being dead, he was my friend
He was magnificent
they were twins, just like us
that was the night I was the Universe
the clouds were shaped as a person, running away from me
if you want to tell me
the story of a landscape
and receive the drawing
inspired by it,
please send me an e-mail with the story
or a request for
a phone call session
at adinamocanu@yahoo.com
This artistic creation was made possible by the 'Energy!' Creative Grants, awarded by the Municipality of Timișoara through the Project Center. The creation does not necessarily represent the position of the Timișoara Municipality Project Center, and it is not responsible for its content or how it may be used.
