Ludomir Franczak's Atlas of Sounds by Laura-Gabriela Carpov-Hriṭac, 1st year ITA

 On the 11th of October 2018 the Paintbrush Factory presented Atlas of Sounds, a multimedia performance by Ludomir Franczak, a Polish visual artist based in Lublin. It was a Memory as a Vision project, organised by the Cluj Cultural Centre.

The audio recordings employed by the artist came from his personal collection. He used a camera to record the movement of various objects. While this collage was being presented on a projective screen, a montage of photographs and text was projected on a canvas on the other side of the stage.

 

Sound is the common element of the ever-changing story collection. Varying the speed of the narrative every time, each story uses different methods to take us to a private world with weird memorabilia and impossible archives.

The performance was followed by a workshop of the Polish artist on the 12th of October. The participants had to create signs for the following show, Walden, which took place on October 13th.

Romania in 100 Faces Collaborative Mural Painting by Carolina Beu, 1st year ITA

A new mural painting was unveiled earlier this month on the walls of the “Onisifor Ghibu” high school in Cluj. Non-profit organisations Launloc and BLANĂ submitted the project for city funding on the occasion of the Romanian centennial, with the aim of reminding us about 100 people that made a change in their fields of expertise, from arts to science, literature, politics and medicine.

The concept is signed by urban artists Kero Zen and Ocu, already known for other projects around town, and a hundred people helped them complete this collaborative mural. The unveiling was done through a show of video-mapping that animated the painting, accompanied by live experimental music, performed by “Cercul Întreg”.

Regarding the work of art, organisers transmitted that “The shape of Romania is more than one of a fish, Romania’s shape is outlined by the people that inspire us, that left beautiful things behind”.

“Romania in 100 faces” can be visited anytime at the high school situated in Grigorescu neighbourhood, on Alexandru Vlahuță street 12-14.