The waves of contemporary hostility and weaponized climate today leave us thirsty for a vocabulary towards generative existence. From the civil rights and women’s liberation movements, art – as in images, language, forms, sounds – reveals ugly facts, raises awareness, and ignites united fronts.
“Chronic desire” is a set of instruments of looking, feeling, and writing, which can be useful tools for reading the brutal present. Art practices which can allow cutting in and cutting through history and address the current critical political and ecological moment.
Artits:
Ana Adam, Leonor Antunes,Tarek Atoui, Matei Bejenaru, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Irina Botea Bucan, Pavel Brăila, Anca Bucur, Dana Catona, Lia Dostlieva & Andrii Dostliev, Saskia Holmkvist, Shilpa Gupta, Joan Jonas, Hiwa K, Zhanna Kadyrova, Ana Kun, Susanna Jablonski & Santiago Mostyn, Adriana Lucaciu, Silvia Moldovan,Harun Morrison, Dan Perjovschi, Agnieszka Polska, Renée Renard, Marinella Senatore, Alexa Szekeres, Slavs & Tatars, Mona Vătămanu & Florin Tudor, Rosa Whiteley, RomaMoMA (Ionela Mihaela Cîmpeanu & Sead Kazanxhiu)
Curators
Cosmina Goagea, Corina Oprea, Brîndușa Tudor