This Is Not My Youthopia is closing the Post-Digital Intersections circle. Throughout the year, students from Timișoara worked with a series of Romanian and International mentors - artists, curators, teachers and cultural managers in the art-science-tech world, and alongside individual curators from Center of Excellence in Image Studies in Bucharest, to develop their own concepts and artworks.
The exhibition is an exploration of a potential future as seen by young Romanian artists, exploring their fears and expectations, their inner worlds and outside contexts, their memories and the future they imagine for themselves. This Is Not My Youthopia is a critical reflection of the world we all live in and, instead of speaking about hopes and optimism, the artworks in the exhibition explore an extensive view on loss - from the places that surround them (childhood homes, neighborhood stores and the natural environment) to losing loved ones and even their own identity in the context of the ever-expanding digital realm.
This Is Not My Youthopia is an open space for representation of our reality and reflection upon it. In a stark contrast to what we would expect from a young generation, it becomes a call to action to change the society we live in, to grant ourselves agency in the wider world and understand the implications of our choices. In a gentle and hopeful manner, the young artists create the space for dialogue. Without offering answers, the exhibition will bring us to an open conclusion: “Now we know!”
Artists: Alexandra Costea, Anca Şișu, Andreea Ioniță, Dorian Boloca, Ioana Bartha, Sorin Valea
Curators: Alexandra Buiga, Andra Merfu, Eliza Pătrașcu, Iulia Kycyku, Mihai Milea, Miruna Barcan
Mentoring program coordinators: Andrei Tudose and Annick Bureaud
Opening: December 5 at 4:00 p.m
Related public events:
December 5, 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - Guided tours Andrei Tudose, Stefania Palace
December 6, 3:00 p.m. - Annick Bureaud and Andrei Tudose guided tour, Ștefania Palace
December 6, 17:00-19:30, Case Artelor - Strada Episcop Augustin Pacha 8, Timișoara - Installation VR B61 Instytut, Jan Świerkowski + Lecture-performance Anderwald+Grond
December 7, 15:00 Mihai Zgondoiu guided tour, Ștefania Palace
December 7, 4:00 p.m. Guided tour Andrei Tudose, Ștefania Palace
December 8, 17:00 Guided tour Andrei Tudose, Ștefania Palace