{"id":1253,"date":"2020-10-05T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4culture.ro\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2020-11-27T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:52:34","slug":"matei-bejenaru-abis-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4culture.ro\/en\/matei-bejenaru-abis-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Matei Bejenaru \u2013 ABYSS (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The visual poem Abyss<\/strong> explores the enigmatic and charismatic personality of Irinel Liciu, first soloist of the Romanian Opera ballet in Bucharest in the 1950s-\u201960s. Shot on film and using materials from the National Film Archive, Agerpress News Agency, and 21st Century Magazine archive, Abyss<\/em> is an essay on the condition of the artist and the relationship with his\/her art and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matei Bejenaru<\/strong> is a visual artist and professor of photography and video art at \u201cGeorge Enescu\u201d National University of Arts Iasi. He is the founder and artistic director of Peripheric Biennial for Contemporary Art in Iasi (between 1997 and 2008). In his latest projects, through photographs, video and public performances, he examines the politics of representation in documentary photography and film and methods of generation of hybrid art projects at the confluence between visual arts, poetry, experimental music and scientific research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentarul ABYSS<\/strong> documentary is part of the Creative Crossroads \u2013 Art and Humanity, a cultural project, co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and Life Long Burning \u2013 Towards A Sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance in Europe, with the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary was presented at BOZAR, in Brussels, between December 3rd, 2019 and January 12, 2020, in the frame of Europalia Arts Festival Romania, with the support of Romanian Cultural Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits ABYSS<\/strong> <\/em>
Author: Matei Bejenaru<\/strong>
Interviews with: Adina Cezar, Liana Tugearu, Ioan Tugearu
Music: Jean-Paul Dess
Narrator: Octavian Jighirgiu \/ Matei Bejenaru
Digital image and sound editing: Mihai-Marian Mina
Colorist: Mihai-Marian Mina
Sound: Vlad Onescu
Sunet: Vlad Onescu
Kodak Vision3 film developed and scanned at Cinelabs Bucharest, Romania
With support of: The Romanian National Opera, Ia\u0219i and The National Opera Bucharest, Romanian Film Center, The National Film Archive.
Production: 4Culture Association and WASP Studios
Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund.\nSupported by Life Long Burning \u2013 Towards A Sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance, a multi-annual project co-funded by Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The Administration of the National Cultural Fund is not responsible for the content of the project or the manner in which the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media partners: Radio Rom\u00e2nia Cultural, Modernism, Zeppelin, Revista ARTA, Designist, feeder.ro, IQads, Rom\u00e2nia Pozitiv\u0103<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation dates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 OCT 2020
<\/strong>The garden of the National Museum of Romanian Literature, Strada Nicolae Cre\u021bulescu nr. 8, sector 1, Bucure\u0219ti
ABYSS documentary projection and discussion moderated by Ion Bogdan Lefter, with the participation of Matei Bejenaru, Adina Cezar, Liana Tugearu, Ioan Tugearu in the frame of eXplore festival #15<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/1gjHZ5AKB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

03 DEC 2019 \u2013 12 JAN 2020<\/strong>
<\/strong>BOZAR, Rue Ravenstein 23 \u2013 1000, Brussels, Projection Room
Europalia Arts Festival Romania, with the support of Romanian Cultural Institute. https:\/\/europalia.eu\/en\/events\/matei-bejenaru-abyss-2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 NOV 2019<\/strong>
WASP Working Art Space and Production, Str. Ion Minulescu 67-93, corp E, etaj 2
19:30 \u2013 20:00 ABYSS, by Matei Bejenaru, premiere
20:00 \u2013 20:10 poetry moment with actors Octavian Jighirgiu and Andreea Darie (Stefan Augustin Doinas poems)
20:10 \u2013 21:00 Dialogue with Matei Bejenaru, Andreea Capitanescu (curator and producer) and special guests Adina Cezar (choreographer), Liana Tugearu (dance critic), Ioan Tugearu (choreographer), Alina Ledeanu (president of 21st Century Cultural Foundation) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/4DAXH6vdX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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