The Collective Gaze - Notes from the Land of the Independents

A mash-up conversation between Răzvan Anton and Mihai Iepure-Górski

Authors

  • Răzvan Anton University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Mihai Iepure-Górski Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abstract

The Collective Gaze - Notes from the Land of the Independents is the result of a dialogue between Mihai Iepure-Górski and Răzvan Anton, who have been working as curators on the visual arts programme at Fabrica de Pensule between 2019 and 2021. Their comments and notes are based on a series of interviews with notable cultural managers from the Romanian independent sector, conducted in 2019, just before Fabrica’s 10 year anniversary. These testimonies offer a relevant image of the state of independent cultural organisations of the country, ranging from financial difficulties to content and programme development. 

Author Biographies

Răzvan Anton, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

RĂZVAN ANTON is a visual artist, born in 1980, in Cluj (Romania). He studied at the University of Art and Design Cluj (BA Printmaking) and Camberwell College of Arts London (MA Drawing). He is teaching at  the University of Art and Design Cluj and is part of the Paintbrush Factory artist collective. He has been involved in the digital archiving of the Minerva Press Image Archive from Cluj. And he was an artist in residence at the House by the Synagogue Mediaș in the project Absence as Heritage within TRACES  (Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts) between 2016-2018. In November 2018 he  was a tranzit/erste artist in residence at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. Since 2019 he is a board-member and has been co-curating the visual arts program of the Paintbrush Factory (Fabrica de  Pensule Cluj) alongside Mihai Iepure-Górski.

Mihai Iepure-Górski, Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mihai Iepure-Górski is a visual artist, born in Alba-Iulia, Romania. He is an Arts Academy graduate that  currently resides in Cluj-Napoca and works in a variety of mediums trying hard to not fall for their  charms. Some recent shows include solos at Sandwich Gallery in Bucharest and Baril Gallery in Cluj-  Napoca, group shows participations like the 1st edition of Art Encounters, Timisoara, Survival Kit 4  Festival, Riga and European Travellers - Art from Cluj today, Műcsarnok, Budapest. He has been a  tranzit/erste artist in residence in 2018, has participated in the 2nd edition of the Mobile Biennale and  was(long ago) among the recipients of the Open Calls of Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest. As of recent  (2019), he took matters into his own hands and started writing projects and curating as part of the  Paintbrush Factory collective from Cluj (Fabrica de Pensule) alongside Răzvan Anton.

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Published

2022-04-14

How to Cite

Anton, R., & Iepure-Górski, M. (2022). The Collective Gaze - Notes from the Land of the Independents: A mash-up conversation between Răzvan Anton and Mihai Iepure-Górski. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 67(1), 203–213. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/157

Issue

Vol. 67 No. 1 (2022): Reinstalling culture as common good and public service

Section

Interviews

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