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13 spaces in Sibiu become temporary homes for contemporary art through visual arts platform
By Oana Vasiliu
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Photo courtesy of PAV
The visual arts platform (PAV), a project that began in 2010 at artist Dan Perjovschi’s initiative, became part of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS) this year, coordinated and curated by Iris Ordean. PAV finds itself at the intersection of two international events: the documenta15 contemporary art exhibition in Kassel (Germany) and the Sibiu International Theatre Festival. Johannes Vogl’s installation (Photo courtesy of PAV)
aking place in Sibiu, a city that wavers
cover PAV across 13 spaces in the city: Radu
ana Chiruta), the Sibiu German Cultural Cen-
between a conservatory approach
Stanca National Theater – with the Horizontal
tre (Sorina Tomuletiu), the art.nonstop space
and a reintegration/redefinition of
Newspaper signed by Dan Perjovschi and a
(Flaviu Cacoveanu, Catalina Nistor, Miruna
multiculturalism, the visual arts platform
magnet installation designed by the artist;
Radovici), the Sibiu Zoo (Casandra Vidrighin),
aims to illustrate this complex dynamic,
the Astra Library (Lia Perjovschi), Promenada
the Astra Museum (Adina Mocanu), and
which has inherent echoes in the local
Mall (different exhibitions and performances
the Love Gallery (Dan Raul Pintea, who also
contemporary art scene. PAV brings together
signed by Ioana Sisea, Johannes Vogl, Ana
invited an anonymous artist).
artists and associative entities working lo-
Dumitrescu, Anamaria Sut, Winael Baldus),
cally, as well as creative voices from the rest
Sibiu State Philharmonic (performances by
more or less formal discussions at the local
chi managed to obtain part of the project’s
artists Alexandra Coroi, Bogdan Dumitrescu,
level about the lack of spaces for contem-
funding, with other contributions coming
Lavinia Cretu, Stefan Radu Cretu, Adriana
porary art, the fact that all the initiatives we
from FITS and the German Cultural Centre in
Chiruta, and artistic interventions by the
have seen over the years have not lasted,
Sibiu.
ALEG Sibiu Association and the Arab Cultural
and the need to form a coalition with people
Centre), the tower of the Evangelical Church
involved in the creative industries—not nec-
(with temporary projections signed by Adri-
essarily just artists,” Iris Ordean explained.
“The project was also based on a series of
of Romania and from Germany—after all, the Photo courtesy of documenta15
plurality of different points of view is the core concept of this first edition. At the meeting point of these three vectors is artist Dan Perjovschi, who divides his time between Sibiu and various locations around the world. A participant of this year's editions of both documenta15 and FITS, Perjovschi works with curator Iris Ordean to bring different voices to the first edition of PAV. Through the presence of artists and the inclusion of a series of unconventional spaces, the visual arts platform aims to illustrate the complex dynamics that affect the local contemporary art scene, which is very poorly represented in Sibiu. By participating in this year's edition of documenta15, Dan Perjovs-
During FITS, which took place between June 26 to July 3, the public was able to dis-
