SobaZaGosteMaribor: Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu

Silvia Amancei (1991) in Bogdan Armanu (1991) sta umetniški dvojec iz Rumunije, ki živi in dela v Angliji. Leta 2015 sta končala magisterij na "George Enescu" Univerzi za umetnost (Fakulteta za vizualno umetnost in dizajn) v lașiju. Njuna umetniška praksa se umešča na mejo med družbenimi vedami in vizualno umetnostjo skozi raziskavo metod in primerov, v katerih se lahko umetnost in načini umetniške prakse instrumentalizirajo z namenom preseganja možnosti razmisleka onstran kapitalistične stvarnosti in kreiranja (skupne) prihodnosti.

 
Sodelujeta od leta 2012, za seboj imata številne samostojne razstave: It was always in plain sight (2020, Bukarešta, RO), If Then What After (2019, Baden, AT), What Past? What Future? (2017, Linz, AT), Return to Spaceship Earth (2017, Bukarešta, RO), Depression, Uncertainty and Other Symptoms of Mortality (2016, Lodz, PL), Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future (Part II) (2016, Iași, RO), (No)Future (2015, Eckernforde, DE), Metropia (2014, Iași, RO).

Njuna dela so bila predstavljena na številnih skupinskih razstavah, med drugimi na: STRIKE GENTLY AWAY ____ (2019, Salzburg, AT), Displacement and Togetherness (2019, Bruselj, BE), Baywatch (2018, Berlin, DE), Alternative Facts (2018, Stuttgart, DE), Odessa Biennial (2017, Odessa, UA), Between Democracies 1989–2014, (2015, Johannesburg, ZA), Appearance &; Essence, 1 st Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale (2015, Timisoara, RO), CLOSE-UP (2015, Praga, CZ).

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Silvia Amancei (1991) and Bogdan Armanu (1991) are an artist tandem from Romania living and working in England. They graduated MA (2015) studies at "George Enescu" University of Arts (Faculty of Visual Art and Design) in lasi. Their artistic practice could be positioned at the border between social studies and visual art, researching for methods and examples where art and artistic means can be instrumentalized in order to over exceed the ability to look beyond capitalism and create a (common) future.

Working together since 2012, the two artists have materialized a series of solo exhibitions, exploring the paradigm of life exploitation: "If Then What After" (2019, Baden, AT), "What Past? What Future?"(2017, Linz, AT), "When atoms collide and disturb entropy" (2017, Craiova, RO), "Return to Spaceship Earth" (2017, Bucharest, RO), "Depression, Uncertainty and other symptoms of Mortality" (2016, Lodz, Poland), "In Search for Causes and Realities" (2016, Iasi, Romania), "Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future (Part II)" (2016, Iasi, Romania), "Constellations of Desires" (2016, Iasi, Romania), "(No)Future" (2015, Eckernforde, Germany), "No Hope For a Future" (2015, Iasi, Romania), "Metropia" (2014, Iasi,Romania).

Their work has been presented in numerous collective exhibitions such as: "Go, Stop, Stay" (2019, Debrecen, HU), "STRIKE GENTLY AWAY ____" (2019, Salzburg, AT), "Displacement and Togetherness" (2019, Brussels, BE), "Capital’s Time Machine" (2018, Bucharest, RO), "Baywatch" (2018, Berlin, DE), "Alternative Facts" (2018, Stuttgart, DE), "Odessa Biennial" (2017, Odessa, Ukraine), "BIDEODROMO. International Experimental Film and Video Festival"(2016, Bilbao, Spain), "After Eden" (2016, Budapest, Hungary), "In Times of Hope and Unrest" (2015, Bucharest, Romania) "Between Democracies 1989-2014", (2015, Johannesburg, South Africa), "Appearance &; Essence", 1st Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale (2015, Timisoara, Romania), "Visualcontainer TV" (2015, Marseille, France), "CLOSE-UP" (2015, Prague, Czech Republic).