Sustainable Creativity Week – kicks off on October 1st
50 artists and new partners on the map in Bucharest, Cluj – Napoca and Timisoara
The second national edition of the Sustainable Creativity Week – CSWeek, initiated by Galateca Gallery and the Cultural Association NEO ART Romania, will take place between October 1 and 15, 2023, in Bucharest, Cluj – Napoca and Timisoara, involving over 30 partners and dozens of creators.
The coordinators and curators of this edition are Anca Boeriu and Andreea Sandu, together with the curatorial team of Elena Aronoaie-Adorian, Lucian Broscățean and Ana Negoiță.
In this context, on Sunday, October 1st, in three spaces in the heart of the capital and within the framework of Open Streets Bucharest – Urban Promenade on Calea Victoriei, in the Galateca gallery area, a real marathon program with exhibitions, conferences, workshops, demonstrations and urban installations will take place from 11.00 to 21.00.
The children’s workshops at 11.00 am are free and symbolically open the CSWeek series of events, while the first opening is at 4.00 pm and features eight designers in an exhibition – capsule of sustainable contemporary jewelry, hosted by MNLR Crețulescu: Nicoleta Bucșaru, Octavia Chiru, Ioana Deak, Katerini, Diana Pântea, Alexe Popescu, pur.clothing, Sabinne. Also here, outside, a plant installation created by Beatrice Stoicovici is presented. On Calea Victoriei the public can discover the work created by Mihai Zgondoiu for Mini Racing Car and the concept installation INIMA ORAȘULUI (HEART OF THE CITY). The day continues with a conference on the theme of creative sustainability and the openings of the INSIDE / OUTSIDE author showcases, created by Octavia Chiru, DRGXP/ Dragoș Ionuț, Nicolae Moldovan, pur.clothing, Eugen Vuțescu, Capsulă UAD Cluj and the exhibition SUSTAINABLE FASHION POETRY by Kiss Gyongyver.
PROGRAMME – October 1st Marathon CSWeek 2nd edition, open day from 11.00 – 21.00:
11:00 – 13:00 ECCOLAGE – eco-creation workshop for children, held by Sabina Georgescu, clothing designer and owner SABINNE – in the CSWeek mini-park in front of Galateca Gallery
11:00 – 13:00 Reciclad’OR Workshop “Save The Earth! Take care of present for a better future! “Young and old are invited to rediscover the planet and make it smile! – in the CSWeek mini-park in front of the Galateca gallery
11:00 – Unveiling of Mihai Zgondoiu’s work for Mini Racing Car – Străzi Deschise București – Promenadă Urbană, on Calea Victoriei (the work can be seen until 20:00)
11:00 – Inauguration of the first installation of the CSWeek network. Edition II, Inima Orașului (Heart of the City), as part of Străzi Deschise București – Promenadă Urbană (Open Streets Bucharest – Urban Promenade) on Calea Victoriei
16:00 – Exhibition Opening – CSWeek Sustainable Contemporary Jewelry Capsule at MNLR Crețulescu
18:00 – Conference/artist talk CSWeek at Galateca
19.00 – 21.00 – INSIDE /OUTSIDE showcase opening and exhibition SUSTAINABLE FASHION POETRY by Kiss Gyongyver, Galateca
On October 4th at the Goethe Institut, starting at 6 pm., the public is invited to a special evening of documentary films, premiering HE FLEW AHEAD – KARL SCHWANZER by Max Gruber, supported by BMW Romania, 2038 HERE IS HOW, supported by Goethe Institut and UADFASHIONFILM, clothing pieces from the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree collections of the graduates of the Department of Fashion and Fashion Design UAD Cluj-Napoca, Class 2023 (photo-video credits, Raluca Ciornea, photo-video assistant – Amanda Maier, styling – Diana Flore, models First Models, hair – Simina Diana Cheteleș, make-up – Angela Kis).
Timisoara is the next city on the event map, where on October 6 CODRU SustainArt village x CSWeek, a special edition dedicated to the European Capital of Culture organised together with the Codru association, starts at the Cazarma U and other surrounding urban spaces.
The Timisoara CSWeek Marathon includes an art exhibition inside the Cazarma U with the participation of artists Vladimir Simion Boeriu, Alin Carpen, Augustin Cupșa, Laura Duduleanu, Petru Lucaci, Andreea Medar, Nicolae Moldovan, Lelia Rus, Elena Scutaru, Valentina Ștefănescu, Mihai Zgondoiu and a design exhibition with Nicoleta Bucșaru, Sandra Chira, Octavia Chiru, Dragoș Ionuț , Ecaterina Colasâz, Alexe Popescu, Roxana Puriș, Sabina Georgescu and Anca Zaharia.
An important event for the design-loving public is also the exhibition BMW-Design and Architecture Legends from half a century ago, featuring renowned designer David Carp and director Max Gruber.
In the outdoor area you can visit the urban installations and works created by Elena Aronoaie-Adorian, Alex Simion Boeriu, Anca Boeriu, Ioana Cionte, Felix Cionte, Darie Dup, Andrei Felea, Bianca Orbocea, Cosmin Paulescu, Liviu Stoicoviciu, Vlad Țenu, Lucian Zdrob. The programme is completed by workshops, conferences, artist-talks, films and documentaries, concerts and a special eco-performance by Alina Tofan.
From October 10th the CSWeek marathon continues in Cluj – Napoca, at Meron, in partnership with UAD Cluj, Fashion and Clothing Design Department UAD Cluj-Napoca, with an exhibition UADFASHIONEXHIBITION, carefully curated by Lucian Broscățean.
The urban installations and eco-art and design exhibitions can be discovered by the public until October 30 by the public in the three cities.
CSWeek, the second edition, is based on creating links between communities, rediscovering nature and what is natural in the urban environment and showcasing or creating examples of diverse, sustainable practices and propagating them within heterogeneous creative communities. CSWeek proposes an international platform and a bi-annual national event for exemplifying special creative, artistic, design and local sustainability practices under one “roof”, showing the impact of sustainability in our society and how simple it is for us, for each of us, to make our mark on the future for a better future: www.csweek.ro
Organizers: Galateca Gallery and Neo Art Romania Cultural Association
Co-organizers: CODRU, CODRU SUSTAINART VILLAGE, UAD Cluj
Sponsors: BMW, Renovatio
Partners: Bucharest City Hall, Arcub, Goethe Institute, Cervantes Institute, Holcim, Reciclad’OR, AQUA Carpatica, Domeniile Sâmburești
Partner spaces: creart, National Museum of Romanian Literature, OAR Bucharest, Romanian Peasant Museum, Hotel Novotel, Hotel Cișmigiu, Meron
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