Artistic Metodology and social-political context in CCs film
Speakers: Irina Botea Bucan, Jon Dean
Monday, October 14th, 17:00 – Anca Poterașu Gallery, Popa Soare 26
IRINA BOTEA-BUCAN & JON DEAN, CCs, video, 21 min. 31 sec., 2019.
The event is part of My Brilliant Friend exhibition and project, funded by AFCN.
About the project: Within the cultural project My Brilliant Friend, the exploration and contextualization of the history and representation of women is proposed, with a focus on South Korea and Romania. The starting point of the research was the similar domestic and community histories of South Korea and Romania, and the ways in which processes of social and political restoration have influenced the cultural perception of women’s image. The project presents women artists from different historical periods, thereby exploring systems of representation of women in postcolonial culture, while contextualizing narratives and personal histories relevant to shaping ideas of family and community in the Global South.
The project My Brilliant Friend follows a long-term process of restoring memory. Every act of restoration begins with the identification of the object to be restored, followed by an analysis of its current state and the recognition of its representativeness within a specific context. It is a procedure as much somatic as it is psychological, requiring skills that must be combined with vision, gentleness, and care. Creating meaning through restoration demands the activation of a sense of understanding of time, space, and context from multiple perspectives, as well as the ability to deliver a form capable of communicating beyond a constructed framework. Through this project, the importance and complexity of representing women in a global context is highlighted, with an emphasis on fostering intercultural dialogue and promoting diversity and inclusion through contemporary art and the exploration of feminine identity in the Global South.
The discussion will address the socio-political contextualization of the film “CCs”, made in 2019 during an artistic residency at the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore. The film explores the complex and ubiquitous infrastructure of community centres in Singapore, seeking to question how they operate within a particular process of community-building, how people participate within them, and what role community centres play in shaping a postcolonial identity in Singapore.
Special thanks to Anca Rujoiu for her support throughout the entire process, without which this project would not have been possible.
