Un artist roman fictiv la o expozitie reala - Entropa

Vezi update.

De cand detine presedintia Uniunii Europene, Cehia a avut ideea de a organiza o expozitie despre stereotipiile tarilor membre. Asa s-a nascut Entropa, un proiect care a adunat 27 de artisti europeni ale caror lucrari au fost montate intr-o instalatie de 7 tone.



Lucrarile celor 27 de artisti, precum si motivatiile si biografia lor, le gasiti in acest pdf. La capitolul Romania, il gasim pe Matei Tiron. Lucrarea lui reprezinta harta Romaniei cu colti de vampir, ca un mare castel. Vorbim din nou deci despre "imaginea Romaniei in lume". Motivatia din prezentare?

Welcome to Dracula Land. We are an endless periphery, a place from where artists make their way to European exhibitions by coach. We are a country that is too poor to support its own culture, but too rich to receive the aid channelled by developed countries into developing countries. We are a people adept at working with zero budgeting, we are masters of sales, false advertising and improvisation. Only in recent years have we realized that marketing this status is our only salvation, a quality that makes us at least a little interesting for others.

Cine e Matei Tiron (nu Stefan Tiron)? Intram pe site-ul lui si gasim niste lucrari care nu ii apartin (de exemplu cele cu spaghete le-am vazut la Bienala Tinerilor Artisti - autor Marlene Haring). Matei Tiron de fapt nu exista, lucrarile, biografia, expozitiile la care a participat sunt fictive.

Identitatea lui intriga, faptul ca e fictiva fiind, in mod sigur, parte din proiect (nu e nici prima nici ultima data cand se intampla asta, nici in arta vizuala, nici in literatura) si e poate mai importanta decat coltii lui Dracula.

Faptul ca vorbeste despre marginalizarea artistilor romani ne face sa credem ca este un artist cunoscut, care a ales aceasta forma ambigua de expresie artistica tocmai pentru a sublinia "false advertising", marketingul si instabilitatea valorilor romanesti.

Va fi interesant cand vom afla cine este. :) Pana atunci, putem paria. Voi cine credeti ca e Matei Tiron?

Update: de fapt, toata povestea a fost opera unui artist ceh, David Cerny, considerat pana acum curatorul expozitiei. Toti artistii erau fictivi iar opera, grea de cateva tone, ii apartine in totalitate. :) Ce zice el:

We knew the truth would come out. But before that we wanted to find out if Europe is able to laugh at itself.

At the beginning stood the question:  What do we really know about Europe? We have information about some states, we only know various tourist clichés about others. We know basically nothing about several of them. The art works, by artificially constructed artists from the 27 EU countries, show how difficult and fragmented Europe as a whole can seem from the perspective of the Czech Republic. We do not want to insult anybody, just point at the difficulty of communication without having the ability of being ironic.

Grotesque hyperbole and mystification belongs among the trademarks of Czech culture and creating false identities is one of the strategies of contemporary art. 

Aplauze!