THU, October 25, 7:30 pm (through November 22) | Romanian Cultural Institute | Exhibition opening
FRI, October 26, 7 pm | Hungarian Cultural Center | Artist talk
The Other City > what became of modernist housing
While „grand narratives” have often failed, some of their applications still stand and take part in our lives. It is the case of postwar modernist housing projects, which continue to have a massive presence not only in ex-communist countries, but in most cities of Europe and the United States. „The Other City” – an international exhibition curated by Hajnalka Somogyi and Samu Szemerey, and hosted in two venues – deals with ideologies behind public housing projects, the conditions they have provided for their inhabitants, as well as the agenda of those who support or criticize them.
The Romanian Gallery will show works that deal with social reality, everyday situations, and personal narratives (featuring works by artists Mircea Cantor, Miklos Erhardt, Mircea Munteanu, Tadej Pogacar, Jozef Robakowski, Sarolta Szabo), while the Hungarian Cultural Center will address housing projects from a historical and ideological perspective (displaying works signed Zbynek Baladran, Terence Gower, Florin Tudor & Mona Vatamanu, Agnes Denes / Zsolt Keserue / Levente Polyak / Borbala Szalai, Société Réaliste, Michael Rakowitz, Pia Ronicke, Miklos Mecs). On October 26, Miklos Erhardt, Terence Gower, Mircea Munteanu, and Tadej Pogacar will take part in an Artist Talk hosted by HCC.
Read more about the project or see selected works..
In partnership with the Hungarian Cultural Center and the Consulate General of Slovenia.
Venues: Hungarian Cultural Center (447 Broadway 5th Fl, New York, NY 10013);
The Romanian Gallery (573-577 3rd Avenue at 38th Street, NYC)
(Image: Mircea Cantor, Shortcuts, 2004)
FREE ADMISSION
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DON’T FORGET!
THU, October 18, 7:30pm | RCI Auditorium
Emerging talent> Andrei Licaret
Young Romanian pianist Andrei Licaret, winner of the Jeunesses Musicales Award, will perform in the Auditorium of the RCINY a selection of piano pieces by Scarlatti (Sonatas K1, K2 and K107), Andrei Foca-Rodi, Enescu (Pavane – from Piano Suite op. 10), Beethoven (Sonata op. 109), and Schumann (Kreisleriana op. 16). Andrei Licaret won many awards at piano festivals around the world. Since 2000 he is a regular student of Sommer Akademie Mozarteum – Salzburg, in Prof. Dmitrii Bashkirov’s class.
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