{"id":499,"date":"2023-09-26T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simultan.org\/2023\/?p=499"},"modified":"2023-09-27T19:48:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T19:48:26","slug":"welcome-to-the-relative-end-of-the-road-not-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simultan.org\/2023\/en\/welcome-to-the-relative-end-of-the-road-not-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Relative End of the Road Not Taken!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by ANDREI DINIC\u0102, MIHAI DR\u0102GAN AND SABINA SURU<\/strong>
\u2014 anti-Interactive artistic installation, 2023

OCT 5, 2023, 6 PM, MX \u2013 Corneliu Mikl\u00f3si Museum
Visiting hours: oct 5 (18-23h), oct 6\/7\/8 (15-23h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Start.
We begin to move. We begin to look around. We try to make sense of the things that surround us.
\u2014 4 seconds.
Everything seems to move so fast. Technology changes without us realizing it, all around us. Since you started reading this, 92592 Whatsapp messages have been sent.
\u2014 10 seconds.
The Earth\u2019s crust just moved about 0.2 microns. Another 3 minutes or so and we will reach the width of the thread of a spider\u2019s web. How fast does innovation move around us? But right around us, here, in Timi\u0219oara?
\u201418 seconds.
There is a valley of death for scientific research, a place where, once reached, projects remain stuck for a very long time. Due to lack of funding, due to lack of interest, due to lack of adequate technologies. Or due to lack of creativity. Just the same in art. But what if we bring together art and science?
\u2014 32 seconds.
Since the start, a tortoise covered a distance equivalent to two human steps. If it didn\u2019t have any obstacles to avoid. Where is the tortoise heading to? And why do people hinder it?
\u2014 38 seconds.
Welcome to the Relative End of the Road Not Taken!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Created by Andrei Dinic\u0103, Mihai Dragan and Sabina Suru
Curator: Andrei Tudose
A Marginal project, commissioned by SIMULTAN.org
Project developed with the support of the Timi\u0219oara Seismic Observatory, part of the National Institute for Earth Physics.
Special thanks to: Adina R\u0103u, Mimi Ciora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrei Dinic\u0103-Nicolescu<\/strong> is an emerging artist, an alumnus of the Art and Design Faculty within West University Timi\u0219oara, where he received a MA in visual arts\/ painting. Exploring new technical and conceptual territories defines him as an artists<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mihai Dr\u0103gan<\/strong> is  a programmer, founder of Plan Zero<\/a>, a makerspace – open workshop and collaboration platform, and Azilului de Calculatoare<\/a>, an interactive collection of computers from the 80s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sabina Suru<\/strong> is a post-digital artist and co-founder of Marginal<\/a> and VAGon – spa\u021biu in(ter)disciplinat<\/a>. Starting from painting and continuing into photography and transmedia, her practice focuses on silver-based holography and film, respectively video and installation. Her work addresses issues related to identity mutation, objectification and exographic memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrei Tudose<\/strong> is a curator and cultural manager, co-founder of Marginal<\/a> and VAGon – spa\u021biu in(ter)disciplinat<\/a>. With a background in marketing research, sociology and visual studies, he promoted transdisciplinary approaches, at the intersection of art, science and technologie, challenging the public to take an active stance towards current societal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adina R\u0103u <\/strong>is a researcher at the National Institute for Earth Physics and coordinates the activity at the Seismic Observatory in  Timi\u0219oara, where she is also involved in educational and outreach activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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