Un-hidden Bucharest @ Cinema Marconi
VLC - INTERVENTIE ARTISTICA // SEMNAL URBAN
Instalatia Un-hidden Bucharest – semnal urban III pune in lumina interventia lui Pisica Patrata din 2016 si cladirea-monument, cu ajutorul unei interventii efemere creata de VJ VLC, dezvaluind istoria si viitorul Cinema Marconi.
VJ VLC
VJ VLC este un VJ, tanar regizor si fotograf, aparent omniprezent, care realizeaza fotografii experimentale dar si traditionale ale Bucurestiului, oamenii sai fermecatori si masini flamboaiante. In 2016, VJ VLC a animat fatada Teatrului de vara CAPITOL, un alt monument abandonat unde Pisica Patrata priveste trecatorii.
Despre Cinema Marconi
Autorizat in 1926 de arhitectul Constantin Cananau si inaugurat in 1930, Cinematograful Marconi cunoaste perioada sa de glorie pana la nationalizarea din 1948. In paralel cu proiectiile de film se montau pe mica scena si spectacole de teatru si de vodevil.
In ton cu schimbarile impuse de noul regim politic, numele este schimbat din Marconi in Alexandr Popov urmand ca in anii ‘60, in acord cu noile linii ale national-comunismului, numele sa fie schimbat din nou in Cinema Dacia. In perioada tulbure a anilor ’90 cladirea este scoasa din uz, ramanand neutilizata si degradandu-se semnificativ. Din pacate, din motive financiare nici dupa retrocedarea ei catre proprietarii de drept, in 2006, cladirea nu reuseste sa-si recastige gloria de alta data.
Cladirea este clasata ca monument istoric clasa B.
Incepand cu mijlocul lui 2015, printr-o colaborare intre proprietari si Asociatia Industrii Cultural Creative se incearca repunerea cladirii in circuitul public, creand un spatiu performativ, cu scopul de a salva cladirea dar si de a atrage atentia asupra unei zone aflate in acest moment in disolutie, in ciuda faptului ca se afla intr-o zona istorica protejata din centrul Bucurestiului.
In 2016, Asociatia Industrii Cultural Creative il invita pe Pisica Patrata, ilustrator, street artist si creator de banda desenata, sa realizeze o serie de panouri-semnal care anima fatada degradata a Cinema Marconi, comunicand cu trecatorii.
Turul alternativ Un-hidden Bucharest, care va fi in curand disponibil in format tiparit si ca o harta web, contine 22 de noi interventii artistice publice in Bucuresti.
Un-hidden Bucharest este un proiect de regenerare urbana imaginat ca serie de 3 semnale urbane care au ca scop umanizarea orasului, si promovarea explorarii acestuia prin arta, intr-un traseu cultural alternativ, care recomanda cele mai remarcabile interventii artistice in spatiul public.
Cele trei semnale urbane sunt produse in colaborarea cu partenerii proiectului – CNDB, Cinema Marconi, Lente, activand prin arta spatiile publice pe care acestia le impart cu localnici si turisti.
Un-hidden Bucharest este un proiect cultural produs de Save or Cancel prin feeder.ro, co-finantat de AFCN.
Partenerii proiectului: Centrul National al Dansului Bucuresti, Lente, Cinema Marconi, Catpece, Mellow Drinks
Parteneri media: Zeppelin, IQads, Smark, Art7, Dizainar, Iqool, anyplace.ro
Design grafic: Ana Damoc
Foto: Alex Iacob
Text: Cristina Popa (random) si Andrei Racovitan (ubic)
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Un-hidden Bucharest @ Cinema Marconi
VJ VLC - ARTISTIC INTERVENTION // URBAN SIGNAL
Un-hidden Bucharest - Urban Signal III illuminates the 2016 intervention of Pisica Patrata and the monument building with the help of an ephemeral intervention created by VJ VLC, revealing the history and the future of Cinema Marconi.
VJ VLC
VJ VLC is a VJ, budding filmmaker and eagle eye, seemingly omnipresent, snapping experimental as well as traditional shots of Bucharest, its charming people and flamboyant cars. In 2016, VJ VLC animated the façade of Teatrul de vara CAPITOL, yet another abandoned monument where a Pisica Patrata glances at the passersby.
About Cinema Marconi
Authorized in 1926 by architect Constantin Cananau and inaugurated in 1930, the Marconi Cinema knows his period of glory until nationalization in 1948. In parallel with the film projections, theatre and vodevil performances were mounted on the small stage.
In line with the changes imposed by the new political regime, the name is changed from Marconi to Alexandr Popov, and in the 1960s, in accordance with the new lines of national communism, the name will be changed again in Dacia Cinema. During the turbulent period of the 1990s, the building is out of use, remaining unused and degrading significantly. Unfortunately, for financial reasons, even after its restitution to the rightful owners in 2006, the building fails to regain its glory once again.
The building is classified as a B class historic monument.
Starting in the middle of 2015, through a collaboration between owners and the Asociatia Industrii Cultural Creative, it is trying to return the building into the public circuit, creating a performance space to save the building, but also to draw attention to an area currently in dissolution despite the fact that it is in a protected historical area in the center of Bucharest.
In 2016, Asociatia Industrii Cultural Creative invites Pisica Patrata, illustrator, street artist and cartoonist to create a series of signal-panels that animate the degraded façade of Cinema Marconi, communicating with onlookers.
The Un-hidden Bucharest alternative tour, which will soon be available in print and as a web map, features 22 fresh public art interventions in Bucharest.
Un-hidden Bucharest is an urban regeneration project imagined as a series of 3 public signals aimed at humanising the city and promoting its exploration through art in an alternative cultural route that recommends the most remarkable artistic interventions in the public space. The three urban signals are produced in collaboration with the project partners – CNDB, Cinema Marconi, Lente, activating, through art, the public spaces they share with locals and tourists.
Un-hidden Bucharest is a cultural project produced by Save or Cancel via feeder.ro, co-financed by AFCN.
Project partners: Lente, CNDB, Cinema Marconi, Catpece, Mellow Drinks
Media partners: Zeppelin, IQads, Smark, Art7, Dizainar, Iqool, anyplace.ro
Graphic design: Ana Damoc
Photos: Alex Iacob
Text: Cristina Popa (random) si Andrei Racovitan (ubic)