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History
Today, the two contest sections are satirical graphics and humoristic literature (epigram and poetry) but the Festival “Humour in…. Gura Humorului has, become a complex cultural event over time, in addition to the sections in the contest including humoristic performances by great comedy actors, personal exhibitions of famous cartoonists from around the world, documentary exhibitions of humoristic magazines from Europe, meetings with famous writers, humoristic book releases, humoristic photography exhibitions, practical demonstrations of humoristic portraiture (the so-called &#;satirical graphic art workshops ”), epigram recitals, screenings of film comedies and fairs of skilled craftsmen …
From an event of regional importance, the Festival has turned into a Festival of national importance and, since , it has truly become an international Festival known and recognized worldwide. Seriously joking, we used to say that only some participants from Antarctica are missing.
But, as hope never dies….
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Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect
In memory of Nikita Alexeev (–)
The exhibition explores the relatively small segment of contemporary art that is dedicated to investigating and challenging the durational dimension of its agents, from the body of the artist to the act of making and viewing art. It brings together works by 30 artists from different generations across Southeast and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern and Western Europe.
The title in English, Spirit Labor, has been borrowed from the eponymous film essay by British curator and performance historian Adrian Heathfield, in which he traces a special kind of labor that transpires in artistic practices “inclined toward elemental exposure and non-human forces.” Spirit Labor, as artist Melati Suryodarmo has pointed out, is not about spirit itself but about the underlying principle behind the making and performing of some works that betrays a sustained practice of spirit. The Russian title of the exhibition, In Service toTime, offers a slightly different perspective, drawing our attention to the durational aspect of such practices; to the turbulent human dependence on the only truly non-renewable resource: time.
The focus on duration—on viscous, problematic,
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Mihai Olos
Romanian artist, sculptor, container, art performer
Mihai Olos | |
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| Born | ()26 Feb Ariniș, Maramureș County, Romania |
| Died | 22 February () (aged&#;74) Amoltern, Germany |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Notable work | Matraguna, OlosPolis, Orașul Universal |
| Website | |
Mihai Olos (born 26 Feb in Ariniș, Romania – died 22 February arrangement Amoltern, Endigen, Germany) was a Rumanian conceptual manager, poet, writer.
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