October 2021 Mega Image store Standing still in a general store (one of the few places where you could enter without a green pass during covid 19)
The Practice: Being present / Artist is present is an ongoing project that consists in being present/ standing still in different places and contexts with or without emotional charge and thinking. It appeared part from the concept of the opposition to movement which is stillness and from the concept of being present on stage or in a performative situation and could be seen also as a comment to the Marina’s Abramovic proposal The Artist is Present (later layer that added) and has also as reference and inspiration source the 4’33’’ of John Cage. It is also an action that is imposing distance between the body that is present and the rest- like objects, people and a way of marking a place in space, it interrogates the dialectique of the space between the artist and the audience. While standing still and being present there are different things that happen within and around your body. Previous representations of the concept of being present / standing still: proposal in Easy Wednesday, 2008, CNDB, My performance, 2008-2009, CNDB, Standing still for 7’- performance -experiment -participatory art series within LorgeanTheater 2008-2009, I don't Know, I’ve never been here before -2009, performance in Looping European Project, Art Opening 2 & 3 - Mourning/ Departure at Aeroport Henri Coanda Bucharest, 2021/2022