“The Exhibition Predictions of the Earth. On ecological thinking and practice is meant as a sign of awareness of basic ecological principles and their implementation, through a selection of contemporary Romanian artists who will vibrate both in ecological and responsible manner through their works of art in different visual media: from drawing, photography collage, object, sculpture, video-art, media installations, sound installations, to site-specific interventions." Mihai Zgondoiu – artist/curator
The group exhibition "Predictions of the Earth - On ecological thinking and practice" will take place at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London from November 2nd to 25th 2022. A selection of contemporary Romanian artists approaches, in their own vision and through different artistic techniques, the ecological challenges of the last decades, a major, perpetual topic of actuality.
The exhibition project was initiated by the Cotroceni National Museum, being presented in Bucharest between September 14th and October 24th 2021. In 2022, the Cotroceni National Museum toured the exhibition in Paris and Luxembourg, with the support of the RCI.
The curator of the exhibition, Mihai Zgondoiu, brought together a series of Romanian artists who will be present in the spaces of the RCI London with visuals of their own perspectives and reflections on various fragile points in terms of ecology. The exhibition "Predictions of the Earth - On ecological thinking and practice" includes photographs, video-art, installations, object-sculpture and illustrations, in an eclectic aesthetic approach, conceived as a laboratory of knowledge and inquiries concerning the future of our planet.
The different ways of visual expression, decipherable during the exhibition, belong to the artists Elena Adorian, Cătălin Burcea, Sergiu Chihaia, Ciprian Ciuclea, Claudiu Cobilanschi, Ștefan Radu Crețu, Liviu Epuraș (EPV), Lazlo Forrai, Cosmin Paulescu, Dan-Raul Pintea, Bogdan Rața, Marilena Oprescu Singer (Saint Machine), Florin Stefan, Iulia Toma, Mihai Zgondoiu, UVT Arte and UNArte students.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on November 2nd at 6:30 p.m., in the presence of artists Mihai Zgondoiu, Bogdan Rața and Cosmin Paulescu. The event organized by RCI London will be open to the general public from November 2nd to 25th.
As contemporary environmental challenges, with potentially irreversible consequences for the planet and humanity, operate both in times of peace and times of war, the event will also mark the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (November 6). Thus, the RCI London seeks to sound the alarm regarding irresponsible human impact on the environment, as well as the attempt to make protection of nature a priority.
"The curatorial theme of the exhibition Predictions of the Earth - On ecological thinking and practice focuses on an engaged (and dedicated) discourse by the means of which artists visually present their philosophical, spiritual, activist or aesthetic opinions. Reporting to time and space is necessary especially when analysing and comparing data. The way they conceived their works has been as important as the final exhibited oeuvre. These "forms of dialogue" are presented in a kind of laboratory of knowledge, through which the viewer deeply vibrates at mental and emotional level. Disclosures are made. Questions are raised. Predictions are as well part of this non-verbal dialogue.” Mihai Zgondoiu – artist/curator
Opening: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 , time: 18.30Venue: RCI London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
