Performance by Christine Cizmaș: ÎNTRE PEREȚI ȘI CUVINTE | BETWEEN WALLS AND WORDS Praelūdium. Prélude. Preludio. Preludiu. Vorspiel. 

OPENING ACT / 30 MAY, 18 PM / Garrison of Timisoara, Liberty Square

ÎNTRE PEREȚI ȘI CUVINTE | BETWEEN WALLS AND WORDS

Praelūdium. Prélude. Preludio. Preludiu. Vorspiel. 

Between the walls of the garison in my hometown called Timisoara, where once upon a time soldiers were resting, I intend to whisper (in writing) words from the forgotten past and that which is still breathing in the present day. It will always be about what happened a day ago, some time ago, yesterday, random in the past. What does it actually mean some time ago or now? Can it be defined?

On the 30th of May 2025, starting with 18:00, an EMPTY SPACE with white walls and windows that look towards Liberty Square, will become a LOVE BATTLE FIELD between two generations, with a 50 year distance between them.

A stranger for me up to this day, has once loved my future to become mother and the proof of this love was written in words, on hundreds of papers with ink smell, which I have inherited. Letters. Love Letters between a soldier and a young student. On the back of these letters, where the paper is still white, no words were written, but there I found room btw Walls and Words to write my own story, a small part of it, with my Timișoara, my thoughts, out of the past spring, winter and autumn, lost summers, from what I have lived and missed, personally and profesionally.

For 45 days, during Art Encounters Biennial 2025, You have all the time to read, examin, decipher, make sense, solve the puzzle, recreate a personal love path that I put at your disposal with all confidence, to reflect, to sink into an armchair and… perhaps, remembering forgotten or current loves, to write, to write to someone, on a blank sheet, not in an app, not on a screen, with paper and pen, with life and memories, with you and what was and what is and was never lost, to then fold the paper, put it in an envelope, stick a stamp and let it leave with the Romanian Post, Poșta Română in the world, to an address, to a person, or not to leave, to remain BETWEEN WALLS AND WORDS.

You will find me almost every day in the Garrison, I will add, change an element of the proposed world, I will write, I will make the present a beautiful past, a short and unique memory with each of you and a good piece of me, like a healthy slice of cake. (with marzipan)

The hours I appear and disappear remain unknown, but 10:22, 14:22, 16:22, 18:22 … sounds good.

At Praelūdium. Prélude. Preludio. Prelude. Vorspiel on May 30, from 6:00 PM, during the Opening of the Art Encounters 2025 Biennial, at the Garison in Liberty Square, I will be joined, in person or in thought by: Alina Margareta Sfetcu, Oana Stoian, Andreea Herczegh, Dinu Bodiciu, Octavian Horvath, Ovidiu Hrin, Paul Hetzl, Ciprian Furtuna, Poșta Română, via Lulciuc Adrian, to whom I thank from the bottom of my heart! You All inspired me and gave me confidence that it will become a story, my story, a story from the past that whispers in the present. Bounding Histories. Whispering Tales.

Zina, Zina Vicol, you are always with me, from a distance, but always together through the life you gave me!

Vicol Zina, my mother / mama mea

Alina Sfetcu, mi luna

Ina Solomon, Șura Șușara, înveșmântare cu poveste / clothing stories

Oana Stoian, photography / fotografie

Andreea Herczegh, photo editing / editare fotografii

Horvath Octavian Nicolae, sound, voice and music / sunet, voce și muzică

Ovidiu Hrin, calligraphy / caligrafie

Dinu Bodiciu, scenography / scenografie

Paul Hetzl, Space Artisan Studio, furniture design pieces / decor mobilier

AZERO, printings / tipărituri

POȘTA ROMÂNĂ

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