The Institution of Performance at Tranzit House

Event hosted by Teatre /Theatres şi Adriana Gheorghe

Casa Tranzit

Duration: 7 zile

Public  · Anybody with or without Facebook account

𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑–𝟏𝟗, 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐣

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞:
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟖 – 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐛, 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐁𝐀
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟗, 𝟏𝟖:𝟎𝟎 – 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜

Between September 13 and 19, the speculative Institution of Performance will visit the established institution of Tranzit House. The Institution of Performance proposes the practice of a kind of hope or a feeling of belonging to something simultaneously vast, poetic, and that makes breathing easier.

The Institution of Performance interrogates the lack of such a dedicated institution and advocates for performance as a way to think and act in reality—to decipher and rethink one’s own conditioning, especially the ones that have to do with endless precarity (by association with the idea of process, for example), reimagining a way to act as resources for one another without abusing ourselves, bringing the topics of presence, body, and experience back into the conversation about the relationship between art and reality, or the political dimension of art and the ever more urgent necessity to learn new ways of supporting the horizon so that the sky doesn’t fall on top of us.

10 artists from Bucharest with practices situated at the intersection between multiple artistic mediums are issuing an invitation to the diverse scenes in Cluj—literary, visual, dance, theatre, and performance—that may resonate with some of the artists involved in the project or with the overall proposal and its interest in the potential of performative thought for the way we relate to reality and build the reality between us.
Sometimes the horizon is multiple and it isn’t always exterior.

The Institution of Performance that is traveling to Cluj is formed by: Eliza Trefaș, Florin Flueraș, Andreea David (dance, performance), Cosmina Moroșan, Vlad Anticorp Solar, Kira Valentina, Adriana Gheorghe (literature, performance, sound/voice), Alina Grau, Alini Medoia (theatre), Giles Eldridge (visual art). Joining him will be Mihai Iepure-Gorski (a visual artist from Cluj).

The project spans 5 months and includes 2 festivals, a call for artist residencies, a tour in Cluj, international guests leading workshops on professional training, as well as a way of being porous—a temporary society that doesn’t define itself from the outside as a group or collective, without consensus, nurturing reformulation and difference, pursuing a more or less inner calling.
We like to think of this institution in terms of the aural, acoustic, reflexive. The institution has 4 pillars, 4 themes that double as methods—Love, Landscape, Rest, and the Choir.

The activity of the Institution of Performance is conceived as a series of possibilities within the bounds of a 16 sqm room, the Teatre/Theatres space on Schitu Măgureanu 21, the “base camp” of the institution and the studio of artist Adriana Gheorghe, open to anyone who wishes to explore performance, as a gesture of radical generosity meant to trigger minimal change by modifying the given conditions as little as possible.
It also includes activities that could never take place in a 16 sqm room, but only thanks to alliances with “real” institutions like partnering theatres and galleries which allow themselves to be permeated.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥:
𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜, 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟖:𝟎𝟎
𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐛 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟖) 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 who might be interested in meeting and discussing our processes from the inside. The method we envision is resonance between artistic practices. Through resonance, we try to practice new ways of listening, paying attention, and responding to each other.
What could love mean as a (self-)instituting method? What about landscape? Rest? Choir? 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐁𝐀

𝐀 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗, 𝟏𝟖:𝟎𝟎, 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The invitation to meet us is, implicitly, also an invitation to meet each other. Performance can be a good host. From every angle, to see, try, discuss.

The Institution of Performance (June-October) is a program curated by artist Adriana Gheorghe, produced by Teatre/Theatres in collaboration with PETEC and co-financed by AFCN.
The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project’s content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.

Graphics: Sebastian Danciu