From info at oberliht.org Fri May 2 07:00:50 2025 From: info at oberliht.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Asocia=C8=9Bia_Oberliht?=) Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 08:00:50 +0300 Subject: [oberlist] =?utf-8?q?Sense_of_Autonomy_=28In_Search_of=29_?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=93_a_retrospective_exhibition_by_Oberliht_Associa?= =?utf-8?q?tion?= Message-ID: [image: 6091407182701644749_121] https://chiosc.oberliht.org/2025/04/30/sense-of-autonomy/ *Sense of Autonomy (**In Search of)* – a retrospective exhibition by *Oberliht* * Association* The exhibition opening will take place on *Saturday*, *May 3, *from* 2 pm to 5 pm*, at the *Middle Art Space* in Taipei, and will feature several Moldovan wines for degustation. The exhibition will be on view between *May **6* * – July 5th, 2025*Schedule of the exhibition: *Tue-Sat 11:30-20:00 (GMT+8)*address: *The Middle Art Space,* *103台北市大同區太原路156巷13號1樓* The present program aims to familiarize the Taiwanese audiences with the early activities of *Oberliht* Association and with Moldovan contemporary art. Curated by *Vladimir Us* this retrospective exhibition presents the activity timeline of *Oberliht* Association complemented by a limited number of videos, art works, photographs, objects, technical drawings and publications that document the work of *Angela Candu*, *Ghenadie Popescu*, *Ștefan Rusu*, *Jaroslav Sedlak* and of other artists and cultural workers, with whom *Oberliht* has been collaborating along the years. Both the exhibition and the accompanying program of public events touch upon the topic of Moldovan cultural identity and the way it has been evolving during the last few decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and in relation to the local context of rural and urban transformations. Organized around several elements like food, clothing, transportation, housing and public spaces, the presented works offer a distinctive perspective on their meaning as a part of the daily lives of Moldovan citizens, while approaching the topic of identity through its rural (associated with traditional culture) and urban (associated with an emerging civic culture) origins and influences. Throughout our entire lives we can adopt multiple identities so even if we look and dress the same and speak similar languages, the societal model that we adopt could differ from region to region and from country to country (in this context the term post-Soviet, when referencing to Moldova, is too general and can be rather confusing). This is to say that our contemporary identity is formed both from what we used to be and believe in in the past and what we consider to be representative for us today, including the set of values that we adhere to as a community of people and that are constantly being shaped by an evolving political system that we are part of. As a young country, Republic of Moldova is still in the process of defining its own identity in a new global order, having to deal with a complex past, rethinking its cultural traditions and embracing new values. Relying mostly on farming activities while lacking its own natural resources, having weak public institutions and an underdeveloped civic sector, facing a demographic crisis and other important issues, Moldovans have still to identify their *sense of autonomy* and to negotiate their independence from much stronger actors in the region and while avoiding leaning too much towards older or newer centers of power, to find the necessary means for creation of a democratic society. In many ways, this influenced the situation in which the independent cultural actors from Moldova (*Oberliht* Association as one of them) were acting during the last few decades, while facing structurally precarious conditions (lack of spaces, funding and educational opportunities) they would stay focused on the need for achieving artistic autonomy and a more just and peaceful society. [image: 6091407182701644750_121] *May 9, 2025*, *7 pm (GMT+8)**Interventions 3* (2008) – art interventions in public spaces of Chișinău, film screening 35 min., Romanian with English / Mandarin subtitles The exhibition opening will be complemented by a public talk with participation of the curator *Vladimir Us*, which will take place on *Friday*, *May 9, 2025* at *7 pm* at the *Middle Art Space* in Taipei and that will be followed by the screening of *Interventions 3* film. The *Interventions 3* (curators: Natasa Bodrozic, Vladimir Us), artistic project dealing with the topic of public space took place in the city of Chisinau and its surroundings throughout August 2008, thus anticipating the Kiosk project. It gathered more than thirty participants from Moldova, Romania, Croatia, Germany and France who stayed in the city for a short term residency creating art works and reflecting over the processes producing Chisinau’s public space, the city’s visual structure, the hidden histories and experience of its inhabitants’ everyday life. Their stay and the results of the project was documented in a catalogue, in two different issues of *State of Emergency* magazine / *Oberliht Supplement* and in this film. The project consisted of several phases: city walks, artists’ projects, public presentations and discussions, Ghidighici Graffiti session and opening to the public of ArtHotel – a space for artistic production and exchange. https://archive.oberliht.org/interventii3.html – About *Oberliht** Association* Founded in 2000 and based on a rather long working experience as an independent cultural actor, “Oberliht” Young Artists Association aims to interconnect dispersed artistic scenes and build an artistic community making use of public spaces. The Association aims to provide support to emerging artists and contribute to their professional development. 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