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Mobius Gallery
str. Dumbrava Roșie

Mobius is an independent art gallery showcasing leading-edge contemporary art, aiming to stimulate dialogue and exchange between the Eastern European art scene and the international community.

WHITE IMPRINT

INSTALATIE


Tip eveniment
DESCHIS si la NAG
Perioada Expozitie
19.08.2022 - 02.10.2022
We leave traces. On our bodies and on the others. In the city and on the planet. Whether we want to or not. The signs we generate can be decoded or remain incomprehensible. We act upon their interpretation. Once marked out and deciphered, the sign generates volume and space around it. We are captivated by the endless birth of our own traces. Experience and interaction leave scars on us, becoming part of our biological imprint. The signs we produce in the biological cycle of the planet raise a question mark over the future existence of man on a planet whose stones have been marked for more than 2.5 million years. The architecture of traces thrown out by humans is multi-layered and underlies human-to-human connection and change of information. The signs we produce are so incredibly rich in their diversity: there may be verbal, visual, physical, written, or even chemical traces that we leave behind us, and they all add up to the essential material of the communication media where each of us is immersed in the complex dynamics, generated by the interaction between our own codes and the language of the others. White Imprint directly addresses the need for each of us to understand, decode and transmit meaning through signs to others, in an age when we realize that the traces we leave on the planet can be overwhelming for human life. Social media gives everyone the opportunity to send out signals and mark the digital environment instantaneously, generating a giant digital carbon footprint. Who and how decides which memories (tokens) are worth keeping? For how long? Alexandru Berceanu, in collaboration with Constantin Basica, Grigore Burloiu, Sebastian Comanescu, Dorin Cucicov, Denis Flueraru, and Andrei Mitișor, presents the White Imprint series of works. The exhibition is the result of a process of co-creation and mutual influence, which in some cases lasted for more than 10 years. The works had been produced using both new technology-based media (from magnetic tape to conversational robots based on Artificial Intelligence, from algorithmic composition to bio-art), as well as classical media. Each of the artists explores a certain medium of expression, focusing on the process of tracing the signs in that specific medium. Imprinting is the process by which experience is encoded into biology. Each organism's life experience impacts the epigenetic and implicitly the genetic level, shaping the DNA message for future generations. White Imprint proposes an affective image of the sign, caught in the interaction among the viewers, artists, and artworks. Will the future bring the sign of a human-generated AI or of a life form with enough resilience to leave intergalactic signs? White Imprint invites you to leave your own marks in the spaces that are still white to you.