RETUS 3 – Interventions in the Museum

How does a museum fit into collective imagination? What does the past tell us when we remain silent about its objects and forget their creators? Who decides what is worth archiving, which stories are valuable, and how long they endure? And what does it take for an exhibition experience to ripple into our daily lives?

Once conceived as timeless vaults of objects and histories, museums are increasingly redefined as spaces for dialogue, reflection, and community. Building on this shift, the project RETUS 3 proposes to reimagine the museum space through the critical practices of contemporary art and inclusive education.

Initiated by B5 Studio in collaboration with the Mureș County Museum, the project invites eleven contemporary artists to create site-specific interventions that challenge how we experience collections, what heritage means, and why museums matter today. Supported by the Centre for Documentation and Collective Research at B5 Studio, established to provide resources for both artists and the public, the museum becomes a space that encourages reflection on the encounters and practices sustaining its institution and relationships with publics and communities.

As part of NAG 2025, RETUS 3 opens on Friday with a book presentation in the Small Hall of the Palace of Culture and an exhibition at B5 Studio, followed on Saturday by a guided tour of the interventions at selected locations of the Mureș County Museum, led by the artists and curatorial team.

The invited artists are: Lődi Virág (Budapest), Juhász Nóra (Budapest), Alexandra Mereuți & Sebastian Danciu (Cluj-Napoca), Kispál Ágnes-Evelin & Kispál Attila (Sfântu Gheorghe), Răzvan Anton (Cluj-Napoca), Mihai Iepure-Górski (Cluj-Napoca), Miklósi Dénes (Odorheiu Secuiesc), Miklós Szilárd (Tușnad), and Bartha József (Târgu Mureș).