THREE VERSIONS FOR SOMETHING COMING

I am like a flag in the center of open space.

I sense ahead the wind which is coming, and must live

it through.

while the things of the world still do not move:

the doors still close softly, and the chimneys are full

of silence,

the windows do not rattle yet, and the dust still lies down.

(Translated by Robert Bly)

I am like a flag surrounded by vast, open space.

I sense the coming winds and must live through them,

while all other things among themselves do not yet move:

The doors close quietly, and in the chimneys is silence;

The windows do not yet tremble, and the dust is still heavy and dark.

(Translated by Stephen Cohn)

I am like a flag unfurled in space,

I scent the oncoming winds and must bend with them,

While the things beneath are not yet stirring,

While doors close gently and there is silence in the chimneys

And the windows do not yet tremble and the dust is still heavy

(Translated by Jessie Lamont)

Original text:

Ich bin wie eine Fahne von Fernen umgeben.

Ich ahne die Winde, die kommen, und muß sie leben,

während die Dinge unten sich noch nicht rühren:

die Türen schließen noch sanft, und in den Kaminen ist Stille;

die Fenster zittern noch nicht, und der Staub ist noch schwer.

(Rainer Maria Rilke / VORGEFÜHL)

Short biographies of the artists:

ARANTXA ETCHEVERRIA (b. 1975, FR)

She is born in France and has been living in Romania since 2006. She studied visual art at Villa Arson in Nice, scenography and costumes at the National Theatre of Strasbourg.

Selected exhibitions: 2015 - "Comedia", Art On Display project, Musette Kube, Bucharest. • 2015 - "Video Zoom Romania", Museo di Roma, curator Marius Tanasescu, Rome, Italy.• 2015 - Art Encounters, Cazerna, Baril Gallery, Timisoara.• 2015 - Artorama, International Fair of Contemporary Art, Baril Gallery, Marseille, France.• 2015 - "Objects of desire", Sabot Gallery, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj.• 2015 - "Given a Random Point", Atelier 35, curators Xandra Popescu and Larisa Crunteanu, Bucharest.• 2014 - Artissima, International Art Fair, Baril Gallery, Torino, Italy. "Guido Carbone Prize" for New entries.• 2014 - Vienna Art Fair, Baril Gallery, Austria.• 2014 - "Traces", Baril Gallery, Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj.• 2014 - "Anatomy", Alert Studio, Bucharest.• 2014 - BB6 (Bucharest International Biennal for Contemporary Art), curator Gergo Horvath, Bucharest.• 2014 - “Corner”, Calina Gallery, curator Liviana Dan, Timisoara.• 2013 - “Studio/Structures”, Anexa MNAC (the National Contemporary Art Museum), curator Ruxandra Balaci, Bucharest.• 2012 - Volta Show, H'art Gallery, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland.

CĂTĂLIN BURCEA (b. 1966, RO)

He graduated his MFA from The University of The Arts Bucharest. It is also a Co-founder and Project Coordinator @ ALERT studio (White Code).He is mainly preoccupied by the - sometimes hardly detectable - dynamics of the systems and methods of manipulation, especially those in the political realm. He is following attentively the exposure, the disponibility and permeability of the "target audience" to these practices.

Selected exhibitions: 2016 - "I'm Feeling Better Day by Day!" - Calina Gallery - Timisoara • 2016 - “MonuMental Histories” - ARCUB Gabroveni - Bucharest • 2015 - "Two Rooms or Another Kind of Palsy" - Alert Studio - Bucharest • 2014 - "Multo Post Futurum" - New Energies (Focus Romania) - VIENNAFAIR - Vienna• 2014 - 1’45” / “A great future behind us”- Contemporary Art Ruhr - (C.A.R. 2014) Essen, Germania • 2014 - “A FEW GRAMS OF RED, YELLOW, BLUE” - Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle – Warsaw • 2013 - “The expansibility of the field of struggle” - Spatiu Intact Gallery (Brush Factory - Cluj-Napoca • 2011 - “East by South West” - (curated by_vienna) - Knoll Gallery – Vienna.

VLAD BASALICI (b. 1978, RO)

A visual artist who lives and works in Bucharest and London. In his projects, he investigates how we perceive temporality. He began to date every work of his to 2012. In the same year, Vlad Basalici founded Last Archive that contains newspapers from all over the world published on December 21st 2012, the last day before the Apocalypse. His works, as a solo artist or in collaboration, have been presented at Brut Wien, Salonul de Proiecte / Bucharest, MNAC / Bucharest, Plan B / Berlin, Alternative Film/Video Festival / Belgrade, Dansehallerne / Copenhagen, Alert Studio / Bucharest, Paintbrush Factory / Cluj-Napoca, The Centre for Visual Introspection / Bucharest, CNDB  / Bucharest and Tranzit.ro / Bucharest.