Public Space

Temporary Installations

Livia Pleșca, Ana Călinescu

Author(s) / Team representatives

Livia Pleșca, Ana Călinescu

Profession

arhitecte

External collaborators

New Media District și Romanian Creative Week

Project location

Iași, România

Budget in euros

1000 euro

Area

5 mp

Project start date

aprilie 2024

Construction completion date

mai 2024

Client

Palas Campus

Photo credits

Livia Pleșca, Ana Călinescu

Text presentation of the author/office in English

Livia Pleşca works as an architect and interior designer and she is a graduate from Faculty of Architecture ”G.M. Cantacuzino ”from Iași. But besides architecture, Livia learned along the way that she can be a creative professional at the crossroad of multiple fields: she photographs with dedication interior spaces, places she holds dear or just discovered, writes stories about how the houses she design come to life, creates collages and wants to bring people and design closer. ⦿ Ana Călinescu is an architect. She attended the Faculty of Architecture G.M. Cantacuzino in Iași and École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage in Lille, and is currently part of Studio aPunct team, where she creates architecture and design for and with love for people. She enjoys weaving creative ideas and practical sense into ramifications such as architectural installations, scenographic experimentations, architecture and craft workshops, artistic residencies and research in the realm of performance arts.

Project description in English

The project NOT SO FAR ANYMORE shows, using a visual metaphor, that the technological advances have significantly decreased time and space barriers that humankind experienced 20, 30 or 50 years ago, and that this infinite universe that surrounds us, today can be explored not only with our minds. Thus, using a couple of elements which, through association, instantly stir one’s imagination, we created a volumetric composition that grabs the attention of onlookers. We were inspired by the installation Museum of the Moon by the british artist Luke Jerram, which centers around the moon viewed as the cultural reflection of our society, showing the beliefs and ideas of the people around the world. In contrast, we wanted to present another state in which an oversized object appearing as the moon, would provoke a reflection on the times we live in. How do we reflect on the possible and impossible today? How narrow are the limits between us?