TEMPORALIA / Eco-connections
27.11.2025
at WASP Working Art Space and Production
Artists: Andreea Căpitănescu, Mălina Ionescu &Andreea Medar, Carmen Tofeni, Floriama Cândea, Maia Ștefana Oprea, Tatiana Fiodorova-Lefter, Vasile Rață
Curator: Andreea Căpitănescu
Our world is in urgent need of profound transformation, and artistic practices that work with the body, time, and the environment have become essential tools for rethinking how we relate to ecosystems and social structures. Through presence and embodied attention, the body becomes a vector of perception rooted in the world, echoing anthropologist Tim Ingold’s view that humans and their environments shape one another through immersion, rhythm, and interdependence.
In the broader context of green policies and today’s debates on ecological transition, art takes on the role of making visible the invisible processes, tensions, and vulnerabilities shaping our landscapes — from the shifting border of the Prut River to the post-industrial terrains of Iași, from the geological layers of Oltenia to the tourism pressure confronting fishing communities in Culatra, and the intimate ecologies revealed in botanical installations. The works in the exhibition demonstrate that transformation cannot be separated from territory, memory, or responsibility toward shared habitats.
This perspective invites us to move beyond anthropocentrism and reconsider our place within the web of life — resonating with ecofeminist theories and the ethics of care articulated by thinkers such as Val Plumwood and Anna Tsing, who emphasize cooperation, fragility, and interdependence as foundations for a sustainable future.
In this sense, art becomes a model of regeneration: a space where creativity and care coexist with ecological responsibility. Through collaboration, shared processes, and attunement to environmental rhythms, the works presented not only reflect the current crisis but actively participate in acts of renewal, healing, and collective imagination.
Curated by Andreea Căpitănescu, the exhibition TEMPORALIA engages with both urban and ecological contexts, proposing a dialogue between tradition and innovation, territory and memory
Cultural project co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.