This summer at the University Square (one of the most important places in Bucharest) an ambiguous visual message was given to all those travelling in the area. On one side of the boulevard, a new unexpected statue was implanted overnight (”The Countess”, Ileana Oancea -part of an urban art project, the statue travelled in many other places in the city). It was placed in between other four famous important male figures of the Romanian history and culture. Fragile - made up of porcelain (or at least suggesting this), stabbed, the Countess seems to demand ‘the right to the city’, the right to be part of the collective memory of Bucharest. At the same time, on the other side of the same boulevard, a huge banner celebrating 150 years of existence of the University of Bucharest was displayed presenting nine famous Romanian people that graduated over time this prestigious institution-among which there was no woman.
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Language(s)
English
ISBN
ISSN 23442352; ISBN 14537559
Author
Grunberg, Laura
Publisher
Romanian Society for Feminist Analysis AnA
Publication Date
April, 2015
Source
http://www.analize-journal.ro/current-issue-no-3-172015
