Zum Abschluss ihrer Residence hat Andreea Chirica die Außenflächen ihres temporären Wohnateliers als Ausstellungsfläche genutzt! Hier ein paar Impressionen von Projektpräsentation und artist talk am Freitag, den 28. Juni 2019: At the end of her residence, Andreea Chirica used the outside areas of her temporary studio as exhibition space! Here are a few impressions of […]
thoughts
Imagining me growing up in a similar situation I was thinking of the fact that this could easily have been my childhood, in the 90s, as that was the time when the first wave of emmigrants left Romania (after the fall of communism). I actually have a friend that spent his childhood (from 4 to […]
listen to radio connection FM 88,4 tomorrow at 3 pm
Am Donnerstag den 27.6. bringt radio connection um 15 Uhr ein Interview mit Andreea Chirica, das Mehran, ein Bewohner der Unterkunft mit ihr auf englisch geführt und in Farsi übersetzt hat. Das ist dann auch auf der Website nachzuhören: www.radioconnection-berlin.de Thursdays, June 27, radio connection brings an interview with Andreea Chirica at 3 pm. Mehran, […]
Am Freitag Projektpräsentation von Andreea Chirica
Wir laden herzlich zum Abschluss des zweiten Künstleraufenthaltes um 17 Uhr in die Paul-Schwenk-Str. 3-21, 12681 Berlin ein! In ihren Comics versucht Andreea Chirica (*1978, lebt in Bukarest) persönliche Gefühle darzustellen, um aus autobiografischer Sicht den Zeitgeist und die Gesellschaft abzubilden. In ihrer neu entstehenden Graphic Novel thematisiert sie Heimat und Neuanfang.
around my yellow home
View this post on Instagram evening activities around my yellow home #residenzpflichtberlin #hideandswek #kidsplaying #modularaccomodationberlin A post shared by Andreea Chirică (@persoana_fizica) on Jun 17, 2019 at 8:20am PDT
polenta and borscht
One morning, a nice woman greets me with “buna dimineata”. She came to Germany from Republica Moldova with her husband because he needs medical treatment that hospitals back home can’t provide. Her cooking is delicious and she knows it: “asa-i ca a fost bun?”
he tells me this
View this post on Instagram he tells me this from the window of his room that he almost never leaves #residenzpflichtberlin #refugeeaccommodationberlin A post shared by Andreea Chirică (@persoana_fizica) on Jun 11, 2019 at 1:59am PDT
time to talk
It was quite interesting spending an hour talking to Andreea about what it feels like to be a resident at the accommodation, how to adapt to circumstances, what she observes and how, what drawings mean to the people around her, etc.
day 4
View this post on Instagram residency diary/day 4 today i did the portraits of some of my neigbours living in the refugee accommodation. #residenzpflichtberlin A post shared by Andreea Chirică (@persoana_fizica) on Jun 4, 2019 at 5:14am PDT
my first sketch on location at residenzpflicht.berlin
View this post on Instagram my first sketch on location at #residenzpflichtberlin They were my volunteer interpreters from english to german to arabic to farsi and back :), enjoying the sunny friday afternoon in the yard. A post shared by Andreea Chirică (@persoana_fizica) on May 31, 2019 at 11:56pm PDT