Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

And here I am, writing my last report thinking that everything that happened during these 6 months was only a dream. The best thing about it is that this wasn’t a dream, and all the people that I met during this amazing period of my life were as real as the world itself. I think I still need time to process everything that happened and how happy it made me. The last month was chaotic for sure. I remember on my last day while eating my breakfast, I started to randomly cry when my brain realized at that moment it was my last time doing my usual routine. It made me so sad that I couldn’t stop my tears and my inner soul that wanted to scream because I got attached; very attached. This project gave me so many things that I cannot even start naming one of them. This project made me realize what I hold very dearly to my heart, and that’s people. Probably something that really touched my soul was the vision of my coordinator which was connecting people through art. I find my professional journ

Now that I came back from Bolivia, I was scared to not adapt to the rhythm of Art Lab again. But in reality this project is always challenging this type of mentality because there’s no room for doubt, here everything is action.  In that sense the next day of my return we went to a caravan to a village and I helped a bit with social media. Meanwhile my friends were presenting for the last time workshops with the subject of Cucuteni. It was very fun and we also met people that made the best wine we ever tried. After that we went to see a church that was getting painted which I never thought I would see. To see the sketches of a church in progress was one of the most interesting experiences.  In general it was such a nice experience to get back to the rhythm.  The same week we had the exhibition of victims of the Holocaust, the Jemom Museum. I wasn’t here in Romania meanwhile they were doing the investigation part so Mihaela recommended me to focus more on the lgbtq+ part of the genocide.

The third month was very interesting, full of trips and new experiences.  We traveled to Moldova which is one of my favorite moments. It was a trip of only girls and it felt amazing because of the beautiful energies that everybody radiated. We did so many caravans and it was challenging at first because I collaborated with Olha on this project and at first our ideas were too difficult to accomplish in just 20 minutes.  At the end we used my box of stories but Olha had the good idea to draw some decorations there live. It brought so much to the initial idea because with Olha it made it more expressive and more concrete. Their stories became a bit more elaborate and that made us very happy.  My favorite moments were in Puhăceni and Chișinau, despite their differences I felt very at home with both. Puhăceni and their people will stay in my heart forever and I hope they will create an amazing and well deserved cultural house for their expression to grow even more. That trip and the memorie

This is the second month in this project and it’s almost scary how I don’t want the time to pass by. After the first exhibition for the Alternative Museum of Folklore, it felt surreal how we managed to do everything on time. I saw everyone stressed and working day and night to make the project possible, so I hope people enjoyed the moment. I feel a bit exhausted but overall inspired since the second theme for the Alternative Museum is Cucuteni. We started our second residency that I did in collaboration with Dajana and honestly, we had a lot of good times. We combined natural arts made with elements like stones and sticks to paint them with Cucuteni Symbols. We unified all the painted and created elements to form a décor for a short film that will be focused visually on the archetypes of menstrual cycle and fertility which was so venerated in Cucuteni Culture.  Working with Dajana was very fun. We were already close before, but after passing some stressing moments, maybe disagreements

To be honest, my first month in this project was an emotional whirlwind from which a rebirth emerged, mostly positive and filled with love for art, people, and everything that now surrounds me, which I call home today. I was the first to arrive at this house, the first to imagine what this big house filled with people and vitality would be like. The truth is that, at first, the house, while it felt welcoming, filled with materials, paintings, books, and art, also felt intimidating, large, and full of stories told and yet to be told. From the very first day, they invited me to pick up the camera and create. It was intimidating. Along with Mihaela and other local volunteers, we went to a Jazz music festival in Cucuteni. I was amazed by the beauty of the place, the warmness of the people, and the quality of the event, as the participating artists were all incredibly talented. I was responsible for capturing some general shots of the event, but I felt intense fear because of the pressure t