<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv754905469"><div id="yiv981804970"><div id="yiv1406792009"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;">Monumente
pentru concepte</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;">Miss
/Mister NORMALITATE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;">Rahova Bucuresti</span><span style="color: black;">, Romania</span><span style="color: black;"> /
Septembrie 2009</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.monuments-for-concepts.com/">www.monuments-for-concepts.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="FR">©
Liliana BASARAB</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style=""><span style="color: black;">”</span></i><span style="color: black;" lang="FR"> Aria mea de
interes implica cercetarea reciclarii permanente a simbolurilor, modul in care
concepte abstracte sunt transpuse visual, precum<span style=""> </span>si mecanismele care contribuie la
transformarea acestora.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR">Ca
punct de plecare al acestui proiect este reprezentarea simbolica a Statului
Francez, Marianne.<span style=""> </span>Incepand cu 1969
Marianne isi schimba infatisarea odata la cativa ani. Primarii oraselor
franceze sunt invitati sa voteze personalitati care pot intruchipa esenta
Statului Francez, actrite, top modele faimoase sau cantarete printre ele
figurind Catherine Deneauve, Mireille Mathieux, </span><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.com/bardot_brigitte/ang/brigitte.htm"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" lang="FR">Brigitte Bardot</span></a></span><span style="color: black;" lang="FR">,<span style=""> </span>Laeticia
Casta,<span style=""> </span>cea de momentul actual fiind<span style=""> </span>Evelyne Thomas (gazda unui talk show
popular<span style=""> </span>in Franta). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR">Avand
aceasta premisa urmaresc sa preiau regulile acestui joc si invit vizitatorii
sa<span style=""> </span>participe activ
in construirea<span style=""> </span>proiectului, sa
identifice trasaturile celor care din punctul lor de vedere reprezinta conceptul
de NORMALITATE.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR">Incepand
cu data de <b style="">5 Septembrie</b> si pana pe
data de <b style="">20 Septembrie</b> vizitatorii
pot vota si in<span style=""> </span>functie de voturile
vizitatorilor, « <i style="">castigatorii </i>»
vor fi imortalizati intr-o sculptura. </span><i style=""><span style="color: black;">”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;" lang="FR">Proiect
de Liliana Basarab in cadrul Programului de rezidente Bucuresti organizat de
CIAC- C</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;" lang="FR">entrul International pentru
Arta Contemporana </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;" lang="RO"><span style=""> </span>- Bucuresti, </span><span style="">în
parteneriat cu The Ark realizat cu </span><span style="">sprijinul
AFCN-Administratiei Fondului Cultural National</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;" lang="RO"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">contact@monuments-for-concepts.com</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><style>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">proiect de Liliana BASARAB</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">website Costel CHIRILA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Cfsm%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Monuments
for concepts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US">Miss/ Mister NORMALITY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US">Rahova, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Bucharest</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Romania</st1:country-region></st1:place>/
September 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: blue;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.monuments-for-concepts.com/">www.monuments-for-concepts.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: blue;" lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="FR">©
Liliana BASARAB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">“I am
interested in the ability to create sets of rules and I work with stubbornly
persistent assertions that artistic objects are materializations of layers of
negotiations leading to a final outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">The
starting point of this project is the symbolic representation of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">French</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
Marianne. Starting with the year 1969, Marianne is changing her appearance
every few years. The mayors of some towns in <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>
are being invited to choose the next personality to embody the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">French</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
These personalities include actresses, famous models, singers such as Catherine
Deneuve, Mireille Mathieux, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/bardot_brigitte/ang/brigitte.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Brigitte Bardot</span></a>,
Laeticia Casta. The actual Marianne is<span style="">
</span>Évelyne Thomas (the hostess of a popular talk show in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Assuming
this fact, I am interested in embodying those rules while inviting the visitors
of this webpage to be actively engaged in the building of the project, to
‘identify‘ the features of the people who represent the concept of NORMALITY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Starting
with <b style="">5 September</b> until <b style="">20 September</b>, you can vote online and
as a prize «<i style="">the winner</i>» will be
immortalized in a sculpture.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color: black;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US">Project by
Liliana Basarab in the frame of Residency program organized by ICCA -
International Centre for Contemporary Art Bucharest, in partnership with The
Ark with founding from AFCN – Administration of National Cultural Fund<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:contact@monuments-for-concepts.com">contact@monuments-for-concepts.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US">project by Liliana BASARAB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US">website Costel CHIRILA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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