Imagine 5 different ideas for cross-disciplinary performance based works which are inspired by historical events/ figures.
1. The Trojan Horse
I have always been interested about different historical events, that have happened in a very far past and that represents the basis of the civilization who is living today. Even those times, the art was explored by using a range of techniques, but there is a certain art work that draw my attention: The Trojan Horse.
The Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse and hid a selection of 30 soldiers in its belly, 2 spies in its mouth and then they pretended to sail away. The Trojans pulled the horse inside their city as a victory trophy. During the night The Greeks came out of their “secret rooms” and destroyed the city of Troy, decisively ending the war.
Even if this impressive horse was made by wood pieces, it was very smartly designed as many soldiers could hide inside of it. My first idea is to bring into an art gallery a such a massive horse, but paying a special attention to what happens inside of it: human bodies, with heavy armor taking different shapes to place themselves on different levels of this "hidden room". Some of them could hang on the walls of the construction, some others could be lying on the basis of the horse, some of them could even curl their bodies to take strategic shapes. There is a very interesting and playful image of these bodies holding their weapons and being ready to attack- image that a possible audience would like to experience. 
- In the early days of July, 1908, a young Italian archeologist has made a remarkable discover- a terracotta disc with a range inscriptions on the both sides of it. What fascinates me about this disc is that it hides a mysterious message, maybe sent to the following generations, and its symbols talk about the relationship God- human. The most important aspect of this art object is the technique used to create it, as the disc is printed using multiple seals. There is a range of interpretations of this disc, based on cryptology experts, and there is even a song representing this art object.
- My third performance will be called “Incognito” and will bring into a gallery space a range of old documents , books, a pack of old cards, scripts, letters, pictures and recordings that were traveling around the world heads during the World War I as well as The Cold War. In a second room there will be the recipe with instructions showing how to make the invisible ink and I am sure that the audience will be surprised by the materials used to make this liquid. Next to this recipe will be exposed the fake documents, books, cards, pictures, letters and recordings that reveal to people the hid messages behind this two main world wars.
This idea is inspired by a
book called “The Code Breaker”and explains how the leaders used the codes and ciphers to hide the nature of their activities. For example one message deciphered by the Verona cryptanalyst at the end of 1946 listed the names of the scientists who had worked on the Manhattan atomic bomb project.
A possible performance could take place in between the ruins of a city, by bringing together all signs of the disc (that represent every-day things, such as fish, insects, people, birds, boat, etc) arranged in their original shape. In addition I am thinking about reproducing this signs by using the movement and a sound scape, even working with materials, such as: clay, earth, water, sand and gravel.
The public will witness an original ritual and they might be invited even to take part of it only by following the performer's path...and just by allowing themselves to really live and enjoy the moment.
book called “The Code Breaker”and explains how the leaders used the codes and ciphers to hide the nature of their activities. For example one message deciphered by the Verona cryptanalyst at the end of 1946 listed the names of the scientists who had worked on the Manhattan atomic bomb project.
- My next performance is inspired by a natural disaster that took the lives of thousands of people: the furious tsunami that hit Japan .
Through my work I want to emphasize the gravity of this situation and I would like to encourage people from all over the world to help people in need, thousands of children without family, without a home or food. My project is based on creating a large miniature by wood, paper, foam, paint and spray, that capture the most grave aspects of this tragedy, destroyed homes, cars swallowed by the earth, dead bodies, etc.... The point of this project is to bring into the people's awareness the difficult moments that Japanese people had pass through and to raise the idea of solidarity by helping them with food and clothes donations.
- My last idea is more personal and it represents one of my frustrations: the fact that Romanian authorities do not accept the art phenomenon, but they try to eliminate any attempt to develop the art by not allowing artists to show their work. This performance involves going back to my country, and making a massive protest by asking everyone to come in front of the Parliament.
The funniest aspect of my work is the way that people will show up in front of the Authorities: by using crutches, by bandaging parts of the body (an arm, a leg, an eye), by putting tape on the mouth, etc. All these expressions bring forward the idea of artists being mutilated by the lack of support and involvement for art projects. The Authorities actually determine artists to leave their country and to go somewhere else, where the art is appreciated or they are forced to quit making art, which means destroying their future and a possible proliferation of the art.
