Ana-Maria Huluban

Scara lui Ivan

Stop motion / animatie realizata integral din fotografii digitale editate pe computer, durata 2’00”

Ivan este un pianist creat din sarma care canta la un pian uman.

El incearca sa urce pe scara muzicala pentru a atinge un nivel superior al existentei sale.

Insa in momentul in care crede ca a atins punctul cel mai de sus al ierarhiei isi da seama ca de fapt el niciodata nu va fi om,nu va fi insufletit si ca trebuie sa se multumeasca cu conditia lui de obiect.

Aceasta este metafora dorintei oricarui om de a fi ceva mai mult decat om, adica de a fi Dumnezeu.

Insa Dumnezeu exista si de aceea chiar si atunci cand ai pasit pe ultima treapta a scarii spirituale esti tot un om care poate sa se prabuseasca intr-o secunda si care nu va deveni niciodata Dumnezeu.

Ivan’s ladder

Stopmotion/animation entirely made of digital photographs edited on computer, 2’00”

Ivan is a pianist made of wire who plays a human piano.

He is trying to go up on the musical scale in order to achieve a superior level of his existence.

As soon as he thinks he’s at the highest point of the hierarchy he actually realises that he will never be a human being,and that he has to accept his condition of an object.

This is the metaphor of any human’s desire to be more than he is, to be God.

God exists so even when you’re on the last step of the spiritual ladder you’re still a human being who can fall instantly and who will never become God.

110 stickers (10x6cm) | a “street art” project made in BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC during ERASMUS study exchange programme.

ERASMUS brings together people who choose to study for a semester or more in another European country. My experience there began with this question: Why did you choose to come here? Why Czech Republic? It was so normal to put this question to any of the foreigners there that I decided to put it to everybody and after that tell the answers to the people actually living there in Czech Republic. I wrote the question on stickers and gave them to ERASMUS students to write the answer directly on them, the only specific task being to write their name and the country they come from. The result was quite surprising for me also,as a fairly general answer emerged from putting all of them together. I asked also some people who know Czech language and came from other countries to study in czech or to work, the same task as that of ERASMUS students. Their answers in czech are due to make the project a bit more understandable for the Czech people who don’t speak English.|This photographic series documents all the stickers in the project and some of them sticked on the streets in the center of the city Brno.

110 sticker-e (10x6cm) | un proiect de “street art” realizat in BRNO, CEHIA in cadrul programului de studiu ERASMUS.

ERASMUS reuseste sa reuneasca oameni care aleg sa studieze pentru un semestru sau mai mult intr-o alta tara europeana. Majoritatea conversatiilor de socializare cu ceilalti studenti straini contineau intrebarea “De ce ai ales sa vii aici? De ce tocmai Cehia? Am observat cum raspunsurile ramaneau intre ei, intr-un spatiu inchis. Atunci m-am gandit sa transmit aceste raspunsuri celor pe care probabil i-ar interesa cu adevarat , si anume chiar locuitorii tarii cu pricina. Am scris intrebarea pe mai multe sticker-e si le-am dat celorlalti studenti sa scrie direct pe ele raspunsurile, singura specificatie cu privire la continut fiind cea de a nu uita sa isi treaca numele si tara de provenienta.Rezultatul m-a surprins si pe mine intr-o anumita masura vazand cum un raspuns general, comun aproape tuturor a rezultat din punerea impreuna a lor. Am intrat in contact si cu persoane venite din alte tari din Europa si nu numai care studiau sau lucrau in Cehia de mai multi ani .Raspunsurile lor in ceha au facut proiectul accesibil si persoanelor din Brno care nu cunosc limba engleza.|Seria de fotografii digitale documenteaza toate sticker-ele incluse in proiect si pe unele deja lipite pe strazile din centrul orasului Brno.