40. 7320

Led signboard built as props for a film by Elena Ciobanu, stencil from the dead guy intervention. The number designates the identity of the main character who lives in a uniform and serialized universe, but also the number of the hotel room where he stays. More here.

39. asphalt

White spray on asphalt. Level curve on the slopes of the pile of asphalt scraped from the neighboring streets. More here.

38. dead guy

White paint on asphalt. The dead guy was placed in an area where people have actually died. I gave him a smiling face. More here.

37. accident

Wrecked ambulance abandoned at a crossroads in the center. Found object. More here.

36. crumpled ball of paper

A remake of a Martin Creed installation within the deserted industrial space of the shipyard in Harsova. As there was only one room, a crumpled piece of paper was enough. More here.

35. black line

Black paint on walls, line drawn at shoulder level all around a former classroom from the first floor of a deserted high school in Harsova. More here.

34. paint, three objects

Electric counter, human feces, curtain holder, beige paint on floor and black paint on wall and plastic tube. At the second floor of a deserted house in the center of Bucharest. More here.

33. hallway

Black and white paint on wall. Ground floor of my block of flats. Romanian wording ('flacari' = 'flames'). The staircase was renovated at some point in the past. The walls were painted white and left in that state for two weeks. Then the administrator of the building decided to smudge the walls with thick daubs of orange-brown paint, thinking it would look cleaner than the white layer, for a longer period of time. More here.

32. bed

At the ground floor of the block of flats where I live, a neighbor leaned a bed that he no longer used against the wall near the elevator door. Returning home one night I discovered that the bed had fallen on the floor, turning the hallway into an intimate space, somewhat similar to a bedroom. Found object. More here.

31. useless

Black paint on wall, black and white paint on room floor. First floor of a deserted house in the center of Bucharest. Romanian wording ('traiesc degeaba' = 'my life is useless'). More here.

30. red light

Vandalized traffic light. The green light was removed, the red one was left. It staid on for one minute, then it turned itself off. Found object. More here.

29. green light

Cardboard shape pasted on green traffic light. More here.

28. rail tracks

White paint on asphalt and garbage. Rail tracks dug out of the earth using a knife. More here.

27. deserted cinema

Led singboard, wires, batteries installed on the projection screen of a deserted cinema in Govora, near Ramnicu Valcea. Romanian wording on signboard ('sfarsit' = 'the end'). As far as its furniture is concerned, the room was perfectly preserved. However, inside it was completely dark.

The sign was abandoned on site after it was turned on. Batteries were tested beforehand. They usually lasted for about two days of continual operation. It is quite sensible to believe that after two days of glowing in the dark, the signboard switched off, due to lack of power. Photo by Elena Ciobanu. More photos and a short movie here.

26. gynecologist's office

Black paint on wall, white paint on floor tiles and gynecologist's chair, red paint on white paint circle. Romanian wording ('mama' = 'my mother'). More here.

25. doctor's office

Black and white paint on wall, empty plastic wrapping for 14 pills, red ink on paper. One of the rooms inside the deserted sanatorium from Govora, near Ramnicu Valcea. Romanian wording ('Saptamana trecuta / Saptamana viitoare / 2 / zi' = 'Last week / Next week / 2 pills per day'). The intervention is a doctor's prescription and a comment on the monotonous lives of the patients. More photos here.

24. hydrant

Red ink on paper glued to fire hydrant glass panel. Romanian wording ('flacari' = 'flames'). More here.

23. you can't

White and black paint on a deserted house. Romanian wording ('n-ai cum' = 'it's impossible for you to / you cannot / there's no way for you to...'). More here.

22. map of romania

White paint on soft drink crates, black paint on walls and floor. Romanian wording ('nu pot' = 'I cannot'). A deserted military base on the ringroad of Bucharest. The image is part of a series dealing with a general sense of uselessness and lack of perspective. More here.

21. mirror

Black marker on cardboard glued under an elevator mirror. Romanian wording ('un om care citeste ce scrie pe eticheta de sub oglinda' = 'someone who is reading what is written on the label under the mirror'). More here.