an index for ‘a project’
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apocalypse (or, as we say, a pocalypse)
ready or not, they say it comes.
just like you, we are darn stubborn optimists. but with all this chatter, and dozens of possible scenarios being thrown around, we grew curious, and set out to ask more people all around the globe to tell us their version:
welcome to “a pocalypse”, our new exploratory project, going live this week.… Read the rest
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doru trascau x a camera
we know doru from the stage and from the limelight, ever present in the romanian music industry, he is one of the most committed, hard working and senior artist, accomplishing the impossible with his bands the monojacks and ab4.… Read the rest
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done in sixty seconds
this pretty blonde girl runs out of a car. she is running from her father, from her past. she hides in a small out of sight village. the folk there treat her very bad.… Read the rest
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the portrait of a library as a posibility
what i always loved ab Bogdana is that she always brings a different, uniquely her perspective.
following our essays (Barna’s, Razvan’s, and mine, incl a post-event review), in effort to re-imagine the library, she builds on that and contributes with a fresh angle: that of the ritual, of a hero, and of closeness.… Read the rest
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exactly.
i dont mean to appear a smart arse, but told you so.
the Night of the Libraries is a great initiative, yet the delivery – of the libraries themselves, in Bucharest, of what i visited – fell short.… Read the rest
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on interest
I am sorry, Romanian libraries. I have no interest. Toward you.
Yes, I will come to Noaptea Alba a Bibliotecilor. And I am sure a lot of people will.
Once.… Read the rest
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thoughts on reshaping the public library concept in Romania!
The public library in Romania is crumbling both from the infrastructure point of view and from the concept point of view! Not much research but lots of fresh thinking has appeared in places including this article and with initiatives such as the opening of the “grand” National Library and Noaptea Alba a Bibliotecilor there is renewed hope for a shift in the right direction!… Read the rest
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gutenberg is dead. long live the print.
don’t be scared, libraries have failed us before. today, we thing this is due to fewer and fewer actual readers, as our younger generation turn not just from books but from reading altogether.… Read the rest
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re-imagining the library
the very first edition of White Night of Libraries will happen this year in Romania.
it is a brave, much-needed initiative.
on the night of October 1st, 2011, some 50 (and growing) libraries and partnering institutions all around the country will open its doors for thousands of visitors.… Read the rest
