In three days the grass will grow... 

Space for Contemporary Art, Malmaison Studios, Bucharest
performance & installation

Concept & art direction Ioana Marinescu
Choreography & performance Smaranda Găbudeanu, Iulia Mărăcine, Katia Pascariu
Performance Ana Turos, Andreea David
Special guest Aurelia Anton
Film Laurențiu Calciu
Sound & film editing Cristian Văraru
Costumes Doina Apreotesei
Special thanks Pompeii Archaeological Park, Cartierul Uranus community
Produced by PETEC

In three days the grass will grow… oscillates between oblivion and remembering, erasure and recovery. Past spaces, objects and stories are brought into the present. Their reconfiguration generates new experiences that become in turn archival sources.

The 19th century archaeological excavations in Pompeii revealed voids formed by the decomposition of organic matter beneath layers of calcified ash. Once filled with plaster, a series of casts took shape – ‘stone bodies’ trapped as in an eternal sleep. Following the programmatic destruction of the Arsenal Hill in Bucharest in the 1980s, almost nothing tangible remained, but a few physical fragments. Yet, a vivid community keeps the memory of the erased districts alive.

What is left when apparently there is nothing left?