Selfie Automaton

Romanian Pavilion
15th International Architecture Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia

The Romanian Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia showcases “Selfie Automaton”. The exhibition consists of 7 mechanical automata, featuring 42 built in marionettes – 37 human and 5 creatures. Three of the automata will be placed in the Romanian Pavilion in Giardini, another three in the New Gallery of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research, and one nomad that will wander through the streets of Venice.

Venues

Giardini della Biennale
Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venezia

New Gallery of the Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research
Campo Santa Fosca, Palazzo Correr, Cannaregio 2214, 30121 Venezia

Team

Exhibition concept: Tiberiu Bucșa, Gál Orsolya, Stathis Markopoulos, Adrian Aramă
Puppet design and construction: Stathis Markopoulos, Gál Orsolya, Tiberiu Bucșa, Andrei Durloi, Perényi Flóra, Oana Matei
Automata design and construction:  Stathis Markopoulos, Kostis Zamaiakis
Painting: Adrian Aramă
Visuals: Ana Botezatu
Photography: Dacian Groza
Texts: Dana Vais, Stathis Markopoulos, Tiberiu Bucșa
Stories: Ada Milea, Cristian Rusu
Design: Raymond Bobar
Website: Dan Burzo
Communication & PR: Ina Drăgan, Ada Teslaru

Project management: Tiberiu Bucșa, Corina Bucea
Project detailing: Tiberiu Bucșa, Perényi Flóra, Oana Matei
Carpentry: Yannis Tsioutas, Aggelos Romantzis
Fantastic animals: Alexis Papachatzis
Courtains: Elmaloglou family
Metal works: Anastasios Kotsiopoulos
Tapestry works: Victoria Berbecar (Giardini), Creș Ana and Titieni Arefta (RCI)
Collaborators: Jácint Virág, András Vernes, Árpád Debreczeni, Konstantis Mizaras, Konstantina Mandrali
Print: Fabrik

Comissioner: Attila Kim

Representative of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Romanian Cultural Institute: Cristian Alexandru Damian

Initiated by

PlusMinus Association, Romania
PlusMinus Association, Romania

Organized by

The Romanian Ministry of Culture
The Romanian Ministry of Culture

 The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Romanian Cultural Institute
The Romanian Cultural Institute

Architects Union of Romania
Architects Union of Romania

With the support of

Crama la Salina
Crama la Salina
Unicredit Bank
Unicredit Bank
Digi Mobil
Digi Mobil

Project selected in the competition organized by the Ministry of Culture, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Architects Union of Romanian for representing Romania at the 15th edition of the International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.