EU-ROMA at the Autograph ABP Gallery. Project screen 24.06.2009.
Selection of pictures, maps and drawings from the euroma consortium collection.
EU-ROMA EXHIBITS IN RIBA, RIBA London United Kingdom / 1-29.06.09.
The exhibition inside the temple of architecture in the headquarters of the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects. Four panels per partner (UK,Gr,It,Ro) with dimensions of 180cm x 140cm completely filled the second-floor exhibition space. The exhibition provided the opportunity to view a series of study projects conducted in Roma communities across Europe. The exhibition presented previously unpublished views of Roma architecture, temporary settlements, and the materials and construction techniques of dwellings in Italy, Romania, UK and Greece.
EU-ROMA Exhibition Preview Naples, Lanificio Reale Naples Italy / 26.05-15.06.09,
The exhibition was organized inside the LAN premises. On display were works by LAN members such as Martin Devrient with 7m long panoramic prints, by project associates such as Balo Cismic with 200 pictures of the inhabitants of the ghetto camp of Castel Romano in Rome, screenings of footage shot during the work of the EU-ROMA project, an enormous quantity of photographic material and of maps put together during the project. Also on display, moreover, were the two heaters built with the Kalderasha artisans, Batho and Alaga from Turin. The display served as a backdrop to a discussion which for the first time in Italy saw the presence of members of national institutions (Vice-prefect D’Orso) and local ones, representative for social policies of the Naples City Council, (G.Riccio) and the representative for immigration policies (I.D’Aimmo), along with members of national associations of Roma (Demir Mustafà of the Committee for the Roma and Sinti Together and Don Grtiel Paon of Opera Nomadi) and international institutions (Asmet Elezovski of the European Roma and Travellers Forum) along with architects and engineers who work on the housing of the Roma (Architect Renata Guadalupi - designer of the new settlement in Giugliano on the outskirts of Naples). At the end of the debate a dinner was served which was prepared in the traditional style of the inhabitants of the Giugliano settlement
Geodesign Exhibition, Pala Fuksas, Turin Italy / 23.05.08 -13.06.08.
Collective exhibition of the work carried out as part of GEODESIGN international competition. The two iron stoves made with the Kalderasha masters from Turin were displayed together with selected drawings of the stoves created by LAN. Apart from the artisans, a large group of the community living in Falchera took part at the event.
