Cultural Blind Date // VAR Cultural (Romania)

VAR Cultural (Romania)

By merging two distinct initiatives—Matched Society and RELATOPIA— this endeavor is a major cultural program carried out by the VAR Cultural Association during the 2024–2025 period. It investigates and interprets the evolution of romantic relationships in Romania over more than 150 years, using tools from sociology, anthropology, and psychology, as well as digital technologies and resources embedded in the artistic process. The project explores how social and technological changes – from newspaper personal ads to dating applications – have influenced private life and patterns of connection. The result is a performative-exhibition space conceived as a mirror of contemporary society, accessible to the general public through archives, interviews, installations, and multimedia works presented in an interactive format.

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Blind Date Cultural - a relational multimedia installation

Curator and Artistic Direction: Andu Dumitrescu
Interactive Display "Matched Society"
Concept: Vero Nica
Software developer: Andrei Luchian (Ashu)
Micro-narratives: Andu Dumitrescu, Oana Hodade, Vero Nica
Interactive installation "Borrowed Faces"
Concept and execution: Alexandru Claudiu Maxim
Dramaturgy: Daniel Oltean, Oana Hodade
Direction of monologues: Alice Oșlobanu
Performers: Lucian Pavel, Otilia Panainte, Filip Popescu, Vero Nica
Sound designer: Ana Teodora Popa; 
Junior sound designer: Maria Bianca
Exhibiting artists - artworks:  Andu Dumitrescu, Vero Nica, Jenniffer Corrales, Constantin Axinte Amza, Alexandru Claudiu Maxim

Duration: Estimated visit time: 30 minutes (selective) to 90 minutes (complete exploration)

Age restrictions: 12+