Workshop RID

coordinated by Sara Lehn & Stefan Tiron

with Akira & Nae, Alice Monica Marinescu & Katia Pascariu from 4th Age Community Arts Center, Raluca Voinea & BMR

[Each day is a succession of short brainstorming “instant aging” sessions where we listen&discuss around different materials&experiences (videos, recordings, books, images, posters, news) followed by hands-on poster making and comic book drawing&editing]

Participants: Daiana Azoth, Claudia Campeanu, Ruxandra Costescu, Claudiu Cobilanschi, Eduard Constantin, Suzana Dan, Cosmina Dinu, Alice Gancevici, Monica Obreja, Daniela Prisacariu, Tamara Zlobina

Friday, 18th of November

11:00

Intro: BMR research frame/the whole program/its now&future

Sara Lehn (SL) & Stefan Tiron (ST): workshop intro comic-books/postering/AGEISM representations: movie-about-age trailers.

Akira & Nae (SEFEU) will present their vision on comic books; the empowering/activist potential of cartoons?

Participants present themselves, their interest in the topic and their expectations about the workshop (INSIDE: view on aging, OUTSIDE: products, aims)

13:00 SL presents a rough outline of the poster and graphic advert/propaganda-history of posters and activist strategies in art projects/artistic strategies in activism

ST will show and discuss some posters out of his collection

Discussion with Akira & Nae about the absence/the roles available to old people in comic books and about the necessity to address old age-related topics through these media. The talk will continue about the 'evils' of old age, and old peoples as figures of evil in comic book such as DOMU.

14:00 - 15:00 lunchbreak

15:00 – 17:00 Messages/Statements. Discussions. “Age is the future of everybody.”

Saturday, 19th of November

11:00 - 13:00 Presentation of the 4th Age Community Arts Center

14:00 - 17:00 Trip to Moses Rosen day-care facility for elderly

Discussions with the elderly from Moses Rosen about collective "wishes" - sketches, words, written slogans (to be further used in posters/ cartoons)

Sunday, 20th of November

11.00 – 12.00 Discussions around youth/elderly and media materials: videoclips, Romanian news coverage of the elderly – demonstrations against recent cuts and general economic problems; medical issues (for example the fact that many are going back to naturist remedies instead of expensive and prohibitive pharmaceuticals)

12.00- 14.00 Work sessions

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch break

15.00 – 17.00 Discussing ideas and works, agreeing on a result, on a way how and where to print/copy/distribute