: . “Romashka” community center- a project and urban intervention by Tatiana Fiodorova, part of a series of research based projects conducted by invited artists in Chisinau dealing with post socialist urban context, precarious state of conservation of modernist architecture and its social environment. . . CHISINAU-Art, Research in Public Sphere . The publication is an invitation to a virtual tour through a number of historical periods and political regimes that have shaped the city and the society and includes the contributions of theorists and the artists’ projects. While the theoretical contributions present the results of historical research and case studies concerning the various stages in the evolution of the city of Chisinau, the artists’ projects have followed to a great extent the logic of subverting and challenging the order established in the urban space by the state institutions in cooperation with the private sector. . The book includes comprehensive survey of major periods in Chisinau development including colonial (Russian Empire), post-colonial (re-colonization during Romanian Kingdom), soviet and post-soviet periods with texts by researchers and theoreticians Sava Lucia(MD), Octavian Tacu(MD), Tamara Nesterov(MD), Igor Casu(MD) and Virgil Paslariuc(MD) amongst many other contributions. . A project curated by Stefan Rusu, organised by Center for Contemporary Art-[KSA:K], print run:1000 copies, printed in Chisinau at “Bons OfficesSRL” . ISBN 978-9975-80-534-6 . Preorder your copy via: [email protected] and get it via mail or pickup directly from KSAK Center in Chisinau (Banulescu Bodoni Street 5/2, Chisinau). . #ksak #ksakcenterforcontrmporaryart #urbanism_chisinau #modernismtour_moldova #modernismtour_chisinau #modernism #stefanrusuprojects #stefanrusu #socialistcity #socialistcity_chisinau #chișinău #chisinaucity #chisinau #architectura #architecture #modernismtour #moldovanmodernism . . Romashka building’s images: Max Kuzmenko (at Romashka Tower) https://www.instagram.com/p/BhYNVsJH2I4/?igshid=1b9b3c23yhzjm
