: . celebraiting 10years of Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space . 10 years after it was installed in the Bucharest str. 68/1 square, Flat Space hosted dozens of events organized by artists, independent local and foreign initiatives and organizations. As an independent cultural space, functioning as an alternative office for arts and culture, it became an element of the cultural infrastructure of Chisinau, facilitating new interactions of the audience with contemporary art / socially engaged art, emphasizing topics pertaining to the public space and urban neoliberal transformations in post-soviet cities. Called (ironically) by bureaucracy defenders “The Balcony of the Culture Direction”, it became an important element, contributing to the democratic infrastructure of the city (due to the absence of inclusive spaces, Flat Space gathers together the members of the independent cultural community, including artists, architects, musicians, and film-makers; the cyclists / environmental activists’ community; feminist / LGBT communities, and others), curator: Vladimir Us. . Flat Space project: http://chiosc.oberliht.org/apartament . Apartamentul Deschis/Flat Space was installed next to APO Victoria with laboratory complex, expo section and exhibition hall, currently hosting cultural department of Chisinau municipality, designed by architects: Yu.Tumanyan, O.Vronskii, built in late 80s. . #stefanrusu #stefanrusuprojects #openflat_apartamentuldeschis #modularstructures #socialistarchitecture #flatspace_apartamentuldeschis #openflat #publicspace_chisinau #68bucurestistreet #oberliht #chisinau #publicspaces_chisinau #transformationofpublicspace #publicspace . #socialhousing #socialistbloc #socialistcity . ©stefanrusu (at Kishinef, Chişinău, Moldova) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pX5pUpEiy/?utm_medium=tumblr
