Ami Lungu

Alkaline stone colonizers performing radial expansion_ Olfactory research sessions within the @_water_lab__ Făgăraş Mountains River Systems research (5/8.05) _ @casa_centerforartandscience

Last week. The fun part is that all I need is a nose and some notes. However, through blurred, unfocused shots, the camera mimics my smelling sessions more than words could. Pre-research moods in the Neajlov Delta for @_water_lab__

Monument to an unknown moment.

𝘢𝘈 brick-sized rebatched scented soap | a composite of Marseille, African and Aleppo traditions | part of a migration-themed triptych (2025, Skin Territories).

Back on 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 — letting things settle 🤍 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘂𝗽: 𝗕𝗼𝗴𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. @boccdan_emotivo Images from 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 — Emilian Pospaii, 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘢. Photo: @catalingeorgescu 🤍 RO/ Înapoi pe 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 — lăsând lucrurile să se așeze 🤍 Urmează: Bogdan Bălan despre lucrări. @boccdan_emotivo Imagini din 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 — Emilian Pospaii, 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘢. Proiect cultural co-finanțat de Administrația Fondului Cultural Național. Proiectul nu reprezintă în mod necesar poziția Administrației Fondului Cultural Național. AFCN nu este responsabilă de conținutul proiectului sau de modul în care rezultatele proiectului pot fi folosite. Acestea sunt în întregime responsabilitatea beneficiarului finanțării.

𝘢𝘈’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦-𝘶𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥. What began as a still object in an exhibition slowly turned into a ping-pong dialogue — somehow reminding me of the anonymous exchanges in Wim Wenders’ 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴. Fingermarks, then leveling, marks again — even insect trails. Leveling again. Even a logo. Constant leveling done for three weeks. I realized it rather amused me far more than it distressed me — and at some point, I entered the mysterious dialogue myself, as a faithful fan of Wenders’ Tokyo shots and of synchronicities as phenomena. I read these marks as a sensible human response to the work, a return to a certain earthbound, childhood playfulness. You can’t really compete with the tactile joy of immersing your 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 into something so fragile and inviting, can you? Perhaps it’s an almost redeeming urge to leave marks on a soft, blank surface, primordial element — one that seems to tensely ask for them. At the finissage, sand was deliberately left open for interventions. Thank you @boccdan_emotivo for convincing me to let go of the meaning assigned to the sand and to return the material, in its natural state of meaning, to the visitors. I watched the real joy of touching, sensing and marking the carefully hand-leveled sand. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺. from @skin.territories exhibition 20.11-12.12 |@atelierele_scanteia

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼 > — With special thanks to our graphic designer, @vlad.albu , for his creative input — and to all who made this content possible! > this online encounter will be about constant growth and shedding — 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. > we’ll upload, at times, new inspiring resources or articles, and shed the oldest, the non-performative ones. Just as skin does. > some 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 will witness the future or fade into last year’s news; some pores will let in fresh informational air. > the online membrane may host your contributions, too — feel free to join our cultural venture. > in this hybrid habitat, skin becomes a thinking surface — storing signals, leaking meanings, absorbing the frictions of a world in flux. This platform unfolds as a 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴, shaped by the traces we leave on it. > stay hydrated and critically aware. _____ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻: a series of articles and a special interview related to Skin Territories, by our contributors. Stay close to the surface. ___ Concept & project coordinator: @_ami_lungu Exhibition curator: @marianpalie Artists: @adelina__ivan , @emilianpospaii , @_sillyconductor_ , @diana_gheorghiu , @unmatei , @_ami_lungu , @albert.kaan , @aer.ion , @vlad.albu . Video & events documentation: @petre.fall Artworks photography: @catalin.georgescu Graphic design/ website: @vlad.albu Partners: @incdfm , @mindlifeline_ngo , @minitremu , @atelierele_scanteia , @ototo_store , @kraft_made , @imageandsound.ro . Media Partners: @zeppelin.magazine , @platforma.iscoada , @scena_9 , @radioromaniacultural , @tltxt.platforma . ___ Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project’s content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding. @fondul_cultural_national

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝟭𝟮.𝟭𝟮 / 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 Join us for today’s exhibition finissage — if you haven’t made it yet, now’s the perfect time | DJ set @_sillyconductor_ | at the venue See you soon! ___ 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘: Scânteia Projects @atelierele_scanteia Piata Presei Libere 1, corp A1, 3rd floor. 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡. ___ Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project’s content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding. #cofinanțatdeafcn

_ ‘𝗮𝗔’ photographic print, metal, sand, scented soap (2025) 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀. 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 — 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻. A shape meant to contain that begins to imitate what it fears. Intimacy is lost — in reality, intimacy is exacerbated — in the work. “𝘗𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴”, they say — aA as both abbreviation and power play. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱. The much-debated “nude” color, viewed through lens of territoriality. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗼, 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗽𝘀. The scent is naturally occurring — this time the focus is on the meaning of the smells, not on a custom-made perfume. Part of @skin.territories group exhibition, on view at @atelierele_scanteia (20.11–12.12) Curator @marianpalie 📷: @catalingeorgescu

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝟬𝟱.𝟭𝟮 / 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 Skin Territories — Presentations (Part 2) ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴’ — FLORIN PISCOCIU (19:00) ‘𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘯’ — OVIDIU DANEȘ (20:00) 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝟬𝟲.𝟭𝟮 / 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬–𝟮𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 with Marian Pălie, the curator — @marianpalie and with Anamaria Grigor — @anvgrii ; you’re all invited to a 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 in the presence of the curator and part of the artists’ team. 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘: Scânteia Projects @atelierele_scanteia Piata Presei Libere 1, corp A1, 3rd floor. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 📷: @danielgherca _____ Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project’s content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding. @fondul_cultural_national

* YOUNG PEOPLE CREATIVE WORKSHOPS ‘Skin, My First Map’ On Saturday, 06.12, we invite children to discover their own “skin map” — a personal territory of colors, textures and imagination. We begin with a conversation about the skin: its functions, how it protects us, the memories it carries and how we feel it. Each child then receives a small cloth scarf that becomes the ground for their map. Through drawing, gluing, collage or adding small textile elements, children create an imaginary skin shaped by how they see or dream it. In the end, this textile map becomes a gentle gesture of care: the children wrap it around a small surprise box containing a natural skin-care blend, suitable for their age. Each participant leaves with a unique creation, an emotional map and a scented gift that keeps the story of their skin closer. ✨ Two sessions: 06.12 / 10:30 & 12:00 ⏳ Duration: 1 hour 🫶🏻 Workshop Facilitator: @_ami_lungu ✨ Age: 7–15 👥 15 spots / session ✉️ Registration: [email protected] ✨ OTOTO STATION / St. Sfinții Voievozi 20-24 ⸻ ATELIERE CREATIVE PENTRU COPII ȘI ADOLESCENȚI „Pielea, prima mea hartă” Sâmbătă, 06.12, invităm copiii să își descopere propria „hartă a pielii” — un teritoriu personal plin de culori, texturi și imaginație. Începem cu o discuție despre piele: funcțiile ei, cum ne protejează, ce memorii poartă și cum o simțim. Fiecare copil primește un batic din pânză, care devine suportul hărții. Prin desen, lipit sau colaj, copiii construiesc o piele imaginară, așa cum o văd sau o visează. La final, această hartă se transformă într-un gest de grijă: copiii o împachetează în jurul unei cutiuțe-surpriză cu un blend natural pentru îngrijirea pielii. Fiecare participant pleacă acasă cu o creație unică, o hartă afectivă și un dar parfumat care păstrează vie povestea atelierului. ✨ Două sesiuni: 06.12 / 10:30 și 12:00 ⏳ Durată: 1 oră 🫶🏻 Facilitator atelier: @_ami_lungu ✨ Vârstă: 7–15 ani 👥 15 locuri / sesiune ✉️ Înscrieri: [email protected] ✨ OTOTO STATION / Str. Sfinții Voievozi 20-24 ⸻ Cultural project co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund #cofinantatdeafcn