QUIET ODD

ODD and the Czech Centre in Bucharest are happy to present a QUIET ODD session in which we reveal our love for the future now. We screen 2 films about parasites & slime, followed by a talk & tea session.

Hidden in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Black Mountain College (1933–1957) was an influential experiment in education that inspired and shaped twentieth century American art. Fully Awake (2007) is the only feature-length documentary film exploring the college’s progressive pedagogy and radical approach to arts education.

This week’s QUIET ODD is organized by residents Abraham Krtizman and Angels Miralda. Films have been chosen that reflect on the subject of the residency. Looking at contemporary modes of myth making and creating the timeless through a contemporary lens, each film responds to different social codes, geopolitical changes, and cultural references.

ROQ DOC and ODD present for the first time Paris Is Burning subtitled in Romanian, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and as a shout from the past about the state of queer culture then, but also today. The screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by A.N. Păun with the participation of queer activists Ștefan Iancu and Vlad Levente Viski, about contemporary queer culture in Romania and abroad.

This session of QUIET ODD begins with a work by ODD artist-in-resident Sonja Hornung, and then screens three videos she has selected as points of departure from her own work. The evening will conclude with a discussion.

Join us for the opportunity to watch 3 of Ivana’s films, In the Village, If 6 Was 9 and Turn Off the Lights and engage into a debate about her work, fuelled by Xandra. ODD provides the summer bites.

For our first of lazy Sunday afternoons, we invite artist Simion Cernica to screen a selection of his films and writer / former resident Adrian Schiop to do what he does best – cook.