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The 2nd edition of Platforma BD – International Cluj Comics, Illustration and Animation Festival presents AFTER THE STRUCTURE.

What happens to a city after its buildings lose their purpose?
Abandoned spaces, industrial remains and changing urban landscapes become traces of economic, social and political transformations.

Seven artists explore the relationship between architecture, memory and the people who inhabit these constantly changing environments.

📍 Atelier Patru, Str. Cometei 17A

📅 November 3–14, 2026

Opening: November 3, 16:30

Visiting hours: November 3–6, 16:00–20:00; November 7–14, by appointment at +40 748
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#PlatformaBD #CreativeCommunity #VisualStorytelling

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Pentru că îmi e plin Instagramul de poze de la nunți, mi s-a făcut dor de nunta mea și ciudă ca eu nu am postat când am avut-o, așa ca o să mă prefac ca suntem în decembrie 2024 și îmi postez și eu pozele de la nuntă. 🥰🥳🥂

Curând urmează și de la botez 🤭💕

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Looking back at Matei Toșa’s previous solo exhibition ✨

𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐨ș𝐚
@matei_tosa
27.03-01.05.2026
Curated by Alexandra Mocan @alexndra_mocan

Moving fluidly between reality and speculation, an uncanny atmosphere permeates Matei’s drawings, where the surrealism depicted feels increasingly immediate and holds the potential to become plausible within the conditions of the (global ongoing) present. The artist revisits heard or imagined stories, blending them with surprising twists in an almost tongue-in-cheek manner.

Roamers operates as an analogy for in-betweenness - evoking transitions, passages, and crossings between states, places, and conditions. Drawing from a local story - circulating around the area where Matei lives, known as “Dead Man’s Curve / Curba Morții” - the artist develops speculative fictions emerging from the margins. Here, zombies and remnants of an afterlife resurface, and reality collides with haunting scenarios, bringing reflection on how irreverent our daily lives have become.

The selection of works evokes a state of unconditional unsafety: a street corner once marked by accidents is translated into a space of fear, tension, and latent conflict, where suspicion shapes behavior and people or nature are set against one another. (...)

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Exhibition part of the project „Aproape de Curba Morții”, co-financed by AFCN.

Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or for how its results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.

photos by Mădălin Mărgăritescu / YAP Studio
@m.dox

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"Roamers"
Artist: Matei Toșa @matei_tosa
Curated by: Alexandra Mocan @alexndra_mocan
📍MATCA artspace, Calea Turzii 21, 400347, Cluj-Napoca, Romania @matcaartspace
27.03-01.05.2026

Read the complete text on lowgroundpressure.blog web platform (🔗 in stories).

📸 YAP Studio, Mădălin Mărgăritescu @yap.studio @m.dox, courtesy the artist and the gallery;

#contemporaryart #artisttoday #lowgroundpressure #arttoday #artist

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The many faces of MATCA artspace ✨✨

Yesterday we celebrated our 9th anniversary, and we put together a throwback to our activity - a selection of exhibitions from 2017 to 2026.

It was hard to choose just a few shows/works from our archive, and even harder to properly credit all the works included in the 20 images, given the space allowed for text in this post (hopefully we’ll publish them somewhere, sometime, with all the proper specifications).

As we slowly approach our 100th exhibition this year, we’re also looking back at all the works we’ve installed over time, at all the setups and changes the space has gone through. We’re grateful for all the collaborations and friendships we’ve built along the way. Cheers to more - and fingers crossed for the stability we need to remain present on the scene in the years to come!

xoxo
🩶🩶🩶🩶

Photos:
1–3: 2017
4–5: 2018
6–7: 2019
8–10: 2020
11–13: 2021
14–15: 2022
16–17: 2023
18: 2024
19: 2025
20: 2026

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The fitness instructor dances her routine
(and films a video during a military coup)

Maria Albu, Dan Beudean, Raluca Pavelescu, Matei Toșa
Curator: Alina Andrei

White Cuib, 6 martie - 2 aprilie

În 2021, o instructoare de fitness din Myanmar (Khing Hnin Wai) se filma făcând sport, în timp ce în fundal se putea vedea, la un moment dat, un convoi militar. Ulterior a aflat că involuntar a filmat începutul loviturii de stat care avusese loc chiar atunci. Muzica alertă şi coregrafia sacadată contrastau (sau se potriveau!?) cu maşinile militare care îşi vedeau de drum. Clipul video a devenit viral pe internet. A fost comparat cu un episod din serialul Black Mirror, cu o posibilă povestire de Kafka, cu un subiect absurd comentat efervescent de Slavoi Žižek. Câți dintre noi știu acum care mai este situația în Myanmar? Între timp pe rețelele sociale au circulat alte evenimente importante, printre miile de clipuri cu pisici și milioanele de selfie-uri.

Expoziția aceasta nu este despre instructoarea de fitness şi lovitura de stat din Myanmar, la fel cum nu este despre nici un episod politic major, mai mult sau mai puțin tragic, filmat sau pozat involuntar de cineva. E despre viața obișnuită care se petrece atunci când au loc alte evenimente majore, aproape sau departe de noi.

Ar putea fi despre cafeaua pe care o verşi pe blatul din bucătărie, în timp ce în Gaza are loc un genocid. Despre desenele în cărbune cu subiecte domestice, făcute când protestele din Iran şi SUA sunt reprimate violent, Orientul Mijlociu e în flăcări, în Ucraina încă e război… Ar putea fi despre plănuirea unei expoziții de artă, în timp ce extrema dreaptă câștigă tot mai multă putere în lume. Nu, nu este despre politică. Cum am spus, e despre viața obișnuită care se (mai) întâmplă în paralel.

Într-o vreme tot circula întrebarea aceasta: “Tu ce o să faci de Apocalipsă?”. Desenele din expoziție ar putea fi răspunsuri parțiale, ipotetice, desigur, de la fiecare artist în parte (Maria Albu, Dan Beudean, Raluca Pavelescu, Matei Toșa), despre anxietatea colectivă în care trăim. Alina Andrei

@maria___albu @danbeudean @raluca_pavelescu @matei_tosa
White Cuib

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Azi vă prezentăm oamenii din spatele @matcaartspace, spațiu artist-run din Cluj-Napoca.

Save the date: ne vedem vineri, 3 aprilie, de la 19:00, la Rezidența9.

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We are happy to announce our first exhibition of the year opening this Friday (27.03) starting 7 pm! 🥁

𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐨ș𝐚
27.03-01.05.2026

Moving fluidly between reality and speculation, an uncanny atmosphere permeates Matei’s drawings, where the surrealism depicted feels increasingly immediate and holds the potential to become plausible within the conditions of the (global ongoing) present. The artist revisits heard or imagined stories, blending them with surprising twists in an almost tongue-in-cheek manner.

Roamers operates as an analogy for in-betweenness - evoking transitions, passages, and crossings between states, places, and conditions. Drawing from a local story - circulating around the area where Matei lives, known as “Dead Man’s Curve / Curba Morții” - the artist develops speculative fictions emerging from the margins. Here, zombies and remnants of an afterlife resurface, and reality collides with haunting scenarios, bringing reflection on how irreverent our daily lives have become.

The selection of works evokes a state of unconditional unsafety: a street corner once marked by accidents is translated into a space of fear, tension, and latent conflict, where suspicion shapes behavior and people or nature are set against one another. (...)

--
Exhibition part of the project „Aproape de Curba Morții”, co-financed by AFCN.

Cultural project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or for how its results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.

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Vă mai oferim câteva momente dragi nouă surprinse la În CADRU: Oana Pop de către @juliuspaull 🔥

Zâmbetul de pe buzele voastre: de neprețuit! Pentru toate celelalte există OriceCard 😂

Mulțumim încă o dată că ați ales să vă petreceți seara aceasta de marți alături de noi ❤️

Lăsați-ne o impresie / un gând în comentarii 🥰

Ne revedem la În CADRU: Dorel Găină in 21 Aprilie tot în @ateliercafecluj împreună cu @grainlab_ro

Link bilete 🎟️ în BIO

Spor la cadre! 📸

#clujphotography #cluj #clujnapoca #clujlife

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The fitness instructor dances her routine
(and films a video during a military coup)

Maria Albu, Dan Beudean, Raluca Pavalescu, Matei Toșa

White Cuib/ 6 - 28 martie

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The fitness instructor dances her routine
(and films a video during a military coup)

Maria Albu, Dan Beudean, Raluca Pavalescu, Matei Toșa

White Cuib/ 6 martie / 6 pm

În 2021, o instructoare de fitness din Myanmar (Khing Hnin Wai) se filma făcând sport, în timp ce în fundal se putea vedea, la un moment, un convoi militar. Ulterior a aflat că involuntar a filmat începutul loviturii de stat care avusese loc chiar atunci. Muzica alertă şi coregrafia sacadată contrastau (sau se potriveau!?) cu maşinile militare care îşi vedeau de drum. Clipul video a devenit viral pe internet. A fost comparat cu un episod din serialul Black Mirror, cu o posibilă povestire de Kafka, cu un subiect absurd comentat efervescent de Slavoi Žižek. Câți dintre noi știu acum care mai este situația în Myanmar? Între timp pe rețelele sociale au circulat alte evenimente importante, printre miile de clipuri cu pisici și milioanele de selfie-uri.

Expoziția aceasta nu este despre instructoarea de fitness şi lovitura de stat din Myanmar, la fel cum nu este despre nici un episod politic major, mai mult sau mai puțin tragic, filmat sau pozat involuntar de cineva. E despre viața obișnuită care se petrece atunci când au loc alte evenimente majore, aproape sau departe de noi.

Ar putea fi despre cafeaua pe care o verşi pe blatul din bucătărie, în timp ce în Gaza are loc un genocid. Despre desenele în cărbune cu subiecte domestice, făcute când protestele din Iran şi SUA sunt reprimate violent, Orientul Mijlociu e în flăcări, în Ucraina încă e război… Ar putea fi despre plănuirea unei expoziții de artă, în timp ce extrema dreaptă câștigă tot mai multă putere în lume. Nu, nu este despre politică. Cum am spus, e despre viața obișnuită care se (mai) întâmplă în paralel.

Într-o vreme tot circula întrebarea aceasta: “Tu ce o să faci de Apocalipsă?”. Desenele din expoziție ar putea fi răspunsuri parțiale, ipotetice, desigur, de la fiecare artist în parte (Maria Albu, Dan Beudean, Raluca Pavelescu, Matei Toșa), despre anxietatea colectivă în care trăim.

Alina Andrei
@maria___albu @danbeudean @raluca_pavelescu @matei_tosa

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Here is the second photo gallery from SHOW-OFF 7 (2/2)

SHOW-OFF 7
17.10 – 18.11.2025

More like a collective gathering than a curated exhibition — SHOW-OFF brings together artists whose practice we like and enjoy working with:

Sasha Bandi / Norbert Filep / Cătălina Nistor / Simon Sykora / Emanuel Pop / Mara Cucu / Codruț Zele / Alexandra Brînzac / Dan Beudean / Matei Toșa / Ioana Iacob / Risto Ilič / Cellino Tiziana / Vlad Olariu / Mădălin Mărgăritescu / Lucia Ghegu / Alina Buzea / Andriana Oborocean / Norbert Ștefan / Paul Bucovesan / Alexandru Muraru / Matei Țigăreanu / Barbora Ilič / Celina Cordoș / Alexandra Mocan / Sebastian Big / MuLu

Photos by @cimpeanu_cezar

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