ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

WARMING!

The Earth is heating up. Wildfire danger, floods, spreading disease, malnutrition, land degradation, food and water shortage, risk of significant biodiversity loss through species extinction, these are a few of our least favorite things!

WARMING! is a site-specific project by Romanian artist Aura Balanescu addressing the extreme consequences of global warming in a striking way. The audience will experience the phenomenon through a 3D audio-visual installation that transcends the limits of sculpture.

Born 1969 in Braila, Romania, Aura Balanescu received her BA in Sculpture at the Timisoara West University in 2003. Selected group exhibitions: Welcome to the World of PostJunkfood & Art (H'arta Gallery, Timisoara and Galeria Noua, Bucharest, 2006), Emigrant (Art Museum, Timisoara, 2004), Media, Art & Gender, (Art Museum Timisoara, 2003). Artist-in-residence at ARTINTRANS Gallery, Viena (2007) and Domain National de Saint-Cloud, Paris (2007).

Aura Balanescu is currently artist-in-residence at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.

When: 30 October - 9 November 2007
Where: European Commission in the UK, 8 Storeys Gate, London SW1P 3AT
Admission is free.