Good Morning!
by Péter Szabó
An action of several minutes was staged in front of the factories, an ephemeral action at the border between night and day, which celebrated work together with the workers. While the former industrial giants disappeared or were dispersed, the image of the masses of workers going through the gates of the factories in the morning is by now a memory only.
The former workers, or former jobless can sometimes be seen as taxi drivers, kiosk sellers or security guards. Those who are still in the factories are performing the same daily ritual in which there is little place for surprises, even more so when these are anytime suspect of hiding political or economic interests.
The intervention represents a metaphor for a new possibility of belief in social solidarity, a meditation on the destiny of the industrial worker in Romania, as well as an attempt to find a common territory between the artistic act and the daily work, their capacity to speak of the same ideals.
The former workers, or former jobless can sometimes be seen as taxi drivers, kiosk sellers or security guards. Those who are still in the factories are performing the same daily ritual in which there is little place for surprises, even more so when these are anytime suspect of hiding political or economic interests.
The intervention represents a metaphor for a new possibility of belief in social solidarity, a meditation on the destiny of the industrial worker in Romania, as well as an attempt to find a common territory between the artistic act and the daily work, their capacity to speak of the same ideals.
| Tags | city, collective, public space |
| Technique | Cinematic arts (Video,...) |
