CONCRETE A STEP IN MY EVOLUTION

2014 | HDV | colour | Sound: Sagi Groner| 02:36

During a residency in Bucharest Oct. 2014, I went to explore the position of the body in urban space. Here I met Cristian Glovaschi who practices traceur and lives in Bucharest where he founded Reborn Education RO, a school for traceur and parkour. I followed Cristian Glovaschi around the city for some days while he was practicing traceur.   The result is a series of merges photographs and a stop motion video “Concrete A Step In My Evolution”, 2014.                        

Concrete A Step In My Evolution is a journey and a ritual though the  center and outskirts of Bucharest, connecting physical freedom and the captivation of form; to reveal the intimate moment appearing when the body empowers an architectural obstacle.
The  video depicts how Cristian, through physical activity, manoeuvres and navigates in architecture. It also focuses on traceur as a ritual and the socio-political relevance of the Bucharest architectural styles. This ritual is  a dynamic play between territoriality and formal rigidity, between the weight of a material and personal empowerment; the body, a hand, a leg, and the touch of a surface.Through a constant repetition Christian is establishing and maintaining communication with the architecture on the streets. His body movements generate a rhythmic flow and simultaneously establish a kind of ritual with the obstacles he encounters.