Bucharest, June 25, 12.00 PM, online
Artist: Maria Mandea

The Library for Public Games. An Institute of Play project

Art in the Public Space

Installation Views

This on-site activation proposed by Maria Mandea is aligned with her previous online intervention, that took place at the end of June 2023 and that started the public art stage of Accelerator, marking the launch of “The Library of Public Games”. Hosted by Institutului Jocului website, “The Library of Public Games” is a collection of games, covering rules and installation instructions which can later be used, drawn and played in the public space by anyone who is interested.

The artwork consists in a designated physical space available for the public where the artist invites audiences to experiment and even create new games. Through game, public space becomes play space, living space, poetic space, active space.

The intervention will be temporary, for just 6 months, but it can be repeated by the public in the same space or in other public spaces by following the instructions for activating the games. Instructions are available in the Library for Public Games on the Institutului Jocului website.

The library is open and accessible to anyone, so it will also be used as a pedagogical tool to engage people in creating and understanding games in public space.

Installation Views

Accelerator project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014-2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme and is implemented by Asociația Culturală Eastwards Prospectus.

The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards the reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe and towards strengthening the bilateral relations between the donor countries and the 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion. More information is available on www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro.

RO-CULTURE Programme is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The total budget amounts to almost 34 million EUR. For more details access: www.ro-cultura.ro.

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