Living Monuments (I and II, 2024) is a 4-channel installation that represents the second component of the artistic project “Monuments In Time”, curated by Cristina Buta, an endeavor that develops around the practice of the visual artist Aurelia Mihai.

Presented in the generous space of the Sector 1 Gallery (Băiculesti 29, Bucharest) between September 5 and October 5, 2024, the installation Living Monuments, located between performance and film, reflects on the invisible connections between people and places by staging “living monuments ” in the urban environment.

Artist of Romanian origin, settled in Germany, Aurelia Mihai has been awarded numerous prizes and international scholarships throughout her career for her works that speak about contradictory cultural, social and political phenomena and events. Although her activity is well-known and appreciated on the German scene, the “Monuments In Time” project offers the Romanian public the opportunity to discover or rediscover the work of an internationally renowned artist after her last personal exhibition at MNAC Bucharest in 2009.

Aurelia Mihai (b. 1968, Bucharest) is a visual artist and director based in Hamburg. He studied at the National University of Arts in Bucharest and, later, at the Academy of Visual Arts in Düsseldorf and the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Between 2009 and 2021, he was a professor at the University of the Arts in Braunschweig. Aurelia Mihai has received numerous awards and scholarships throughout her career, including Villa Aurora (Los Angeles), Villa Massimo German Academy (Rome) and scholarships from IASPIS Stockholm and Stiftung Kunstfonds. His films and video works have been presented in multiple international exhibitions.