On November 13th, DOI JOI, a collaborative program between several galleries in Bucharest, Cluj and Timișoara, takes place. The event includes guided tours, screenings, a closing and extended programs in several exhibition and art spaces in the mentioned cities.
Guided tours
“Have No Doubt of the Omnipotence of a Free People” – POINT, Bucharest
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery organises a guided tour of the exhibition “Have No Doubt of the Omnipotence of a Free People” at POINT, Bucharest, on Thursday, November 13, at 19:00, led by assistant curator Ana Maria Ștefan. The tour offers an in-depth look at this satellite exhibition, which expands upon the large-scale research project inaugurated at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery on October 30.
“HOME” – Villa Catena, Bucharest
The exhibition brings together over 30 artists exploring what it means to inhabit a space, from nostalgic 1980s photo-wallpapers and waiting rooms to gamer bedrooms and temporary shelters. Mixing fantasy and reality, the exhibition reflects on domesticity, memory, and belonging through radically different yet deeply familiar perspectives.
“Fractal Topologies of Infinity” – Jecza Gallery, Bucharest
As part of DOI JOI, “Fractal Topologies of Infinity” presents a dialogue between Constantin Flondor, a seminal figure in Romanian art, and Mirel Vieru, a contemporary artist exploring mathematical and recurring forms. Their works converge in a visual meditation on infinity, fractal topology, and nature’s hidden order, revealing fractals as a shared language for reflecting on space, time, and perception.
“That place called abundance” – SOLO, Bucharest
Alex Bodea’s exhibition explores abundance born from scarcity through small yet powerful scenes that reflect on migration, gender, queer desire, and resilience. Featuring diverse bodies in intimate or heroic moments, the works flow like a visual script linking stories of movement, transformation, and care. Created with modest, portable materials, they form a space of healing and shared strength.
“Looking without seeing” – Cabinet 44, Bucharest
Through shifting forms and unstable imagery, the work reflects Vlad Basalici’s ongoing exploration of uncertainty and impermanence. Based in Bucharest and London, Basalici’s practice engages with the fragile balance within unstable systems.
“NORTH” – Centrul de Proiecte, Timisoara
This exhibition invites viewers into the stillness of northern landscapes, celebrating the simplicity, purity, and harmony of nature. Through paintings by Liana Tripșa and Silvia Tripșa, tranquility becomes a state of being, where inner rhythms align with the natural world. Reindeer, both mythical and real, embody resilience and the fragile balance between nature and human impact.
Exhibition spaces with extended hours
“Cluj in Residence” – Contemporar, Cluj
The conclusion of each artist’s residency materializes in the laboratory-exhibition at Contemporar, where the creative process becomes visible and reveals not only final outcomes but also the paths that define each artist’s practice. The exhibition functions as an open studio, reflecting individual voices while offering a glimpse into the local art scene.
“Darning Process” – 15D Gallery, Bucharest
This exhibition by Grupul Aproximativ 28 brings together seven artists, mothers, and women who explore repair as both a material and emotional act. Working with fragile silk stockings, they reweave threads and ideas, transforming imperfections into new forms. Each gesture of darning becomes a metaphor for resilience and the healing power of art.
“Wet Snow” – /SAC Berthelot, Bucharest
On Thursday, November 13, from 6 to 9 PM, /SAC Berthelot hosts “Wet Snow”, an international group exhibition presented as part of DOI JOI. The show concludes the 2025 series The Thin Thread Line and continues Notes from Underground, reflecting on how art responds to the shifting definitions of democracy and shared values in a time of tension.
“steaua. young and innocent day” – IVAN, Bucharest
The exhibition revisits the 1968 Steaua story, when scenography students from the Institute of Fine Arts built a Christmas Star and set out to carol their professors, only to be stopped by the Securitate. Recently rediscovered and restored, the star introduces its presentation at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant and honors its creators, Miruna and Radu Boruzescu, renowned scenographers who later built influential international careers.
“Guide Me” – /SAC Malmaison, Bucharest
The work represents a video-performance installation that examines how the concept of narcissistic personality disorder has entered popular culture. The work begins with pop psychology references before blending fiction and satire: a YouTube psychologist attends a family gathering of narcissists, with disastrous results. Playful yet incisive, it reflects on how the term “narcissist” has evolved in public discourse.
Screenings
“The Fantastic Belt” – SANDWICH NEUROHOPE, Bucharest
The exhibition gathers works spanning painting, realism, abstraction, conceptual practices, and digital media, exploring what might be called the Vampire Renaissance, a rebirth that draws on past lives to sustain the present.
“Performing 798” – SANDWICH LIBRARY, Bucharest
A collective video-performance by Liliana Basarab, Daniela Palimariu, Cristian Răduță, and Dan Vezentan with curator Maria Bîrsan, filmed in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, which reflects on art-making with limited resources, as artists merge with local youth who cosplay and livestream, tracing gestures through a landscape of tension and surveillance.
Closing
“Layers of Bucharest” – NON, Bucharest
The current exhibition explores how the city continually rewrites its own memory. Expanded with new images, Răzvan Neagoe’s project captures traces of passage and transformation, much like the analog photographic process, preserving moments both on film and in the memories of those who move through the city.
