„Pocket Revolution was conceived as part of a show at MAGMA Contemporary Art Space in Romania. 365 bottles of a spirit created by the artist are signed and numbered and housed in a specially created box. Inside each bottle is a length of cotton, bringing to mind at once the Molotov cocktail of peoples’ revolution and protest, but also the underground economy of sharing self-distilled alcohol. This is married with the symbolism of one of the most recognisable missiles of homemade, underground protest: the hip flask is not just the source of influence for the individual, but potentially for society as a whole on a historical level.”

NR/PROJECTS @ BERLIN FOOD ART WEEK, 20.06-17.07.2015

  
magma@maybe.ro    
  Dan Mihaltianu (born 1954 in Bucharest), has studied visual arts at the Institute of Fine Arts Bucharest (1975-1983), was the cofounder of artist group subREAL (1990), editor / corespondent of Arta Magazine Bucharest (1990-1993 / 2011-present), professor Bergen Academy of Art and Design (2001-2007), artiste / professeur invité Université du Québec á Montréal (2008-2009).

Since the 1980s he has been exhibiting internationally in a wide range of venues and contexts and has developed a series of long term process-oriented-projects among others: Field Archive, 1978-1989; Personal History / Official History, 1984-1999; Liquid Matter1993-2015, Divided Files; 2000-2015; Plaques tournantes, 2004-2015; New Working Class Heroes, 2001-2015.