Pride And Concrete - Mândrie Si Beton Photo Exhibition

Photo Exhibition, Film Screening, Q&A with Ioana Hodoiu and Petru Calinescu, moderated by Dr. Ger Duijzings.

Mandrie si Beton - Pride and Concrete documents the socio-economic changes occurring in traditional villages, especially the ones in Tara Oasului and Maramures, following the wave of migration abroad, in search of work. In their project, photographer Petru Calinescu and researcher Ioana Hodoiu have captured the tension between the first generation of immigrants, who dreams of returning home and the younger one who dreams of breaking "the curse of the concrete" which forces them, according to tradition, to invest their hard-earned money in multi-floored houses in their native villages.

See www.romanianculturalcentre.org.uk/cultural-diary/2014/05/mandrie-si-beton-pride-and-concrete/ for further information.