Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition, Manufacturing nature / Naturalizing the synthetic, XXXIIe Ateliers internationales du Frac des Pays de la Loire presented at the Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, from November 18, 2017 to January 28, 2018.
The XXXIIth International Workshops of the Frac des Pays de la Loire are part of the France-Romania 2019 year. The Frac has invited exhibition curator Diana Marincu to design this new two-month residency with six Romanian artists.
Manufacturing nature / Naturalizing the synthetic reflects and discusses new paradigms for understanding notions of nature and culture, body and technology, politics and landscape. The exhibition and research residency address these issues through the work of guest artists Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Nona Inescu, Olivia Mihălƫianu, Alex Mirutziu and Vlad Nancă.