Poster for the installation O ie cât un sat among yellow flowers
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A Blouse the Size of a Village

24 June 2026

Installation
Curated by Andrei Fășie
Parcul Coloana fără Sfârșit, Târgu Jiu
24 June 2026

A Blouse the Size of a Village (O ie cât un sat) is an installation I curated for the Docuart Association, launched in Târgu Jiu for Sânziene, on 24 June 2026. At its centre is an ie of about 20 square metres, hand-embroidered with Gorj motifs.

About A Blouse the Size of a Village

The full title was O ie cât un sat. Cămașă-arhetip a lumii rurale. The installation stood in the Endless Column Park from 12:00 to 20:00, with medicinal plants and decorative elements around the ie.

Ten people embroidered the ie at the Acul & Ața folk art workshop. The artist George Soare made the 220 cm braided tail, with natural hair provided by BelHer. The design drew on a study of about 200 ie blouses from the heritage collection of the Curtișoara Museum.

On the same day, the international conference Identity, Tradition and Cultural Interferences. Symbolism of the Romanian Blouse Ia took place at Constantin Brâncuși University in Târgu Jiu. Its papers are to be published in a collective volume.

The installation is part of Lemnul, Pânza și Vorba, the Docuart project on the material and intangible heritage of Gorj. A monumental ie was also at the centre of The Gorj. Constantin before Brâncuși in Madrid.

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Organiser: Asociația Docuart
Supported by: Primăria Municipiului Târgu Jiu, Centrul Constantin Brâncuși
Partners: Universitatea Constantin Brâncuși, Institutul de Cercetare, Dezvoltare și Inovare, Liceul de Arte Constantin Brăiloiu, Fundația WIN for ART, BelHer, Tribute Salon, Modernism.ro, Radio România Cultural

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