{"id":26578,"date":"2025-09-22T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otte1.org\/?page_id=26578"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:06:11","slug":"adrian-mocanu-artists-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/scholars\/adrian-mocanu-artists-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Mocanu &#8211; Artists Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/adrian-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25306 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/adrian-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/adrian.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Artists Statement<\/h1>\n<h2>Adrian Mocanu<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Scholarship music composition \u00a01.4. &#8211; 30.6.2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What made you apply for the otte1 scholarship?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The nomad way of life, mostly. Being able to change the environment and come to a new place is an enormous privilege for an artist, especially if it is supported by an institution like otte1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you work on during your stay?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During my stay at otte1, I was working on \u201cmadrigali guerrieri. libro II\u201d &#8211; a composition for six voices that filters the madrigals of Monteverdi through the perception of living in the times of war.<br \/>\nThis is the second part of my collaboration with the vocal ensemble Maulwerker which started last year, and which closes the cycle which was conceived as a site-specific diptych to be performed in the Grosser Wasserspeicher in Berlin.<br \/>\nAnd, apart from that, many, many applications for future projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspired you at the K\u00fcnstlerhaus in Eckernf\u00f6rde?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seagulls. Their calls. Listening to them during the walks along the seaside. The maritime environment in Eckernf\u00f6rde is special, very different from any other coastal city I have been to. This sonic memory will stay with me for sure, and maybe it will find its way in one of my future works, who knows?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you take away from Eckernf\u00f6rde for your further artistic development?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eckernf\u00f6rde gave me a time to focus, to reflect on my artistic approach &#8211; it was a time of a lot of thinking and introspection. And I&#8217;m sure that after the residency, some aspects of my work will transform and open a new chapter in my artistic path.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you like to add?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you for the opportunity that came to my life at the exact moment when I needed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artists Statement Adrian Mocanu Scholarship music composition \u00a01.4. &#8211; 30.6.2025 What made you apply for the otte1 scholarship? The nomad way of life, mostly. Being able to change the environment and come to a new place is an enormous privilege for an artist, especially if it is supported by an institution like otte1. What did","protected":false},"author":3832,"featured_media":0,"parent":19994,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post post-type-page post-view- post-scope-","status-publish","clear"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26580,"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26578\/revisions\/26580"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otte1.staging.computerlie.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}