DoerCast Episode 3 - Dumitru Gorzo

My first contact with Dumitru Gorzo's work happened in 2003, when I saw some weird cocoons invade the center of Bucharest. I found out, afterwards, what they were and who was responsible, and laughed at the way the media presented them. And the rest is history.

Dumitru Gorzo is a unique artist in Romania's landscapes: he is a shocking appeareance, but never shocks just for the sake of it; he is controversial, which is just another way of saying he provokes people to think; he is a truly original artist; and he is very hardworking, doing a lot of work, and having at least one significant personal exhibition a year.

We had the great pleasure of talking to Mr. Gorzo one cold winter evening, after he received a prize from Cuvantul cultural magazine, on Calea Victoriei, in the little park that is found next to the ugly big monument. We're truly sorry for the cold.

The discussion wanders for about 45 minutes from Rostopasca, the village, brands and Romania's new law on religious cults, to pornography, masters and apprentices in art and not only, evolution, street art, communism, and the Romanian Orthodox Church. It ends with Sex Pistols' I am an anarchist.

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Photos taken from Metropotam. (uninspired) photo-editing by alex.

DoerCast Episode 2 - Mihai Mitrica

Cu o intarziere care se datoreaza mai ales sarbatorilor, iata si cel de-al doilea episod al podcast-ului nostru. De data aceasta, “la microfon” se afla Mihai Mitrica, unul dintre fondatorii asociatiei Este'N'Est. Noi l-am cunoscut pe Mihai drept "omul din spatele Anim'Estului", asa ca am discutat cu el despre povestea primului festival romanesc de animatie de anvergura, despre oitza de pe afisul Anim'Est, despre animatia romaneasca si despre planurile pentru editia urmatoare. Si am mai discutat si despre celelalte proiecte foarte interesante pe care le pregateste Este'N'Est: Fest'Asia (festivalul filmului asiatic) si Sibiu Film Fest, care va combina filmele mute cu orchestra live.

Ii multumim mult lui Mihai, de care vom mai auzi cu siguranta, si speram sa strangem cat mai multi oameni dornici sa il ajute sa duca la bun sfarsit aceste proiecte si sa inceapa si altele. Si multumim si prietenilor de la Oricum, in bucataria carora am inregistrat.

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DoerCast Episode 1 - Sofa Surfers

We have been very fortunate that Sofa Surfers, or, properly speaking, half of them, came to Romania in November 2006. Our magical friends from Oricum together with the Pheonix Foundation made it all possible, and Bucharest rocked on the massive sound of Markus Kienzl and Michael Holzgruber, all backed by Timo Novotny's visuals.

Sofa Surfers started making music in the middle of the 90's, when electronic music was dominated by a DIY revolution coming from the techno arena; it was the first time when bands could produce their own music, without being forced to work with private studios or labels or whatever else; in a way, that resembles what is going on now with blogs and podcasting and videocasting.


The discussion with Timo, Michael and Markus starts from what/who is Sofa Surfers and why they came here, discusses a bit the "Vienna Sound", and touches many other subjects until it ends with Timo Novotny's impressions of Bucharest. The podcast ends with Markus Kienzl's "Dundy Lion" track as it was mixed by Al Haca in one of their 2005 sets (and this explains one of my questions from the podcast).

The interview was taken on November 25th, 2006, at about 8pm, in Eclipse, right before their concert there; I am quite satisfied by the sound quality of the podcast, as I had to record it with my Powerbook, I had no headphones available to check out the sound, so I pretty much based the settings on chance. Diana and I will soon acquire a proper recording device, but until then I hope the content of our podcast will make the small glitches bearable.

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first post

i was in the train on my way to the mountains when i realised how many interesting people i've come into contact with lately, and how much i've learnt from them. and how much i'd like to share their doings, thoughts and opinions with others. So i called Alex and said : "Let's do a podcast!". And he said: "the first recording is on it's way". And that's how we started it.

We'll try to talk to people we admire and whom we consider to be actual doers, regardless of the field they come from. Some recordings will be in English, some others in Romanian. We're not yet sure how to deal with this, so please forgive us being rather clumsy, both with the interview structure, and with the technical side. We're open to suggestions, critics, and anything else which might help things work better. Let's see what happens !