Romanian art critic wants to turn protesters’ signs into an exhibition

Romanian art critic Pavel Susara urged the protesters to not throw away the signs, texts or any other objects they have used at the recent protests in Romania, but bring them at the Village Museum in Bucharest, where he will collect them for an exhibition. “A call to all those who participated in the protests organized in Bucharest and across the country: don’t throw away the signs you are using now, nor the other objects made ad hoc, of any kind, keep all the written texts, because we can do a formidable exhibition that will present this unique phenomenon of national solidarity, but also the enormous creativity, unleashed imagination, irrepressible intelligence etc., engaged in this action,” Pavel Susara wrote on Facebook. Thus, the signs the protesters will not use anymore can be brought to the Village Museum in Bucharest. Romania has seen massive protests in the last week, after the Government adopted an emergency ordinance that would have changed the Penal Code. More than a half million Romanians protested in Bucharest and other Romanian cities on Sunday, although the Government decided to repeal the ordinance, because they say they no longer trust the current cabinet led by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu. Most of those who came to the protests carried signs, some of them funny, some of them sarcastic, other brought huge banners, balloons, flags of all sizes, or many other objects to express their feelings towards the current Government and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which supports it. On Sunday evening, some 250,000 protesters lit up Victoriei Square in Bucharest. Some of the most popular slogans these days were: PSD, ciuma rosie (PSD, the red plague), DNA sa vina sa va ia (DNA should come and take you), Abrogati si plecati! (Repeal and leave!). Protests continued on Monday, February 6, for the seventh day in a row. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com