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ZACAMANT
stone tablets in times of tribulation
With a help of a friend based in the ancient Maramures region of Romania we will inscribe instructions on the Survival Tablets. The knowledge will come from different sources, and it will concern the last survivors of the tribe. The stone is coming from the sacred mountains and rivers of our country. It will be carved here in Romania. We are interested in investing in our tribes, in our neighbors, and local small industries.
As soon as the Survival Tablets will be ready we will carry them on a pilgrimage and deposit them at the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir). the largest and most famous Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria, our neighbor country. To preserve them for times of great need, we will probably sink the stones in a water well or fountain in the monastery or near by.
We asked ourselves, why buy the stone? Why invest in an industry that slowly erodes and destroys our mountains and pollutes our rivers? Why should we not go to the land itself, search for natural remains of erosion, search for the bounty of the land and the glory of our rocks found in real nature. In fact without actually knowing we were revolting against the dominant sand stone("gresie" in Romanian) that imitates natural stone or the join-up of e-tribalism that imitates real friendship.
Thus Cobilanschi told me lets go to the rivers and mountains and ask for somebody to record and film our endeavor. Cobilanschi who lived in the Militari neighborhood for a long time and barely holding back his emotion of seeing the communist flat were he stayed. We decided to take the train and to go to the town of Campina, as well as to go in the hilly surroundings of the Cornu village. Our artist-friend and kind cameraman was Simion Cernica, a native of Drumul Taberei, living near the International Post Office. The fourth party of our group is an unnamed person. He wishes to keep his identity secret, so i will call him our friend from now on. I can only tell you that he is a student at the Geology and Earth Sciences University in Bucharest. He was actually our guide in the search for the natural stones and he helped us develop what we call the “ZACAMANT” concept. ZACAMANT would be actually the perfect word for our whole enterprise. It is more than a simple geological deposit, more than oil fields. We were digging for the sense of this word connected with another related Romanian word – ASEZAMANT. ASEZAMANT would be a place of cult, a place of importance, a place from the national or international patrimony, a cultural space, a cultural headquarters for everything that the land has more preciouses and important in cultural terms.
ZACAMANT is the natural counterpart of ASEZAMANT. It is the natural heritage, the bounty of the land, the natural reserves of your country. ZACAMANT is the proof that the country is still rich, that the bounty is endless, that the reserves are hidden, that they are to be searched for. The ZACAMANT could well be under your feet, it could be one hour with the train away from the city. We extended ZACAMANT to mean the creative power of the country and its people. ZACAMANT could be the final recognition that the land has everything we need right here right now. ZACAMANT is the treasure of the tribe, it is the inheritance for the future, for an uncertain future and the means of survival of that tribe. ZACAMANT is the things we have to cherish and protect. We managed to wake up and take the train and from Campina we went directly from the train station to the Prahova River.
Bulgarian TV was the provider for much our our knowledge about the exterior world during the harsh years of the neo-stalinist 80s Romania. During our youth in that period, especially in Bucharest and the South – Bulgarian translations of foreign films, documentaries, animations, Bulgarian pickled cucumbers, hot chillies and Bulgarian Wine became a well-sought resource, a way to survive the darkest times. A time when the national TV was emitting only a few hours, when there was a severe electricity shortage, food shortages and harsh winters with no heating or warm water.
Another major concern was the discovery of the fact that the most precious National assets, the goods of the tribe if you want – be it antique gold treasures, the Constantin Brancusi atelier and artworks are more safe on the outside than on the inside. Romania was always at the crux of migrations, invasions and successive tribal movements during its history. During the Islamic invasions Romania and the former Romanian kingdoms actually became the “shield of Christianity”. In spite of its treasures being scattered – this was paradoxically, to keep them out, to have them stolen, transported or stored somewhere else was the best way to preserve them. It is a way to see the Elgin marbles under a new light. You don’t need to hide the most precious assets of your country very far away. The general lesson is to trust your neighbors (or neighboring tribes) and to hope that they will be more careful to preserve what counts most.
MATERIALS (biodegradable, post-traditional, non-Internet, neo-Tribal)
Two stone tablets, the materials will be local – made in Romania.
A video documenting our mission.
With a help of a friend based in the ancient Maramures region of Romania we will inscribe instructions on the Survival Tablets. The knowledge will come from different sources, and it will concern the last survivors of the tribe. The stone is coming from the sacred mountains and rivers of our country. It will be carved here in Romania. We are interested in investing in our tribes, in our neighbors, and local small industries.
As soon as the Survival Tablets will be ready we will carry them on a pilgrimage and deposit them at the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir). the largest and most famous Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria, our neighbor country. To preserve them for times of great need, we will probably sink the stones in a water well or fountain in the monastery or near by.
We asked ourselves, why buy the stone? Why invest in an industry that slowly erodes and destroys our mountains and pollutes our rivers? Why should we not go to the land itself, search for natural remains of erosion, search for the bounty of the land and the glory of our rocks found in real nature. In fact without actually knowing we were revolting against the dominant sand stone("gresie" in Romanian) that imitates natural stone or the join-up of e-tribalism that imitates real friendship.
Thus Cobilanschi told me lets go to the rivers and mountains and ask for somebody to record and film our endeavor. Cobilanschi who lived in the Militari neighborhood for a long time and barely holding back his emotion of seeing the communist flat were he stayed. We decided to take the train and to go to the town of Campina, as well as to go in the hilly surroundings of the Cornu village. Our artist-friend and kind cameraman was Simion Cernica, a native of Drumul Taberei, living near the International Post Office. The fourth party of our group is an unnamed person. He wishes to keep his identity secret, so i will call him our friend from now on. I can only tell you that he is a student at the Geology and Earth Sciences University in Bucharest. He was actually our guide in the search for the natural stones and he helped us develop what we call the “ZACAMANT” concept. ZACAMANT would be actually the perfect word for our whole enterprise. It is more than a simple geological deposit, more than oil fields. We were digging for the sense of this word connected with another related Romanian word – ASEZAMANT. ASEZAMANT would be a place of cult, a place of importance, a place from the national or international patrimony, a cultural space, a cultural headquarters for everything that the land has more preciouses and important in cultural terms.
ZACAMANT is the natural counterpart of ASEZAMANT. It is the natural heritage, the bounty of the land, the natural reserves of your country. ZACAMANT is the proof that the country is still rich, that the bounty is endless, that the reserves are hidden, that they are to be searched for. The ZACAMANT could well be under your feet, it could be one hour with the train away from the city. We extended ZACAMANT to mean the creative power of the country and its people. ZACAMANT could be the final recognition that the land has everything we need right here right now. ZACAMANT is the treasure of the tribe, it is the inheritance for the future, for an uncertain future and the means of survival of that tribe. ZACAMANT is the things we have to cherish and protect. We managed to wake up and take the train and from Campina we went directly from the train station to the Prahova River.
Bulgarian TV was the provider for much our our knowledge about the exterior world during the harsh years of the neo-stalinist 80s Romania. During our youth in that period, especially in Bucharest and the South – Bulgarian translations of foreign films, documentaries, animations, Bulgarian pickled cucumbers, hot chillies and Bulgarian Wine became a well-sought resource, a way to survive the darkest times. A time when the national TV was emitting only a few hours, when there was a severe electricity shortage, food shortages and harsh winters with no heating or warm water.
Another major concern was the discovery of the fact that the most precious National assets, the goods of the tribe if you want – be it antique gold treasures, the Constantin Brancusi atelier and artworks are more safe on the outside than on the inside. Romania was always at the crux of migrations, invasions and successive tribal movements during its history. During the Islamic invasions Romania and the former Romanian kingdoms actually became the “shield of Christianity”. In spite of its treasures being scattered – this was paradoxically, to keep them out, to have them stolen, transported or stored somewhere else was the best way to preserve them. It is a way to see the Elgin marbles under a new light. You don’t need to hide the most precious assets of your country very far away. The general lesson is to trust your neighbors (or neighboring tribes) and to hope that they will be more careful to preserve what counts most.
MATERIALS (biodegradable, post-traditional, non-Internet, neo-Tribal)
Two stone tablets, the materials will be local – made in Romania.
A video documenting our mission.
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