Arts Lab 4.0: Month II, Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud - Something new

It’s been two months since I’m living in Romania. The time and days are passing by so fast while we’re doing a lot of things. This month I did my first exhibition here, me and my friend Chiara Gentili created our first video “Păpădie” which is inspired by Romanian folklore, specifically the poem “Miorița”.

Also, I did another video inspired by Romanian folklore with the students from Petru Rareș Highschool and the local volunteers. Through working on these videos I learned a lot about Romanian culture, and the most thing that I like is how the people still stick to and love their roots.

Now, we started to work on the Cucuteni exhibition. We visited the Cucuteni village and we saw the land and the museum about this civilization. I’m so excited to know and learn about this as I did with the Romanian folklore, and how it will inspire me to create things.

Every month has brought something new, whether it’s a challenge, an experience, or a feeling, and this is what keeps me looking forward to what is waiting for me here in my volunteering journey. 

Ataota or Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud is from Egypt and she's doing a six-month volunteering project under Arts Lab 4.0, funded by European Union through European Solidarity Corps @erasmusplus.ro_suntsolidar.eu Programme.