Imaginary Lexicon of Cluj is a project based on the idea of performative book – a publication, that attempts to describe a specific place on earth, at the same time compelling the reader to the constant movement and interaction. It is a kind of city guide – an atlas, in which reality is mixed with fiction, while pointing to the fact, that what we consider to be historical facts, are often presented with a very polarized point of view. So what is the truth and how to reach it? Perhaps by trying to catch the spirit of place, by recessing in the untold stories inherent within each of the residents? What happens if we mix those stories with what seems to be a historical truth?

authors: Magda and Ludomir Franczak
soundtrack: Marcin Dymiter
contributors for the lexicon: Ludomir Franczak, Valer Simion Cosma, Beti Pataki, Natalia Gross, and all the people sharing stories during the Imaginay Lexicon of Cluj, part I – the stone exhibition at White Cuib
Commissioned by Temps d’Images Festival Cluj and Konfrontacje Teatralne Festival Lublin.