Sport & Civic Participation
The association uses amateur football as a civic and democratic tool — a pretext to give residents a voice and to celebrate the neighbourhood, not a sporting competition. F.I.D. — "Football as Infrastructure for Democracy" — and the Fotbal în Traian tournament turn a grass pitch into a shared platform for encounter and belonging.
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Football in Traian 2024
The 3rd edition of the amateur football championship with mixed teams of Fabric neighbours — a natural-grass pitch in Piața Traian that became a meeting platform for the district.
The Neighbourhood's Player Cards. A residency with Andrei Becheru
A photographic documentation of the third edition of the Football in Traian championship, through a wide series of portraits gathered into a document-album and a set of cards featuring every player.
Football in Traian 2023
F.I.D. at the BETA 2023 architecture biennale — a participatory installation and an amateur football championship in Piața Traian, as a platform for social cohesion.
Sport as an art form. A residency with Tom Russotti
A month-long residency and three non-competitive game workshops at the 2nd edition of "Football in Traian": a helium-ball game and a dance contest judged by the audience.
A photography residency with Marius Vasile
A month-long photography residency devoted to documenting the 2nd edition of "Football in Traian", by a photographer who had also shot the first edition.
Married vs Unmarried
A retrospective exhibition on the traditional amateur football match between married and unmarried men, begun in 1936 — an example of the Fabric district's intangible heritage.
Football in Traian 2022
The first edition of F.I.D. — "Football as Infrastructure for Democracy": a participatory installation with a natural-grass pitch in Piața Traian and a 16-team neighbourhood championship, held within the BETA 2022 architecture biennale.