The lay public’s quest
\nfor cultural events as social experiences has seen an upsurge after the
\nCOVID-19 pandemic, People are on the lookout for performances, festivals, fairs
\nand other events. The weather outside is really fine, so the cultural events
\nhave been relocated to outdoor premises, in parks, gardens, public squares or
\nother areas with a special destination. A telling example of that is provided by
\nthe Rocanotherworld Festival, held on the outskirts of Iasi, a city located in
\nnorth-eastern Romania, nearby the Aroneanu Lake, which is an artificial dam
\nlake in the Moldavian Plains. Alternative and electronic music, artistic manifestations,
\nconferences, food and merry-making, all that is set to populate the green area
\non the lake shores in late June. Patricia Butucel is the director of the Rocanotherworld festival. She has
\ngiven details on what Rocanotherworld actually is and on the surprises the
\norganizers have in store for the public<\/p>\n
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Rocanotherworld will reach its
\n7th edition this year and we’re happy we can return to normal, to an
\nevent set to unfold just as it was before the pandemic, with no restrictions. The
\n2022 edition has got a novelty ready for everyone: we shall have the festival
\non the shores of the Aroneanu Lake, it is a new and beautiful space which
\nperfectly suits this year’s trend. The artists performing at the festival are
\nlocal bands, but also national and foreign ones. We will also have a DJ on the
\nelectronic music stage and we’re happy we’re going to get the festival started
\nwith a really fine band, fresh, which is set to grow, and we’re dead positive
\nit will earn its place among the top alternative rock bands, with Paul Tihan.
\nWe shall also have those of the Suie Paparude band, we will have the launch of
\nan album, we shall have two album launches, actually, Man to the Moon, and Madalina
\nPaval with an orchestra. Republic of Modova’s Zdob and Zdub will also come
\nover, then we will also have Golan, Alternosfera, Kumm, the lineup we’re going
\nto have will be so diversified, and as an absolute first we shall have a great
\ninternational band, the Nouvelle Vague. And we’re delighted because of the
\nstart we’ve taken and because of this trend, an international one, that
\nincluding the electronic music stage as well. There will be DJs from our
\ncountry but also foreign DJs, from Portugal, we will also a woman DJ from
\nUkraine who has relocated to Romania. We will also have an acoustic music
\nstage, we will have silent disco. We tried, like, to create a mix so that our
\npublic can have as diversified an experience as possible. Zdob and Zdub, we saw
\nthat they were, like, were we to make a chart, they were the favorites for our
\npublic, as for Alternosfera or the French artists, Nouvelle Vague, likewise,
\nthey are among the favorites for the Rocanotherworld public. <\/p>\n
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Here is the festival director, Patricia Butucel,
\nonce again, this time speaking about the fans of the event, which will soon see
\nits seventh edition, about the public and the community that has revolved
\naround the festival.<\/p>\n
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The Rocanotherworld public, we could say it mainly is a
\nfaithful public since there are a great many people who have been with us since
\nthe inaugural edition, in 2016. They proved they support us and that, actually,
\ntogether we are a community. And that also happened in the pandemic years,
\nsince Rocanotherworld was held in 2020, but also in 2021, and we’re clearly
\nspeaking about the pandemic editions, with all sorts of restrictions and, no
\nmatter what the circumstances and the context was, people stood by us. Before,
\nwe used to speak about, I don’t know, some sort of reluctance when we meant
\nfestivals, now we can see people are much mop reopen, much more eager to attend
\nevents and especially outdoor events. <\/p>\n
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But how did people prepare for Rocanotherworld? What are the challenges
\nfor the organizers and where is the festival’s 2022 edition heading to? <\/p>\n
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There’s this relaxation and charging side of the event
\nwe want to offer to our public, but we also sought to organize an event which
\nfor them is safe, especially after what
\nhas happened in Bucharest as of late. This week I even went to see the local
\nauthorities with whom we met quite often, we had meetings with the Anti-Drug
\nSquad, because we want the whole experience to remain a safe one, for our
\nparticipants, but also for the volunteers, for the artists involved, and for
\nall the people who will come to the festival. <\/p>\n
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Starting last year, Rocanotherworld has embarked on the path of
\nsustainability, and I’m saying that because we want to meet the Zero Waste set
\ntarget. But that is something utopian, for the time being, however, it’s the
\nleast we can do, through organizing and positioning, to help people as well, to
\nencourage them to have a sustainable behavior and a nature-friendly one as
\nmuch as possible. So, as I was saying, as of last year, we have ticked our
\nshort, medium and long-terms goals. We began by the separate collection of
\nwaste. We used sustainable materials for the festival’s production and
\nsignaling system. We replaced the classical promotion, made with OH-type
\nbanners and advertising boards, with the digital OH side. We encouraged and
\nfacilitated the use of alternative means of transport, such as electric push
\nscooters, bicycles or public transport. In effect, the entire planning of the
\nfestival, the entire organization, was based on prevention, reusing, redesign
\nand recycling principles. What we’re going to do, actually, for 2022, we shall
\nprepare 4 days of unique experiences for the Rocanotherworld public, there will be something
\npeople can live during the event. We will
\nhave daytime activities, there will be relaxation areas, games, we will have an
\nescalation board, we will have silent disco, debates, acoustic stage, live
\nmusic, electronic music stages, so we will try to create a universe where
\npeople can come and relax completely. <\/p>\n
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