IMMINENT DETOUR

Imminent Detour / Andreea Samoilă (1996,RO) is a visual artist interested in objects, words and tools after they depart from the "manual" version of themselves.

She works under the name Imminent Detour to give a nod to memory palaces, and because she is in no rush to get to the point.


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IMMINENT DETOUR

Andreea Samoilă (1996,RO) is a visual artist, and an independent editor & art director of printed matter. She is interested in objects, words and tools after they depart from the "manual" version of themselves.

She makes objects, books and actions focussing on witty uses of objects, unexpected associations and word-play. Andreea works under the name Imminent Detour, giving a nod to memory palaces, imaginary spaces and times in which to anchor new information.

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Archived Projects



Landscape of Surfaces

A static nature, of sorts, with stories of everyday objects and surfaces from public space.
2021


Swiss Dreaming Among Mist and Soaked Tents

A collection of unstructured thoughts and images from easa tourist, the 2019 summer European Architecture Students Assembly
2019


Tiny Trace Stories

An anthology of mini audio stories, exploring ten intersections in the real world, among various objects, places, hands, time or phenomena.
2021


Flowered Down Squares

Sifting a slim layer of flower to be taken by shoes and track a very isolated amount of circulations.
2021


Almost Famous

A ubiquitous object, loved best while not looking at it, gets a photo shoot.
2021


Life with Subtitles

A visual diary. Subtitled. Ordinary. At times fantastical.
2020 - 2021


Slice (of Life) (Birthday Party)

I turned 26 on an arbitrary day of 2022. I used it as an excuse to have a slice-of-life celebration, eat slices, and talk about slices with friends.
2022


Moments of a Displaced Synchronous Rug

An audio story that itself becomes some carpets. 11’
listen, but at your own risk, very early unpolished stuff
2021



Glossary of Traces

A book with two spines, inspired by Oulipo, to increase chance encounters and unexpected connections. Part of MA Thesis research - see full lecture here.
2022


Handshake of the Object

Essay about doorhandles being the first impression of a building. Very Juhani Pallasmaa inspired.
2021


Superficial

A commentary on graphic design being superficial, but not in that way.
2021


Memories of Touch

Essay about things seen with our hands.

2021


Brief Conversation with Kandinsky, but Not Quite

My micro-conversation with a neural network trained on paintings by Kandinsky.
2021



Design Nothing

I received a two-word brief: design nothing.
2018