This project was designed for my artistic KulturKontakt residence in Vienna in 2002. Being aware that my selection of this residency was partially due to the institutional initiatives I had developed in Iaşi  at the time (the Vector Association, the Periferic Biennial), I thought of an art project that would talk about the idea of artistic community and collective creativity.
Drawing on a slogan used by the then-Prime Minister of Austria, More chances for our youth, I used my artistic production budget in order to invite to Vienna my colleagues from the Vector Association. Together we visited museums and art locations and we met with artists and curators. All the expenses were covered using my artistic residence budget.
At the end of my residence I installed in the Kulturkontakt Gastatelier gallery a ping-pong table, inviting the visitors to use it (in Iaşi, my colleagues and I would often relax by playing ping-pong).
Later on, the ping-pong table was installed in various exhibition contexts.

Vector Group members during their visit in Vienna (September 2002)

The project was presented in the exhibitions:
Mehr Chancen fur unsere Jugend, solo show, KulturKontakt Gastatelier, Viena, 2002
Strawberry Fields Forever, solo show, Galeria Noua, Bucharest, 2005
Check-in Europe – Reflecting Identities in Contemporary Art, group show, EPO Munchen, curator: Marius Babias, 2006

Matei Bejenaru, Mehr Chancen fur unsere Jugend, KulturKontakt Gastatelier, Viena, 2002

Matei Bejenaru, Mehr Chancen fur unsere Jugend, Galeria Noua, Bucharest, 2005

Matei Bejenaru, Mehr Chancen fur unsere Jugend, installation at EPO Munchen in the frame of Check-in Europe – Reflecting Identities in Contemporary Art exhibition, curator: Marius Babias, 2006