people have been mining coal for a long time here. 150 years ago, - came here from poland, bohemia, and germany. the mines reached their heyday under the communist dictatorship when more than 200,000 miners work here and even the dictator feared them. miners were the only people who dared to protest against him. today, nothing is left of that pride and confidence. when romania joined the european union six years ago, the miners hoped they could continue to work. back then, we talked with this shift supervisor. >> these mines should not be shut down. we need this worke, even though there are many accidents. i know that the eu is not waiting for us with open arms, but i'm sure things will get better. >> mining is now being gradually phased out. pedro is bitterly disappointed. >> our politicians in the e you showed no interest in rescuing this region -- our politicians in the eu. now there is no future here for our children. i spent 20 years of my life in the mind, and today i have nothing. >> pedro keeps his head above water with occasional jobs and a 200-euro pension. what little money f

people and gives lectures at the stray dog cafe in russia which was a preleff use-- revolutionary bohemia salon where all the key russian cultural figures were hanging out so this kind of transfer is happening all the time. and with the proceeds poem it's a collaboration between an artist and a poet. they were introduced to each other by guillome pollumire. he is the one who tro intrused picasso to broke. and-- they create what they call the first simultaneous book. and what they mean by that is a book that would be text and image at the same time. not image illustrating text or not-- not image sub or the-- sub order ant to text. but text and image at the same time. and they created a publication that was one of the first uses of abstract imagery in this sphere of literature. >> rose: now at that time was collaboration across media types par for the course? >> i think that people, you know, for many centuries of talking to each other across media. but i think particularly when the rules of art making as they have been known seem irrelevant or obsolete or seem to have-- where the world is