If the world is a stage, where does the audience sit?
The tribune becomes at once a place for action and passive contemplation
Marina Oprea
Marina Oprea (b.1989) lives and works in Bucharest and is the current editor of the online edition of Revista ARTA. She graduated The National University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, with a background in photography and video art, and has since extend her interest into the area of critical writing. She is keen to point out the instances where pop culture meets contemporary art, her texts often indicating towards performativity as the intersection between the two. In between projects she makes translations and collaborates with various national and international artistic publications.
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The Unending Attraction of Nature
Can public art truly surpass its status as a mere visitors’ attraction and can it successfully stand up to public scrutiny as well as being judged according to contemporary art criteria?
Minitremu – art/dream camp
Where teens take a break from the discipline of public school and are "introduced to the local art bubble".
A Study in Punctum
Art photographer Juliane Eirich is fully aware of the punctum at play in her work – she is a master at not only capturing reality, but also a certain emotional charge.
Art As A Timeless Commodity
A compact art exhibition that requires no space, no set-up and no gallery custodians, which can be easily moved from place to place.
Putting Things InContext
A much needed change of scenery for The Attic magazine.
Let’s talk performance art
Metaphor. Protest. Concept. Performing art in Romania and Moldova is a unique publication entirely consisting of interviews with local artists that have worked predominantly in the performative area.
Performing New Sincerity in the Czech Republic
Could new sincerity manifested through performance art be the cure for post-modern ennui? This belief echoes throughout Prague’s art scene and beyond.
Living Up To Its Name – Prague’s MeetFactory
We could learn a thing or two from the MeetFactory’s impeccable structure.
The Sacred Spectacle
The Hierophant was less about art and more about show, but unfortunately it did not rise to the name or transcendence of the archetypal figure of The Prophet/Teacher.