The Yiddish Diaspora – Interview with Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks, an artist that is part of multiple diasporas – queer, Russian and Jewish – is concerned about history, often forgotten stories, developing a research based practice.
Valentina Iancu
Valentina Iancu (b. 1985) is a writer with studies in art history and image theory. Her practice is hybrid, research-based, divided between editorial, educational, curatorial or management activities and oriented towards solidarity, activism, political art. After almost a decade of activating within the National Art Museum of Romania, where she took care of the modern Romanian art heritage and signed a series of extensive exhibitions, Iancu works independently, between Bucharest and Berlin, devoting herself in particular to queer studies of contemporary art. She frequently publishes local and international art history studies, and since 2011 she has been writing for Arta Magazine.
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Archive and Identity – An Interview with Lia Perjovschi
A corpus of knowledge permanently performing its own educational institution.
Corp.
Initially, electronic dance music brought people together more than just under one roof; no matter the race, social class or sexual orientation. An interview with the artists of Corp.
“Tell them about me”
An interview with the actress Mihaela Drăgan.
The Space of Photographs: Theory, Memory, Time
The exhibition at Anca Poterasu Gallery unfolds Aurora Kiràly’s activity, which integrates artistic practices with the theoretical, curatorial and educational.
Curating for the people? A critical take on social realism
Monica Enache put forward at the end of 2016 an ample exhibition presenting artworks made between 1948-1965, during Dej's dictatorship.
The Month of History – The Outsiders. SAVAGED pINK – (manifest) for an LGBT archive
Various private initiatives to historicize gay culture seem politically more and more relevant in the process of turning the community’s experiences from memory to history.
Everything started with the keeper’s hesitation
In the MNAC show, Irina Botea Bucan puts together video narratives inspired by histories of local interest with mythical or heroic potential.
Space is not the final frontier
An interview with artist Alexandra Croitoru and curator Magda Radu, founders of Salonul de Proiecte.
The Kite
In November, CNDB hosted the last part of the educational platform dedicated to Japanese dance (and its intersection with Romanian dance), initiated by Cosmin Manolescu, “Eastern Connections”.