::: On my way (working title, 2009 - 2010)
An exploration of the relationship
between the "I" and the Reality, a journey of the senses through various
imagery space-time frames of present, future and past. An artistic research project in the context of a postgraduate
program at advanced
performance and scenography studies in Antwerp, Belgium. Work in progress, more details soon.
::: Not
Here Not There (2008)
Art residency
at Romanian
Cultural Institute in Paris
An exporation of the concept of time and the possibility to escape from
it. The research had a rather poetic, experiential approach, in the
context of an imagined time-travel experience. Not knowing if I can
experience the limits of time, I engaged in a play, letting the words
and the body lead a game in which I invited Time to play with me. Inspired by
the experiences that I have lived or imagined in the quest regarding
the triangular relationship time-body-mind, a body of skethes were made. Watch the video or read the poem.
::: m o r i s
e n a (2007)
Initiator and founder
of an artist-in-residence centre: www.morisena.org,
a series of experimental projects set up in Transylvania in 2007. The
idea was to propose projects as a context for
exploring a local culture
while living in a small community. It has all started in the spirit of
welcoming artists from various cultures to share an art concept, a
house, a garden, the local culture and traditions, and all that can
happen in and around a collaborative art project: the
challenges of creation, organisation, production in a selfsustainable
environement, the fun, the cooking, the cleaning, the gardening, the
failures and eventual results. TransyMusic and Hitchhiking to Transylvania were the two main projects I have initiated in this context.
::: Fata Morgana,
India (2007).
Personal
exhibition at the National
Art Museum of Cluj Napoca, 1st-12th August 2007. Press
release:
"Performance: In the first 7 days, in silence, Iuliana Varodi will
bring back her India experience in the Atelier Rooms of the museum,
recomposing about 1500 images and fragments of the poems she wrote
during her 16 month journey through the subcontinent. During this week,
the artist will recreate encountered or imagined situations and moods
related to this adventure, that she will share with the visitors. Three
spaces will be superposed here: the chaotic space of the exploring
traveler, the intimate space of the intuitive artist and that of the
museum. Herein, visitors are invited to ‘browse’
through the pages of the diary of this journey, re-written for them in
this space.
Open talks: On August 7th at 3.00 pm, invited guests from the art scene
and the public are welcome to discuss the exhibition and the double
journey with the artists.
Interactive:
Between August 8th and 12, the visitors are invited to take over the
place of the artist, composing their own page in this diary, using
images and fragments of thougts left behind in the exhibition space.
They can take home this ‘memory’ of their fictive
journey through India, as an inspiration for future travels".
:::
24
hours at home
in Europe (2007).
Travelling
group exhibition
of photography organised
by Trans Europe Halles.
Photographers, artists and amateurs were
invited to participate with their personal photographic view of 24
hours in Europe.
The leading questions and essentials of the call for entries were: How
do we live in Europe? What defines our social and cultural dimensions?
Which distinctive characteristics and peculiarities define our daily
routine?
The exhibition offers humorous, provoking and irritating views.
Photographic expeditions during night and day in cities like Dublin,
Maribor or Trelleborg, insights into flats in Belgrad, Treviso and
Amsterdam are also shown as portraits of very different people and
places.
:::
Sanatana
mood
(2003
- 2006)
Travelling
and exploring through India, working with photography, sound and
poetry. Results:
Rite.Rhythm.India.
- exhibition of photography (2006), Versuri
in zbor ~ lacrimi pulbere de
soare, poetry
debut published by Editura Nico (2006), Within
soul India
(2004) - exhibition of photography and People of
India (2003) - exhibition of
photography.
::: New
Media educational and research projects
In 2004 - 2005 I was in charge of managing research and new media
projects for Waag
Society (Amsterdam, 2004 - 2005):
ScratchWorx - a VJ/DJ tools foor schools, a website on the Scroeder
Rietveld House in collaboration
with the Central Museum in Utrecht and a research project on smart
context aware group services for healthcare.
In
2001 - 2002 I was in charge of managing new media projects for DesignServer
(Amsterdam, 2001 - 2002):
An educaional game CD for children to learn about human rights in
collaboration with Amnesty International, a website on Hip Hop culture
in Africa, a project on the work of African artist Kofi
Setordji.
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