MULTIMEDIA
In the course of the BA Fine Art studies, Cristina explored mixed-media works like installations that are displayed in large spaces and where she is incorporating other mediums such as sculpture, sound, textile, wax, resine, elements of nature like leaves, flowers, textiles, rocks, and more.
UNHEARD VOICES
"Unheard Voices" is a mixed media installation that uses photograph prints, textiles, sound, video, performance, 3D materials, that takes the shape of 3 cubes, measuring in total 8.6 meters long by 2.4 meters. It is a memorial representation that honours her family trans-generational transmission.
3D SKETCH for "Unheard Voices" installation. Drag the cursor to see each detail
" UNHEARD VOICES" film is part of the multimedia installation that is measuring 2.4 X 8.6 metres and explores family intergenerational transmission. The intention of the film is to reclaim the power and the role of the woman within the family with the help of the other women and men in her tribe. To help each other to rise and nurture the future generations. Back in the day, Romanian families would come together on Sundays and dance barefoot in traditional clothing, hoping that the week's ill luck would be washed away through dance. Despite the weight of the family histories, the performing element represents the potential of life and joy.
Director: Cristina Negrariu
Assistant director: Fa Razavi
Camera: Ionuț Eftene
Actors: Aristidi Abdulaziz AlDeiri
Domantas Jakubauskas
Letícia Ferreira
Salomé Gonçalves
Raman Kribi
Reneè Da Rocha
Cello: Coby Mendez
Edit: Ionuț Eftene and Gesa Pfeiffer
The overview of the "Unheard Voices" installation
Here is some experimental art or work in progress that incorporates pictures from the personal archive into collages. Old photographs are another method of archiving family histories, which is one of the important interests in Cristina's practise. She is painting over images with a mixture of white acrylic and wax to explore the idea of someone being misunderstood or overlooked within a family.
A NEW WAY OF LOVE
"A new way of love" is a mixed-media installation 150cmX140cmX90cm, Islinghton Arts Factory, 2022, presented in a rectangular shape and formed by 2 elements: a box from aluminium strips with 2 acrylic transparent sheets with poured wax and a sculpture. The whole installation portray the female escapism from the patriarchal traditional world. The video is a continuation of the installation, which use the human body to liberate itself from all historical context.
During her Art studies, we can notice the presence of the wax which is a medium she explores in a deconstructive manner and applied on different surfaces.
Work derived from the installation "A new way of love" in video form.