Cristina Vatulescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1375952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Vatulescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Vatulescu |
| SIGNATURE | VATULESCU C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From “Big Archives” to “Slow Archives,” and Back: An Interview with Sven Spieker
In this interview, Sven Spieker discusses his past and present work regarding the relationship between contemporary art and archives, including in his most recent book publication, Art as Demonstration. A Revolutionary Recasting of Knowledge (MIT Press, 2024)
Ukrainian Archives during the Russian Invasion: An Interview with Andriy Kohut
This interview with Dr. Andriy Kohut, Director of the Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine, sheds light on the critical challenges and unexpected resilience of Ukrainian archives amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. Kohut details how archives have become direct targets, with instances of looting, destruction, and removal of materials to Russia, particularly those related to Soviet-era secret police documents. Despite these th…
The Archive and and and The Repertoire”: An Interview with Diana Taylor
In this wide-ranging interview, Diana Taylor reflects on her field-changing book The Archive and the Repertoire, revisiting its origins, evolution, and continued relevance. Taylor then discusses her work in founding and leading the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL), her critique of archival authority as a colonial tool, and the ongoing need for anticolonial, embodied, and community-based archival practices. As the title of the i…
Re-turning to Archives: ‘There is Always More to Find and It Feels Real.’” An Interview with Terri Francis
In this interview, Terri Francis—scholar, curator, filmmaker, and former director of the Black Film Center & Archive—discusses her experiences with archives across scholarly, pedagogical, and artistic practices. Reflecting on formative experiences in Eatonville and her long-standing commitment to the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Francis describes a trajectory that includes essay filmmaking, public programming, and archival research as forms of sto…
When You Look at the Archives, You Also See the Shadows and also the Grays, the Different Degrees of Grays”: An Interview with Iosif Király
This interview with Romanian artist, architect, and educator Iosif Király, conducted by Cristina Vatulescu, explores his long-standing engagement with archives, memory, and time through visual art. It focuses on his early work with the subREAL collective, especially their innovative use of the discarded photo archive of Arta magazine in post-communist Romania. These forgotten materials became both artistic media and tools for historical reflectio…
Introduction: Archival Turns, Twists, and New Directions
This introduction offers an overview of the archival turn and its current trajectories across disciplines and art forms. Originating from two symposia—“Re-mediating the Archive” and “Archival Turns, Twists, and New Directions”—the special issue reflects the multidisciplinary and collaborative spirit that animates much recent archive-related work. The four peer-reviewed articles and seven interviews in this special issue were chosen as stand-out c…
The Archive is Dormant, Never Dead”: An Interview with Ann Laura Stoler
In this wide-ranging, spirited, and generous interview, Ann Laura Stoler revisits her decades-long engagement with colonial archives, tracing a trajectory that moves from fieldwork in North Sumatra to her foundational contributions to archival theory and critique. Stoler discusses how her early encounters with the architecture of Dutch colonial capitalism and the personal archives of civil servant Frans Carl Valck led her to reconceive the archiv…
The Politics of Estrangement: Tracking Shklovsky's Device through Literary and Policing Practices
Critics have frequently accused Russian Formalism of supporting an apolitical separation of art from life. As a central Formalist term, estrangement (ostranenie) often bore the brunt of this accusation. Taking issue with this critique, this essay focuses on the entangled relationship between the aesthetics and politics of estrangement and argues that an attentive look at the history of estrangement reveals its deep involvement with revolutionary …
The Politics of Estrangement: Tracking Shklovsky's Device through Literary and Policing Practices
Critics have frequently accused Russian Formalism of supporting an apolitical separation of art from life. As a central Formalist term, estrangement (ostranenie) often bore the brunt of this accusation. Taking issue with this critique, this essay focuses on the entangled relationship between the aesthetics and politics of estrangement and argues that an attentive look at the history of estrangement reveals its deep involvement with revolutionary …
The Politics of Estrangement: Tracking Shklovsky's Device through Literary and Policing Practices
Critics have frequently accused Russian Formalism of supporting an apolitical separation of art from life. As a central Formalist term, estrangement (ostranenie) often bore the brunt of this accusation. Taking issue with this critique, this essay focuses on the entangled relationship between the aesthetics and politics of estrangement and argues that an attentive look at the history of estrangement reveals its deep involvement with revolutionary …
From “Big Archives” to “Slow Archives,” and Back: An Interview with Sven Spieker
In this interview, Sven Spieker discusses his past and present work regarding the relationship between contemporary art and archives, including in his most recent book publication, Art as Demonstration. A Revolutionary Recasting of Knowledge (MIT Press, 2024)
Ukrainian Archives during the Russian Invasion: An Interview with Andriy Kohut
This interview with Dr. Andriy Kohut, Director of the Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine, sheds light on the critical challenges and unexpected resilience of Ukrainian archives amidst the ongoing Russian invasion. Kohut details how archives have become direct targets, with instances of looting, destruction, and removal of materials to Russia, particularly those related to Soviet-era secret police documents. Despite these th…
The Archive and and and The Repertoire”: An Interview with Diana Taylor
In this wide-ranging interview, Diana Taylor reflects on her field-changing book The Archive and the Repertoire, revisiting its origins, evolution, and continued relevance. Taylor then discusses her work in founding and leading the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL), her critique of archival authority as a colonial tool, and the ongoing need for anticolonial, embodied, and community-based archival practices. As the title of the i…
Re-turning to Archives: ‘There is Always More to Find and It Feels Real.’” An Interview with Terri Francis
In this interview, Terri Francis—scholar, curator, filmmaker, and former director of the Black Film Center & Archive—discusses her experiences with archives across scholarly, pedagogical, and artistic practices. Reflecting on formative experiences in Eatonville and her long-standing commitment to the work of Zora Neale Hurston, Francis describes a trajectory that includes essay filmmaking, public programming, and archival research as forms of sto…
When You Look at the Archives, You Also See the Shadows and also the Grays, the Different Degrees of Grays”: An Interview with Iosif Király
This interview with Romanian artist, architect, and educator Iosif Király, conducted by Cristina Vatulescu, explores his long-standing engagement with archives, memory, and time through visual art. It focuses on his early work with the subREAL collective, especially their innovative use of the discarded photo archive of Arta magazine in post-communist Romania. These forgotten materials became both artistic media and tools for historical reflectio…
Introduction: Archival Turns, Twists, and New Directions
This introduction offers an overview of the archival turn and its current trajectories across disciplines and art forms. Originating from two symposia—“Re-mediating the Archive” and “Archival Turns, Twists, and New Directions”—the special issue reflects the multidisciplinary and collaborative spirit that animates much recent archive-related work. The four peer-reviewed articles and seven interviews in this special issue were chosen as stand-out c…
The Archive is Dormant, Never Dead”: An Interview with Ann Laura Stoler
In this wide-ranging, spirited, and generous interview, Ann Laura Stoler revisits her decades-long engagement with colonial archives, tracing a trajectory that moves from fieldwork in North Sumatra to her foundational contributions to archival theory and critique. Stoler discusses how her early encounters with the architecture of Dutch colonial capitalism and the personal archives of civil servant Frans Carl Valck led her to reconceive the archiv…
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