Muse um represents the endless search of the artistic perspective, through the experimental forms created in the material and foraged from nature. It is the place where the muses can be found as well as lost, the creation becoming only an ephemeral memory.
I created this concept from the need of opening a dialogue, questioning our practices and our values, having at its core my childhood knowledge. Asking the question of how much we take and how little we give back?
Half of my childhood life I spend trying to create connections between me and butterflies, our sweet apricot tree and the earth that was resting in the winter. Now I integrate nature in my pieces, such as foraged seeds, stones and marine gifts. I am sewing them on my garments and braiding shells on my necklaces hoping to tell the stories of our mutual home.
I am experimenting with different forms of materials and textures bridging the gap between art and nature. My new project ‘’Plant the seed’’ I want to insert native perennial flowers seeds in my pieces, therefore when these items are worn, the seeds will be spread to the ground. Human beings as seed carriers leaving behind a heritage of wild flowers.
A language that is felt, Director Raluca Croitoru
Artistic Statement of Raluca Croitoru
A language that is felt is a long-term research project focused on the historical, visual and written accounts of friendship between women. The video approaches friendship between women as a site of political potential and as a dynamic and improvisational process that requires continuous self-pluralization and an embrace of ambivalence and improbability...