Ediorials - So, What Do You Want to Hear?, interventions on photography, photo on tracing paper, different sizes, 2021

So, What Do You Want to Hear? is Silvia Traistaru s first exhibition in her own studio (within the Malmaison Studios, which is also a project space), part of a series of (artistic) researches on nature observation, especially in the Bucegi Mountains, Romania.
The multidisciplinary team of the project is composed of: a graphic artist, photographer; a geologist, poet and translator of Old English, climbing instructor; a PhD in Physics, passionate about climbing and hiking and an artist, particularly interested in direct observation of nature and interspecies communication.
Three-quarters of the Earth s original forests have been cut. We must change the human beliefs and conditioning about our relationship to nature. A real massacre is taking place in the Bucegi Natural Park, whole plots of secular forests in the area have been cut down and the felled trees would have an average age of almost 200 years.
"We quietly radiate to you, and it is as if you must stop and listen to us" Dorothy Maclean

Silvia lives and works in Bucharest as a visual artist and independent conservator.
In 2002, after graduating from the National University of Arts in Bucharest, she started working in her own studio, where she combines her own painting, drawing and photography projects with art conservation. She restored works from the national and international heritage, from the 16th-19th centuries, different painting schools - Italian, Dutch, etc. and from different areas of Romania. In recent years, she has focused especially on the restoration of modern and contemporary art, with a portfolio of important Romanian artists: Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Theodor Pallady, Geta Brătescu, Ion Grigorescu, Paul Neagu.
In 2010 she was awarded the special prize Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy and the finalist for the 26th edition of The Artist Magazine competition.
"Unwritten Process", part of IEEB7 - Fabricated Histories. Truth and Fiction in Recent History, curator Olivia Nițis, Institute of Art History, Bucharest; "The Last Communists" Convention, Atelier 35, Bucharest and "The Story of a Day/ The Story of a Day During the Pandemic", at The National Museum of Maps and Old Books, are the artist s most important personal exhibitions.
The group exhibitions she participated in include: "Behind The Times," Solo Show / Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York; "Social Isolation," Rattha Gallery, Santiago, Chile; CAR. - Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany; Join The Dots / Connect The Distances, Trieste, Italy; Imago Mundi - The Art of Humanity, Treviso, Italy; Doina, Anexa MNAC, Bucharest; Body World II, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest; The New Figurative, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest; Fur & Skin, ArtYourself Gallery, Bucharest; Your Name in Lights, John Baldessari, The Holland Festival and The Stedelijk Museum; Nord Art - Kunst in der Carlshutte, Germany; Mobilehome, Lagar das Portas do Ceu, Loule, Portugal / Nuno Faria.
Silvia is particularly interested in direct observation of nature and interspecies communication.