Dr Vlad Morariu
| Name | Dr Vlad Morariu |
|---|---|
| Job title | Senior Lecturer in Fashion Visual Cultures |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | School of Design |
| Email address | V.Morariu@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6421-5727 |
| Contact category | Researcher |
Biography
Biography Dr Vlad Morariu is a researcher, curator and academic based at Middlesex University London. His work sits across 20th Century philosophy, semiotics, and visual and material cultures, particularly focusing on the construction and deconstruction of institutional narratives. In 2017, together with Raluca Voinea and Judit Angel, Morariu initiated Collection Collective: an international art collection established, owned, and managed collectively by its more than 50 members.
Teaching Middlesex University (current) PhD Supervision Olgica Momirowska (2024-2027): Redefining Boundaries: Correlations between Fine Art and Fashion Design (Director of Studies) Matthew Maxwell (2022-2025): The Ghost in the Cloud: Generative Artificial Intelligence in contemporary art practice (Supervisor) Noura Al Otaibi (2020-Completion): ‘The Intercorrelation between Arabic Calligraphy and Graphic Design in Saudi Arabia’ (Director of Studies) PhD Examination Casey MacKenzie (2023): Blood, Death and Desert. Engaging with Radical Theology Through Art Practice, History, and Theory’ (Viva Voce Chair) Neda Mohamadi (2022): ‘A Curatorial Study of Migration in Arts’ (PhD Viva Examiner) Paula St. Clare Chambers (2020): ‘Feral Objects and Acts of Domestic Piracy: Sculpture, Secular Magic and Strategies of Feminist Disruption’ (PhD Transfer Examiner and Viva Chair) MA Modules: Critical Debates in Contemporary Art (Level 7); Advanced Research (Level 7) BA Modules: Visual Cultures Research Project (Module Leader – Level 6); Fashion Cultures and Social Responsibility (Co-Module Leader - Level 5); Fashion History and Social Identity (Co-Module Leader - Level 4) Loughborough University (previous) MA Modules: Publics: Histories, Theories and Critical Practices (Level 7) BA Modules: Art and Design Dissertation (Level 6); Visual Culture: Histories and Theories (Level 5); Contemporary Art and Aesthetics (Level 5); Art and Society (Level 5); Research, Analysis and Study Skills in Art and Design (Level 4); Drawing: Discourses and Debates (Level 4)
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Ritual, magic, and politics: The haunting of Farid Fairuz
Morariu, V. 2022. Ritual, magic, and politics: The haunting of Farid Fairuz. in: Voinea, R. (ed.) Farid Fairuz PUNCH.Unpacking a collection: Phil Cleaver’s Book-Object-Art
Morariu, V. 2021. Unpacking a collection: Phil Cleaver’s Book-Object-Art. Zhuangshi - Chinese Journal of Design.Project sigma: the temporality of activism
Morariu, V. and Karhunen, J. 2020. Project sigma: the temporality of activism. in: Kinna, R. and Whiteley, G. (ed.) Cultures of violence. Visual arts and political violence Routledge. pp. 60-78Nada Prlja: the left, language and writing
Morariu, V. 2019. Nada Prlja: the left, language and writing. The Large Glass - Journal of Contemporary Art, Culture and Theory.Collection collective: collection of contemporary art
Morariu, V., Angel, J., Voinea, R. and Collection Collective Members 2018. Collection collective: collection of contemporary art. Collection Collective.Collection Collective. Tools for self-representation. Documentary display with website launch and public seminar at tranzit.ro (Romania)
Morariu, V., Angel, J., Voinea, R. and Collection Collective Members 2018. Collection Collective. Tools for self-representation. Documentary display with website launch and public seminar at tranzit.ro (Romania). tranzit.ro, Str. Gazelei, nr. 44, sector 4 Bucharest, Romania 25 Oct - 04 Nov 2018Collection collective: rethinking function, ownership and possession
Morariu, V. 2018. Collection collective: rethinking function, ownership and possession. 'Applied Baudrillard' - 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Baudrillard Studies. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK 05 - 07 Sep 2018Collection Collective. Template for a Future Model of Representation (Exhibition at tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovakia) & Collection Collective. In the Future All Our Homes Will Be Museums (Public seminar at Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia) [Curator]
Morariu, V., Angel, J. and Voinea, R. 2017. Collection Collective. Template for a Future Model of Representation (Exhibition at tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovakia) & Collection Collective. In the Future All Our Homes Will Be Museums (Public seminar at Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia) [Curator]. tranzit.sk, Beskydská 12, Bratislava, Slovakia 10 Oct - 18 Nov 2017Collection Collective
Morariu, V., Angel, J., Voinea, R. and Collection Collective Members 2017. Collection Collective. Middlesex University Research Repository.Transitory erasures: subjects of institutional critique
Morariu, V. 2017. Transitory erasures: subjects of institutional critique. in: Oberprantacher, A. and Siclodi, A. (ed.) Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 165-180The “independent” condition: perspectives on Eastern Europe’s cultural sector
Morariu, V. 2016. The “independent” condition: perspectives on Eastern Europe’s cultural sector. Mezosfera.org.Parerga. Frames of Art/Institutional Critique (within Dissent and Certainty)
Siclodi, A., Morariu, V., Jarosch, D., Ausserdorfer, P., Brebenel, M., Grupa, F. and Freee Art Collective 2014. Parerga. Frames of Art/Institutional Critique (within Dissent and Certainty). Kunstpavillon Innsbruck 25 Oct 2013609
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