Daria Radu BA

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My name is Daria Radu, I am 21 years old and currently in my 4th and final year of my Photography BA at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.

As a Romanian artist, my photography practice investigates notions of post-memory, transgenerational trauma, untold stories, cultural identity and Western-Eastern European tension. As my interest lies primarily in the past, I use my projects as outlets for stories that could be forgotten. In my work, I use photography, sound, book-making and research, the latter being a very important aspect.

Critical, yet gentle and angry yet caring, my projects have a political layer in the background and an emotional one in the foreground, because I want to facilitate a healing conversation to follow. At the core of what I do is the drive to stitch the open wounds of my culture within the safe space of an artistic environment.