Performing Arts | Multimedia Performance | Participatory Theatre | Artistic Research
Narative și intersecții performative / Narratives and Performative Intersections is a performative research and touring project developed by the cultural organization Narative and co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN).
Conceived as a platform for artistic experimentation, education, and dialogue, the project brings together performance, multimedia art, and documentary practices in a hybrid format that engages directly with audiences and artistic communities across Romania.
At the core of the project is the performance 2025: Nouameapiesă?, created by playwright Peca Ștefan in collaboration with Cinty Ionescu, who performs live and develops the video design and real-time visual environment. The work functions as a (inter)active performative lecture, where the boundaries between author, performer, and audience are constantly renegotiated. Each performance evolves through direct interaction with spectators, who actively influence the content and direction of the piece.
Touring, Dialogue, and Community Engagement
The project was presented as a national tour, reaching multiple cities and independent or institutional venues across Romania. Each performance was followed by artist talks and participatory discussions, designed as open formats of reflection on the role of theatre, audience engagement, and the conditions of contemporary cultural production.
Alongside the performances, the project included a series of workshops and masterclasses in participatory storytelling, developed with students from major theatre universities (UNATC Bucharest, UBB Cluj-Napoca, UAT Târgu Mureș, UVT Timișoara) as well as with young participants from communities with limited access to cultural events.
Multimedia Documentation and Research
An essential component of Narative și intersecții performative is its documentary dimension. The touring process was recorded, capturing the diversity of artistic spaces, independent initiatives, and local cultural ecosystems encountered along the way.
This “road-trip” format functions as both artistic documentation and research, offering a real-time perspective on the challenges, strategies, and forms of resilience within the Romanian performing arts scene.
Artistic Role of Cinty Ionescu
Within the project, Cinty Ionescu acts as multimedia artist, performer, and documentarist, shaping the visual and conceptual layer of the performance.
By working at the intersection of performance, installation, and live media, her practice expands the theatrical space into a hybrid format where image, presence, and participation are continuously negotiated.
Context and Relevance
Narative și intersecții performative reflects on the role of theatre in a rapidly changing cultural landscape, questioning traditional formats and proposing new models of interaction between artists and audiences.
Through its combination of touring performance, participatory formats, and documentary research, the project creates a dynamic platform for exploring how artistic practices can remain relevant, adaptive, and socially engaged within the contemporary Romanian context.
Artistic Team, Workshop & Documentation
Peca Ștefan and Cinty Ionescu
Project Team
Graphic Design: Sorin Păun
Poster Artwork & Photos: David Grohe
Communication & Social Media: Stratagents
Music: Gabriel Kirmaier
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Convivial Câmpulung, Replika Educational Theatre Center, 3g HUB, Reactor de creație și experiment, Teatrul de Nord Satu Mare, Trupa Mihai Raicu, Auăleu Teatru, Teatrul Andrei Mureșanu, Teatrul Tineretului Piatra Neamț, Teatrul pentru Copii şi Tineret GONG și Primăria Sibiu, Asociația Culturală Sub Stejar, Centrul de Creație pentru Copii și Adolescenți “stART”
Universities:
Ion Luca Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest
The Arts University in Târgu Mureș
The Faculty of Theatre and Film at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj
The Faculty of Music and Theatre at the West University of Timișoara