Time Machine. 2010

In her project for Manifesta 8, Cristina David investigates the conventions of social time versus cosmic time, measured over what we classify as a single year - one full rotation of the earth around the sun. David presents a video in which an astro-physicist discusses these ideas from a scientific point of view. The artist also stages a performance in which she stays in Murcia for six weeks (October 9- November 24), changing the normal rhythm of her life from the conventional time zone (UTC) to a personalised astronomical time. Her methodology involves scientific accuracy and daily personal experience, resulting in an evolving installation in which her diary notes are made available to the public. http://www.cristinadavid.ro/

Cristina David 1979, Bucharest. Lives in Bucharest.

Cristina started her artistic training at the Art Academy in Bucharest and completed her MDA at the Art Academy in Bergen. Between 1998 and 2000 she studied at the Faculty of Mathematic from Bucharest, but as she puts it "unfortunately I forgot most of the things I learned in that period." In her career she had a short period of self-introspection but she felt quite uncomfortable with it so she is done with that. She now combines scientific facts with art and she is enthusiastic of what she is discovering. Her works are often humorous. Video is still the most comfortable media for her, even if lately the temptation for installations made her try some of those as well.