Sinziana Ravini

Born in 1976.
Lives and works in Sweden

Program YCI 2007 participant

Education

Gothenburg University (1995-2004)

• Master of Arts in Science of Arts
• Master of Arts in German
• Master of Arts in French
• Basic & advanced courses in Comparative Literature and Philosophy
• Basic & advanced courses in Art Theory at Valand Academy of Fine Arts
• Basic course in Global Science at Museion

Sorbonne University Paris 1 and 3 (2002)

Philosophy and Comparative Literature

Heidelberg University (2001)

Phd student in the Department of Germanic Studies and Education
Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Theology and Art History

Otto-Friedrich Universität, Bamberg (2000)

Comparative Literature, Philosophy

Master’s papers

• Master of Arts in Science of Arts:
”Intercultural Aesthetics – neo-colonial patterns in contemporary art”
(Gothenburg University 2004)
• Master of Arts in German:
”Goethe – Grenzen der Menschheit und das Göttliche”
(Gothenburg University 2000)
• Master of Arts in French:
”La croyance et le doute. Quelques réflexions sur Pascal,
Descartes et les grands courants de la pensée au XVIIe siècle.”
(Gothenburg University 1997)

Work

• Art critic for the Daily Newspaper – ”Göteborgs-Posten” (2005-2007)
• Editor, writer and translator for Paletten Magazine (2004-2007)
• Curator, Bonniers Konsthall, ”In search of the lost self” (2007)
• Lecturer at Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Photography, Göteborgs Konstskola
and Gerlesborg Konstskola
• Course Leader in academic writing at the Academy of Photography, Gothenburg (2007)
• Paper Tutor, Opponent at the Academy of Photography, Gothenburg (2005-2007)
• Paper Opponent, Lecturer at Valand Academy of Fine Arts (2006-2007)
• Debater at Moderna Museum (Stockholm) Art Museum (Gothenburg) (2005-2007)
• Language Teacher, French/English, Åbyskolan Fall Term (2007)
• Language Teacher, German/English, Ängskolan Spring Term (2007)
• Interpreter and Translator for Swedish translation agency Semantix/Tolkjouren (2000-2007)
• Marketing Researcher for Tolkjouren (2000-2001)
• Science Assistant at Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg/Germany (2000)
• Translator for Bebeceto AB and Ord&Bild (1997-1999)

Publications

Essays/Articles

• “The Depoliticized field, the mental revolutions and the new medias 1975-85” Catalogue Text for
“Light the Darkness” exhibition at the Gothenburg Art Museum (2007)
• “Psychedelic art, social surrealism and Fun Art” Glänta Magazine (2007)
• “Goethe and the emancipation of man”, Axess Magazine, Theme: Said and Orientalism (2007)
• “Sinziana Ravini about Kajsa G Eriksson”, The Annual Catalogue of the National Art Council,
Sweden (Nr. 36) (2007)
• “Between idealism and materialism, text and nontext”, Aorta Magazine (2007)
• “The church, the state and the market”, Site Magazine (Nr. 18-19. 2007)
• “The eternal return of romanticism”, Catalogue Text for the exhibition “In search of the lost self”,
Bonniers Konsthall (2007)
• “Craft in dialogue – Craft is handmade communication”, review for Paletten Magazine – theme:
Handcraft (Nr. 1. 2007)
• “Russian Images”, Ord & Bild – Paranoia/Russian (Nr. 6. 2006 & Nr. 1. 2007)
• “The lovelife of Goethe – between solutions and resolutions”, Aorta – theme: decadence (Nr. 2006:4)
• ”Neoexotism as artistic strategy in the works of Katarina Nitsch, Lovisa Ringborg and Kristina Müntzing”,
Paletten – Desire and Exotism (Nr. 3. 2006)
• ”Intercultural Aesthetics”, Glänta Magazine (Nr. 3. 2006)
• ”Biennalrhetorics and politics of taste”, Paletten Magazine – What is Art? (Nr. 4. 2005-2006)
• ”Inverted Film Noir Aesthetics – A study of the visual world of Katarina Nitsch” Exhibition Catalogue,
Anna Nordlander Museum (2006)
• ”Dialogical Aesthetics and the rise and fall of relational aesthetics”, Paletten Magazine –
Theme Dialogue – the luxury of freedom” (Nr. 2. 2006)
• ”Oleg Kulik – the social monster”, Paletten Magazine – theme: The Moscow Biennale and the
Russian Art Scene (Nr. 1. 2005)
• ”AES+F Group”, Paletten Magazine – theme: The Moscow Biennale and the Russian Art Scene (Nr. 1. 2005)
• ”In-between Worlds, about Clemens von Wedemeyer”, Paletten Magazine – theme: The Moscow Biennale
and the Russian Art Scene (Nr. 1. 2005)
• ”The fundamental nature of the sound” (about Russel Haswell) Exhibition Catalogue, The Populist –
Frankfurt Kunstverein (2005)
• ”Don’t think, look” (about Amar Kanwar), The Populist – Frankfurt Kunstverein (2005)

Reviews in the Daily Newspaper Göteborgs-Posten

• ”Sven Nilsson” (9 September 2007)
• “What do we do with what we see and know?” (29 August 2007)
• ”Male, brusque and loving“ (17 August 2007)
• ”About the fear of thinking wrong” (13 July 2007)
• “A low-voiced declaration of love” (2 June 2007)
• ”Saturday review” (12 May 2007)
• ”Saturday review” (31 March 2007)
• ”Sinziana Ravini about the Moscow Biennale”, Chronicle (4 March 2007)
• ”Saturday review” (10 February 2007)
• “Liljevalchs Konsthall: Spring Lounge” (1 February 2007)
• ”Martin Widerberg” (20 January 2007)
• ”Saturday Review” (2 December 2006)
• “The impossible artspace” (24 November 2006)
• ”Saturday Review” (9 September 2006)
• ”The return of the drawing board” (8 September 2006)
• ”Wild swines, playboys and Nordic melancholia” (6 September 2006)
• ”Mirrorings and Reflections” (12 August 2006)
• ”Intriguing art colonizes the public space in the middle of the EM-Whirl” (11 August 2006)
• ”From sideburns to bleached hair” (27 April 2006)
• ”Rather exotic than normalised” (6 May 2006)
• ”The rebellion against the father is not enough” (25 March 2006)
• ”Enlightment and virgin forest” (11 March 2006)
• ”Through the binoculars” (21 January 2006)
• ”Play with visual lusts” (10 December 2005)
• ”A bus trip to Kållered is equally good” (Chronicle) (24 November 2005)
• ”For the sake of the freeing humour” (6 November 2005)
• ”What remains, is a simple, Romanian peasant” (30 June 2005)
• “Give us intellectual entertainment”, Inquiry about Göteborgs Konsthall (31 May 2005)

Debates/Discussions

• “The eternal return of romanticism”. Discussion with Sven-Olov Wallenstein. Sunday Lounge at
Bonniers Konsthall (3 June 2007)
• “Sinziana Ravini about Stefan Constantinescu”. Box Discussion at Gallery Box (21 March 2007)
• Artist Talk at Röda Sten with Fredrik Svensk and the Bachelor students from the Academy of
Photography, (3 May 2006)
• Panel Discussion “Scène d’amour”, Feministic Forum in Malmö. Other participants: Elisabeth Kaleebi,
Asha Omar, Rakel Chukri, Nadja Mazzoni, Pernilla Ouis. Moderator: Viktorija Kalonaityté (8 April 2006)
• Literary Symposium about the descended writer Mare Kandre, Haga Theatre, Gothenburg. Other
participants: Per Planhammar, Joen Gustafsson, Mats Johnson and Malin Lindroth (25 March 2006)
• Panel Discussion at the Moderna Museum, Stockholm. Other participants: John Peter Nilsson,
Magdalena Malm, Dan Jönsson and Mustafa Can. Moderator: Camilla Carlberg (12 March 2006)
• Panel Discussion ”Art, power and the power of art” The Manson of Jonsered. Other participants:
Mark Nash and Joseph Backstein. Moderator: Johan Öberg (8 December 2005)

Lectures/Oppositions

• Aesthetical Revolutions and the depoliticized field, Göteborgs Konstmuseum (28 November 2007)
• Trends in contemporary art” Lecture at Gerlesborgs Konstskola (27 September 2007)
• Opposition: Bachelor Theses at Valand Academy of Fine Arts (17 September 2007)
• “Mesopotamia and Classical Antiquity” Lecture in Art history at Göteborgs Konstskola (14 September 2007)
• Opposition: Bachelor Students at the Academy of Photography in Gothenburg (9-11 May 2007)
• “About feminism, postfeminism and the art of constructing and deconstructing an ism” Lecture at
Gerlesborgs Konstskola (18 April 2007)
• “From romanticism to symbolism”. Lecture at Göteborgs Konstskola (30 March 2007)
• “Genus Theory - from feminism till post feminism”. Lecture at Valand Academy of Fine Arts (12 March 2007)
• “Pro and Contra Art Theory”. Seminar in Art Theory at Gerlesborgs Konstskola (9 March 2007)
• “From Barock to Classicism”. Lecture in Art history at Göteborgs Konstskola (23 January 2007)
• “From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance”. Lecture in Art history at Göteborgs Konstskola (26 January 2007)
• “Strategic Exotism – between postcolonial theory and artistic practice”. Lecture at Valand Academy of Fine
Arts (30 October 2006)
• ”Encounters between artist and public – some reflections on relational aesthetics, community art,
participatory art and dialogical aesthetics”. Lecture for the staff at Göteborgs Konsthall (22 September 2006)
• “Art, education and the will to survive in the context of the Moscow Biennale”. Lecture for the academy
students from among others: Städel-Schule, Valand and ICA at the “Education Annex” of the Institute of
Contemporary Art of Moscow (14 September 2006)
• ”Dialogical Aesthetics – about desirable and undesirable encounters in relational aesthetics and
community art practices. Lecture at Gerlesborgs Konstskola (5 April 2006)
• Opposition: Master Theses at the Academy of Photography in Gothenburg (12 December 2005)

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