about
“I believe that the fall of the Iron Curtain and the re-appearance of Eastern Europe into the global art scene resulted in a particular interest in history-as-material in art. A lot of verges on a kind of nostalgia and the historical footage that is already interesting in itself. But I don’t think I have ever seen such elaborate de and re constructing practices like those of Kristina. The work on show was really a surprise, especially in its setting: in the resounding of space and the distribution of the sculptural, the sound and the text parts. The tree parts make it all more than their sum and the abstractionist result still evokes the drama of the Bosnian war in which the Netherlands and the Hague, as political capital and the center of international justice, also played a role.”
except from the text focusing on
‘Soundtrack (statements of guilt)’
Royal Academy of Art
July,2011
Jelle Bouwhuis
“Taking guilt confessions of convicted people at International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia as a point of departure, Kristina managed to turn them into an impressive work of art by transposing the text into a composition that could be either played on a piano, or that could be part of the installation. In doing this she managed to steer away from simply representing traumatic experiences to establishing a work of art that succeeds in making the audience connect to the guilt and trauma.”
except from the text focusing on
‘Soundtrack (statements of guilt)’
Royal Academy of Art
July,2011
Dr.F.W.A. Korsten
“Partly poetic, partly deeply disturbing Kristina brings us to the point where we no longer can fix the limits where the performance ends and life takes over. In her life performances as well in the cinematic/video depictions of theatrical and performative setups, Kristina shows a strong awareness of how to direct her audience and confront them with an artistic project deeply rooted in the artist’s personal background.”
except from the text on the group of works
presented at the final exam exhibition
Gerrit Rietveld Academy
July ,2009
Hans Jürgen Hafner ,Lily van der Stokker