2025 – Conference Proceedings of “Culture and Creative Practice” (2024)

MUSIC Section

The Cultural Aspirations of Contemporary Musicology – an Exigency or
a Utopia?

Romanian symphonic poems from the first half of the 20th century: Marsyas and Acteon
Ștefana AMARII
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0001 | Full article PDF

New perspectives on Richard Wagner’s opera
George Ștefan COMAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0003 | Full article PDF

A visit to the lied creation of composer Mihail Jora
Sorana Mihaela DASCĂLU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0004 | Full article PDF

Olivier Messiaen: religious faith and musical expression. Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus 
Viviana FARCAȘ
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0005 | Full article PDF

Music criticism in the Iași press (1840–1945). Documentary landmarks and quantitative guidelines
Irina Petronela FLORIAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0006 | Full article PDF

Stylistic Similarities and Contrasts between George Enescu’s Third Sonata ‘in the Romanian Folk Style’ and Childhood Impressions 
Doina GRIGORE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0007 | Full article PDF

A musician’s cultural resistance in the Theresienstadt camp. Viktor Ullmann 
Loredana IAȚEȘEN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0008 | Full article PDF

Between globalisation and identity: polystylism and World Music in postmodernism 
Maria-Isabela NICA
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0009 | Full article PDF

Adrian Rațiu. The song S-aștept? [Shall I Wait?] with lyrics by Tudor Arghezi. Stylistic and interpretative aspects
Eliza-Paraschiva IRINA-SOLOMON
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0010 | Full article PDF

Feminism – a facet of New Musicology
Mihaela Vosganian: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Oana Diana ZAMFIR
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0011 | Full article PDF

THEATRE and PERFORMING ARTS Section

Culture and Creation. Doctoral Research as a Cultural Act

Theatre as Eroticism
Călin CIOBOTARI
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0012 | Full article PDF

The dimensions of British humour in theatre
Tiana Elena ALEXE
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0013 | Full article PDF

Culture in the digital age 
Ana Maria BĂLESCU
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0014 | Full article PDF

Doctoral research in art: between the preservation of cultural values and the challenges of the contemporary crisis 
Vladimir Bogdan BOCA
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0015 | Full article PDF

From independent cultural worker to professional cultural worker
Simina CORLAT
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0016 | Full article PDF

Research and culture. The Middle Way
Tomi CRISTIN
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0017 | Full article PDF

Female identity from the perspective of acts of violence
Rape as a weapon of war in contemporary drama
Anda-Florina DRĂGAN
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0018 | Full article PDF

How to make theatre attractive for teenagers 
Georgiana ENE
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0019 | Full article PDF

Cultural dimensions of doctoral research in the field of Theatre and Performance Arts 
Alexandra-Sorana EȘANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0020 | Full article PDF

The actress in research – between emotion and reason
Maria LELEA
“Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0021 | Full article PDF

Open/Closed PhD or How and for Whom Does One Write?
Teodora MEDELEANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
University of Gdánsk, Poland
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0022 | Full article PDF

Research for the benefit of the community 
Ionuț NICULAE
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0023 | Full article PDF

Dance in the realm of ethics 
Ileana OCNEANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0024 | Full article PDF

The performance of doctoral research 
Simona PUSTIANU
“I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Film, București
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0025 | Full article PDF

Writing a doctoral thesis in the field of theatre – a voluntary, necessary or “imposed” act
Ioana SOREANU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0026 | Full article PDF

The post-1989 Romanian theatre dynamics in relation to the legislative and fiscal framework dedicated to performing arts in the independent sector
Doru TALOȘ
“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0027 | Full article PDF

Animation theatre: creativity and socio-cultural determinations 
Giuseppe TORBOLI
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0028 | Full article PDF

VISUAL ARTS Section

Cultural Practices in Techno-Scientific and Eco-Creative Contexts

Affective imagination as a form of temporal resistance in technocapitalism
Lorena MARCIUC
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0029 | Full article PDF

Interdisciplinary approaches in historiographical curatorial practice
Cristiana URSACHE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0030 | Full article PDF

The relationship between artistic research and the urban environment in the context of global urbanism
Ioana ROȘU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0031 | Full article PDF

Aesthetic dissonances in the local urban context – eclectic spaces and street advertising
Dumitrița GURĂU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0032 | Full article PDF

The bazaar as an unconventional exhibition space. A case study
Cătălin MARINESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0033 | Full article PDF

The anti-user: between author and user
Mihai-Aureliu SAVIN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0034 | Full article PDF

From concept to algorithm – self-reflections on the personal artistic practice
Radu Mihăiță MARȚIN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0035 | Full article PDF

Forms of artistic transposition of philosophical ideas through conceptual re-staging
Cristiana URSACHE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0036 | Full article PDF

Can Real Artwork Be Created with Artificial Intelligence?
Müberra BÜLBÜL
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0037 | Full article PDF

Science fiction dystopia – the influence of technology on views of the future
Sabina BENESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0038 | Full article PDF

Aspects of the horror genre in graphic novels
Cristina CHIORESCU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0039 | Full article PDF

A brief exploration of the history of book illustration in Europe
Bianca Ionela TULEA
West University, Timișoara
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0040 | Full article PDF

Hybridisation of the Contemporary Self-Portrait
Cristiana-Emanuela TĂRBUC
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0041 | Full article PDF

The memory of communism in Romanian art after 1989
Diana-Beatrice MOLNOS
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0042 | Full article PDF

Two forms of resistance: Ion Grigorescu and the KwieKulik duo
Georgiana-Cristiana IFTODE
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0043 | Full article PDF

Moldovan cultural values through the lens of the exhibition “100 Years of National Graphic Art”
Iuliana GHERMAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0044 | Full article PDF

Why can’t we find goldsmiths alongside contemporary artists?
Miruna ȘTEFAN
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0045 | Full article PDF

Reconfiguring artistic paradigms in contemporary jewellery: sustainable practices, upcycling and eco-ethical discourses 
Raluca Bianca STOICA
University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0046 | Full article PDF

Interactivity and creativity in design, through the lens of materiality
Rareș Alexandru CREȚU
“George Enescu” National University of the Arts, Iași
DOI: 10.35218/icds-2025-0047 | Full article PDF