Name: Ioana Raluca Noveanu
Country Of Origin: Romania
Country Now Residing: France
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After more than a year and a half of living in another country, it is still hard for me to adapt. The fact that I don’t speak my mother language and I experience a physical distance with my past make me feel weak and lonely. Besides, my husband works 13-14 hours a day, so in the beginning I was really lonely; also we had to leave our two dogs back in Romania, at least for a while. I miss them and in the same time I experience a feeling of guilt towards them.
Although the French people are a European and Latin one, I realize how different their style is in that they think and act unlike us, the Romanians. That makes me feel disoriented, uncomfortable.
French universities don’t recognize my BA degree, so I can’t apply to a Masters program. It is difficult for me to feel part of a social group where I could exchange ideas, share a creative dialogue and feel that I belong to an artistic community.
I’ve started a project which is about this feeling of isolation. I make reference to the fairy-tales, Paris being a marvelous town, a city I have been dreaming about since I was a child. I want to create ambivalent, absurd scenes.
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