Works

BABIES Sow skin and stainless steel installation on the fate of animals raised for human consumption. NICE TO MEAT YOU Pig skin and fat on the duality between Christian mercy and ritual animal sacrifice. ONE AND INFINITE ELLIPSE Nanolithography and electron microscope prints exploring the ellipse as form and definition. ICH BIN EIN FRANKFURTER! Concrete pots with embedded bones, on indifference toward the global decline of democracy. GENTLE SHADOW A tribute in led and steel to a woman remembered as a straight, unwavering line. ABOUT VIOLENCE; A MATTER OF #RESISTANCE Steel pipes cracked by thermal shock, canvas worn by industrial foot traffic. MY 950 COUSINS Plexiglass tubes and neon mapping DNA-confirmed relatives, a statement against xenophobia. SATIN PILLOWS Steel barbed-wire flag and robotic glove made days after the 2016 US election. S.E.P.O.C. – WWW.SEPOC.RO Interactive net art that turns any uploaded image into a poem, prose, or music. KIPPENBERGER'S DREAM Polycarbonate and video loop interpreting Martin Kippenberger's self-mythologising irony. VANISHING POINT A customized neon light piece. BLINDNESS MOUTH Mouth prosthesis set in plexiglass and canvas. CYBORG SAINT A hominid skull in plexiglass and LED, on humanity's new idols: technology and AI. MAKE LIKE NOT WORK Plexiglass lettering with a hex key embedded, recasting "make love not war" for a post-truth age. F.A.I.T.H. Letters built from cigarette ash and gold leaf, an ironic statement on fanatical belief. USELESS COUPLE - THE INTELLECTUALS A waterjet-cut shovel and spade paired on a metal prop. GENETIC DRIFT A found cherry tree fused with stainless steel processing remnants. 13 JARS Neon and glass jars abstracting Leonardo's "The Last Supper," Judas marked by flickering light. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE II Video loop on Cold War tension renewed by Russia's modern geopolitical interference. BLACK BOXES An original Harrier flight data recorder among damaged cardboard boxes. MY CHILDHOOD IS MY FUTURE A child's toy paired with tablet and video loop. COMRADES PARTY A custom-made cleaver on a waterjet-cut steel plate and painted tray. GRAND HOTEL "LE MONDE" An ice bucket staged with pills, thermometers, injections and ampoules. WANTED FOR NOTHING (D.O.G.M.A.) A sound and light installation typing only D-O-G-M-A, generating electronic prayer-like tones. WANTED FOR NOTHING A baby boar staged in an aquarium with induction coil, wind chimes, and black sand. STATISTICS A machine-gun cartridge pouch refilled with burning candles, charting the toll of war over time. SLĂNINĂ LEADERS Sow skin portraits of Putin, Trump, Xi Jinping, Le Pen and Farage. I ROBOT Part of the ongoing series on artificial intelligence and the human-machine relationship. LOOKING AT AN EMPTY GLANCE Wooden chairs and LED-lit polycarbonate sheets on a steel-framed pedestal. REVERSE EVOLUTION Concrete pots with embedded bones, imagining animals withdrawing from a violent human world. LA CANTATRICE CHAUVE Motorized polycarbonate layers, borrowing Ionesco's title to stage postmodern absurdity. POSTMODERN BILLS Laser-engraved currency distorting "In God We Trust" into a postmodern statement on truth. MY 852 COUSINS A personal DNA test rendered as tablet video loop and generated sound. POSTMODERN BILLS (FLAG PROPOSAL) Laser-engraved bills distorting currency iconography into a postmodern statement on truth. 100 YEARS SONG Net art stretching Édith Piaf's "La Vie en Rose" to play once, in full, over a century. ORGANIC STARDUST A 140kg concrete slab with embedded induction coil broadcasting a heartbeat through a stethoscope. THE CONVENIENT WAY OF HANDLING THE MESS Three waterjet-cut metal discs, 30cm in diameter. I SEE NOTHING Polycarbonate sheets and video loop on a tablet, framed in steel and neon. THE JOURNEY Soil, grass, and a broken compass staged within neon-lit polycarbonate sheets. CONTEMPORARY HOUSES Cut books and currency critiquing the Romanian Cathedral as a monument to backwardness. THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH Waterjet-cut books framed in steel and plexiglass. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE A custom-made cleaver set against a waterjet-cut steel plate. ROMANTIC AX A waterjet-cut axe. T.L.O.T.U.H. - TO LIKE AND OR TO UNLIKE HUMANS A monkey skull replica set in laser-cut plexiglass. FART-SMART Laser-cut plexiglass and art books paired with a light installation on painted sandpaper. THE PERSISTENCE OF ABSTRACTION A waterjet-cut book framed in polycarbonate sheets and steel bars. UNKNOWN IDENTITY OF OUR HEROES Found objects assembled in laser-cut plexiglass, variable dimensions. IN OUT / 27 AND COUNTING Light-powered bugs and an aquarium set to Strauss's Perpetuum Mobile. F.E.A.R. An old phone and tablet running a video loop on a steel support. FAST POLITICS A waterjet-cut steel table set with fast-food packaging and cactuses.