VERSION 1.0 – LAST UPDATED — 30 JUNE 2026 – GOVERNING LAW — ROMANIA / EU

Terms of Use

This is the website of an artistic practice that takes it upon itself to criticise power. By accessing it, you agree to the terms below. If the idea that art may criticise governments, politicians and institutions troubles you, this is not the place for you — and that is perfectly fine.

01 Acceptance of terms

This site is operated by Cosmin Haiaș, visual artist and automation engineer based in Timișoara. By browsing, reading or interacting with this site, you confirm that you have read and accept these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.

02 Nature of the content: opinion and critique

The works, texts and statements presented on this site are works of art and expressions of a critical position. They combine technology with the creative process to question the moral values and derailments of contemporary society. As such, the content deliberately includes criticism of governments, politicians, institutions, ideologies and structures of power. This criticism is a protected form of artistic and political expression — including through satire, parody, allegory, hyperbole and social commentary. It represents opinions and interpretations, not statements of fact, and must be read in its artistic context.

03 Freedom of expression

This practice rests on the right to free artistic expression, guaranteed by the Constitution of Romania (art. 30) and the European Convention on Human Rights (art. 10). Within this framework:

Public figures and elected officials accept, by the very nature of their office, a wider degree of criticism, scrutiny and irony than private individuals.
Criticising a policy, a decision or a regime is not a personal attack but a contribution to democratic public debate.
The names, symbols and images of public or historical figures may appear in the works solely for the purpose of commentary, critique, satire or historical documentation.

04 The limits of criticism

The criticism expressed here targets power, ideas and public conduct — not the identity, ethnicity, religion or belonging of any person. This practice does not promote or incite hatred, violence, discrimination or criminal acts. The critique of totalitarian regimes and historical abuses is an act of remembrance, not a glorification of them.

05 What this work stands for

The critique is never an end in itself — it is the negative space around a set of convictions. This practice openly takes the side of those who cannot defend themselves in the public arena, and the works return again and again to the same commitments:

ANIMAL RIGHTS

A long-standing engagement against the exploitation and silent suffering of animals — from industrial farming to ecological collapse. Works such as Fish & (micro)chips confront the way living creatures are processed into commodity and data.

ENVIRONMENT & WATER

Microchips embedded in river mud, submerged narratives, melting ICE — a sustained inquiry into pollution, climate breakdown and the rivers and seas we treat as dumping grounds.

AGAINST TOTALITARIANIS

Telephones that resurrect dictators, the architecture of fear — an unflinching memory of authoritarian regimes and a refusal to let their methods be normalised again.

HUMAN DIGNITY

Salvaged voices speaking what was silenced, the discarded made visible — a defence of the overlooked, the censored and the dispossessed against indifferent power.

These commitments are the lens through which every criticism on this site should be read: not contempt for people, but the defence of the living, the vulnerable and the truth.

05 Intellectual property

All works, images, texts, diagrams and visual elements on this site are the property of the author and are protected by copyright law. You may quote or reference them for the purpose of critical commentary, education, the press or research, with attribution of the source. Reproduction, commercial reuse or modification without the author’s written consent is not permitted.

06 User conduct

You undertake to use the site for lawful purposes and not to attempt to compromise its security, perform mass automated extraction of the content, or use the materials in a way that distorts their meaning or removes them from their artistic context. The site does not currently host comments or user-generated content.

07 Liability & external links

The content is provided “as is”, for informational and artistic purposes. The author does not guarantee that the site will be permanently available or error-free, and is not liable for the interpretations or actions taken on the basis of the content. The site may contain links to external sources (sepoc.ro, 100yearssong.com and others) for which the author is not responsible.

07 Right of reply

Any person or institution addressed by a work has the right to submit a point of view. Well-founded, good-faith complaints are considered seriously. Requests to censor legitimate criticism, made on the basis of authority or pressure, will not be honoured.

07 Changes & governing law

These terms may be updated from time to time; the version in force is the one published on this page. The terms are governed by the laws of Romania and the European Union, and any disputes fall under the jurisdiction of the courts of Timișoara. If any provision is found invalid, the remaining provisions stay fully applicable.

MANIFESTO

“Art that does not disturb power is mere decoration. Here, every installation is an argument — engineered with precision, aimed with intent.”

C.H. / GRUP AVANPOST · U.A.P. TIMIȘOARA