New Media District

Alexandros Raptis

Born in 1989 in Greece, Alex Raptis works in the performing arts field. His main areas of interest include theatre directing, lighting design, and musical composition. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from UNATC “I.L.Caragiale” in 2012, followed by a Master’s degree in Sound & Light Design from the same university. Since 2014, he has been creating lighting design and music for performances, jazz concerts, and theatre productions. His most recent directed play is “Străinul” (based on “Invocarea Farmecului” by Y. Mavritsakis) at POINT. His latest lighting design projects include “DON QUIJOTE” (directed by Baczó Tünde) produced by Teatrul Nottara in Bucharest, and “KOMOREBI,” produced by Vanner Collective and hosted by the National Theatre Bucharest. While residing and working in Romania, he also engages in projects and tours in other countries (USA, Canada, South Africa, EU). Alex creates electronic music and serves as the drummer for the band MIDPOINT. Currently, he is working on several interactive installations, aiming to merge his passion for technology and sensors with sound and lighting design. His most recent audio-visual installation is called “Light Vectors,” created in collaboration with visual artist Andrei Cozlac as part of Romanian Creative Week 2023.

Alexandru Burlacu

Alexandru BURLACU (born in 1993, Iași) is a graduate of the “Octav Băncilă” National College of Art in Iași (2012) and of the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași (2015), where he also obtained a master’s degree in the same field (2017). A dynamic presence in the artistic life of Iași and nationally, he has participated in dozens of creative camps, salons, exhibitions, with some of his works being awarded and displayed in public spaces, private collections, or art museums in Bucharest, Iași, Timișoara, Vaslui, etc. Winner of the “Atelier 35” Prize for two consecutive years (Iași, 2018, 2019), he also participated in “Art Safari” (Bucharest, 2019), and in Timișoara, he won the 3rd Prize at the International Symposium of Sculpture for Young Artists (“Stone Residence Prize”, 2017).

As the recipient of the “Dan Hatmanu” Scholarship from the UAPR (of which he became a full member in 2020), he obtained the right to work in the studio of the late dean of Iași artists, but with frequent trips to the field – especially for the “Via Transilvanica” project, to which he brings a major contribution (ongoing project).

Alexandru Radu

Alexandru Radu tells us about himself that he likes to experiment, to search, and to always focus on the process and what he can learn from each experience. That’s why the performances he has created belong to as diverse choreographic approaches as possible. Among these, we mention: “Quantum Bodies,” “The Little Prince,” “Space-Soul-Second,” “KARNAL.” At the same time, he has collaborated with directors to create choreography for theater performances, such as: “Three Sad Plays” – Radu Afrim, “Theorem of Infinite Monkeys” and “IVAN” – Antonella Cornici. Radu completed his bachelor’s studies in 2020, at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts Iași, Faculty of Theatre, Choreography Department, and two years later, he finished his master’s studies at the same educational institution, in the Performing Arts Department. He is currently an independent choreographer and a Ph.D. candidate at the “School of Doctoral Studies in Theatre” at the same University.

Alice Veliche

Alice Veliche tells us about herself that one of her greatest professional accomplishments remains the choreography creation for the 30th edition of the UNITER Gala. An energetic, wild, and always ready for a new challenge personality, Alice tackles diverse themes in her productions, ranging from well-known texts which she filters through her own lens to personal concepts that do not follow a classic narrative thread. Among the performances bearing her signature are: “Quantum Bodies,” “The Asylum,” “FeMALE,” “Space-Soul-Second,” “The Little Prince.” Characterized by her adaptability, she has collaborated with several directors across the country in choreographing theater performances: “Anthology of Disappearance” – Radu Afrim, “Massage” – Radu Afrim, “Lysistrata, My Love” – Zalán Zakariás, “Theorem of Infinite Monkeys” – Antonella Cornici. Alice completed her bachelor’s studies in 2020 at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts Iași, Faculty of Theatre, Choreography Department, and two years later, she finished her master’s studies at the same educational institution, in the Performing Arts Department. She is currently an independent choreographer and a Ph.D. candidate at the “School of Doctoral Studies in Theatre” at the same University.

Ana Teodora Popa

Ana Teodora Popa (b.1988) is a Sound Engineer and Composer from Iași, Romania. She studied at Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology and worked as a live sound engineer for the London City Music Theatre. In 2013, she started her dream job at the National Theatre in Iași, Romania, and later became the Sound and Video Department Leader. To stay involved in more creative projects, in 2017 she become a freelancer. In 2018, she won third place in the Grand Prix Nova competition with a nonverbal binaural piece, created using only mono/stereo files and a unique editing method. She takes part in innovative and challenging independent projects, including theater plays, experimental performances, sound installations and films. She worked with Regenerator and Descentrat and was part of Sonic Future Residencies. She currently writes music and works on her own binaural audio research and technique. Her artistic goal is to reach the listeners at a level where they can relate and be moved by what is already inside them.

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Anda Pop

Anda Pop (b. 1986, Cluj Napoca) graduated with a degree in performing arts from the University of Arts, Târgu Mureș in 2010 and since then has been working as a freelance set designer & visual artist, passionate about blending various expression techniques with psychological subtleties. She sets herself a challenge with each project as a form of self-growth/education but also because she is concerned with the mark she leaves in the universe. In addition to set and costume designs for theatre and commercials, she often finds herself experimenting in new realms, such as in Berlin (The New old home) where a playwright & a set designer in an exhibition context simulated a theater play in the absence of a director, resulting in a visual installation with new characteristics, the audience becoming a character. Her explorations do not stop here, and when not involved in a project, she retreats to illustrate moments that have marked her in some way, from her life as well as from her travels through the mountains.

Andrei Botnaru

Andrei Botnaru is a visual artist who works with photography, video, interactive technology, and performativity in the theatrical realm. His experience spans the boundaries between projection and content playback, image creation, and manipulation. This requires technical knowledge balanced with design skills and a creative approach to problem-solving. The artist has developed his services working in creative industries. He understands how projection relates to photography or how live video playback pertains to video post-production methods. He comprehends acting and resolution, frame rates and aesthetics, exposure, and surface brightness. His artistic practice emphasizes the sensory experience by accessing not just our sensations and perceptions but also our knowledge and understanding of how the world functions. These are specializations in different fields, but for the artist, they are all integrated into how he works. Andrei graduated from the Faculty of Visual Arts and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the George Enescu University of Arts in Iași.

Andrei Botnaru is part of the Chill Pill team. Chill Pill is the winning team of the first New Media Jam (2023), with their winning project selected to participate in the New Media District 2024.

Andrei is also a member of the Map Everything team, present in the New Media District of RCW 2024 with two works.

Andrei Cozlac

Andrei Cozlac (b. 1986) is a video artist and Lecturer at George Enescu National University of Arts, Iasi, Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Photography, Video, and Computer Image Processing, as well as a collaborating professor at the media department of the Faculty of Arts in Târgu Mureș.
An experimenter interested in the latest multimedia technologies, he has collaborated on numerous independent projects involving visuals, video mapping, and live projections.

He began his VJ activity in 2005, working with the Drums.ro and DGW crews, also collaborating with major music festivals in the country and abroad. Andrei has provided video design for theater productions directed by Silviu Purcărete, Radu Afrim, Alexandru Dabija, Charles Muller, Theodor Cristian Popescu, Eugen Jebeleanu, Ioana Paun, Octavian Jighirgiu, Florin Caracala, and others. He has created numerous interactive and non-interactive video installations and founded the AV// Sattelites project, sharing the stage with artists such as Arms and Sleepers, Sun Gliters, Brazda lui Novac, and Yvat, among others.
In 2016, he ranked third in the international video mapping competition Light Up, Iași, and in 2017, he returned as a participant and won first place.

In 2017, he received the award for video mapping in theater at the National Comedy Festival, and in 2020, he received the special U.N.I.T.E.R award for video mapping in theater at the UNITER gala, 30th edition. In 2021/2022, he exhibited alongside artists Felix Aftene and Lucian Dan Teodorovici in Berlin and Paris, and in 2022, he received his second U.N.I.T.E.R award for the creativity of video design and video mapping in the production “The Ploughman and Death,” directed by Silviu Purcarete and scenography by Dragoș Buhagiar.

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Andrei Lazar

Andrei Lazăr attended bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral studies at the Design specialization, within the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, UNAGE, Iași, where he approached the implementation of light at the product level, both in Graphic and Product Design, by studying the multisensory experience of light.

He is currently teaching at the Design specialization of “George Enescu” National University of Arts, in Iași. Also, Andrei Lazăr is passionate about Interaction Design and New Media Design, through which he tries new experiments, based on unique ways of interaction, by implementing emerging technologies in his projects.

Andrei Popovici

Passionate about art and technology, Andrei Popovici is a student at the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design in Iași.

Exploring new frontiers of contemporary art, he dedicates his artistic practice to experimenting with technology, particularly focusing on artificial intelligence, with the aim of bringing a humanizing element to his creations. His previous exhibitions at the International Center for Contemporary Art – Baia Turcească Iași, as part of the FutureNOW exhibition (2023), and in Bucharest, have confirmed his skills and creative vision. Through his works, he seeks to offer spectators interactive experiences that provoke deep introspection and reflection on their decisions.

Anton Petrut

Anton Petruț has been passionate about photography ever since he was a child. Although his professional path first led him to the technical fields, he graduated from the Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” Iași and the Computer Science High-School “Grigore Moisil” Iași, currently he coordinates the iris photography dedicated studio – EYESSENCE.

His artistic practice, guided by the motto “Soul Revealing Photography”, aims to stop people for a moment and take them on a journey towards themselves, in the fascinating universe of their eyes.

Carmen Maftei

Carmen Maftei is a visual artist from Iași, who performs collage /mixed media. She started creating visual art in 1996, when she has also made her debut in the exhibition area, at the French Cultural Center from Iași. Initially, she used the paper-collage style as a medium to express the emotions and oneiric states unleashed after the change of the communist regime in 1989. The beauty and novelty of the collages made in those first years of free expression consist in unfettering the creative grace, previously repressed by the communist space, through collaged images, cut from the first foreign magazines that permeated the Romanian market at that time. Although she followed the traditionalist path of paper collage for a long time, in the past 10 years Carmen Maftei has gone strong into approaching message-collage, mixed media and digital collage, after obtaining a Master’s degree in Photo-Video at the “George Enescu” University of Arts from Iași. The experience accumulated in all these years led, inevitably, to widening her artistic area of expression, thus her works made of collaged objects moving towards the area of visual installations.

Simion Culinca

Culinca Simion is a graduate of the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iasi, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, with a specialization in Photography, Video, Computer Image Processing. Through his works he often tries to find the limits of the medium to discuss ideas, problems and ask questions.

Dan Adrian Ionescu

d.a.i (Dan Adrian Ionescu) – interior architect and visual artist His interest in video projections and interactive installations has continued through his doctoral research, a process that can be described as a continuous development of the study of light and technology in relation to space.

The transformation of objects through the overlaying of visual and auditory effects on physical elements lies at the heart of this process. Recently, creating his own audio content has enhanced the experience of his installations.

Currently, he is an assistant professor at the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, in the Interior Design and Design department.

Dan Basu

Dan Basu is an artist based in Bucharest. His practice includes installations, photography, drawing, and working with porcelain. Dan covers various physical surfaces with textures that fluidly transition from symbols to asemic writing or meaningless shapes.

The structures and abstract imagery of these forms express indescribable thoughts and ideas and create order and harmonious color contrasts from chaos. Dan Basu is active in the artist community at Malmaison Studios and is a co-founder of the Romanian Mental Health Film Festival.

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Dr0mp

Meet Dr0mp, a multimedia artist from Iasi, Romania, whose journey began in design before venturing into animation, VJ artistry, and new media. Specializing in interactive installations, Dr0mp explores the fusion of interactivity and audiovisual mediums. With appearances at events like Romanian Creative Week and collaborative exhibitions, his work delves into the dynamic interplay between interaction and feedback, offering viewers engaging experiences with depth and resonance.

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George Cocoș

GEORGE COCOȘ (33 years old) is a licensed actor specialized in the Art of Acting, obtained in 2012 within the Faculty of Theatre at the George Enescu University of Arts in Iași, after graduating in 2009 from the Mihai Eminescu National College in Constanța, majoring in social sciences.
As an actor, he began his career while still in college, being cast in shows directed by Radu Afrim, Silviu Purcărete, Radu Nica, or Bobi Pricop. Currently, he is employed at the Luceafărul Theatre for children and youth in Iași, where he performs numerous roles and frequently participates in theater festivals in Romania and abroad, and in 2023, he participated in the Hop Gala performing the poem Dilemma by George Topîrceanu.

As a playwright, he made his mark starting with the year 2018, being shortlisted for the Bacău mono-drama Contest with the text Bribe, then winning two of the three awards at the Dan Borcia Playwriting Contest within the MIC-RO Creation Lab, organized by the Youth Theatre in Piatra Neamț, with the texts School feat. Cool and Jurassic, and won one of the five playwrighting residencies offered by the Drama 5 contest, organized by Reactor Cluj-Napoca, with the text Why I Skipped School. At the end of 2018, he did research and wrote the text for the play Don’t Do Drugs, with its premiere in Iași, at the ADDARTA headquarters. In 2019, his text, Vegetables, was staged at the Youth Theatre in Piatra Neamț, and in 2020, his play Captain Vic’s Adventure in the Real World, was staged by Gong Theatre in Sibiu. Also in 2020, he wrote the screenplay for the movie Feed the Beast!, which premiered in Iași in September 2020.

As a managerial activity, he successfully coordinated the cultural project History Village Tour, implemented by Geppetto’s Workshop LLC-D, in the summer of 2018, a project obtained through non-reimbursable funding in session II/2018 offered by the National Cultural Fund Administration. Then, in the fall of 2018, he was also the project manager for the cultural project Don’t Do Drugs, implemented with non-reimbursable financing from the Local Council of Iași under law 350. Moreover, he coordinates and manages the material and human resources within the commercial company Geppetto’s Workshop LLC-D as Administrator, thus participating in numerous cultural events as an organizer. Since 2019, he is a founding member of the Arteka Association, an NGO that implements cultural projects in Iași County.

Georgea Dura

Georgea Dura is a visual artist/sculptor from Iași. In 2008, she graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at the National University of Arts, George Enescu, and in 2011, she completed her master’s degree at the same faculty. She has been active on the artistic scene since 2005, participating in various exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events such as Afterhills, Rocanotherworld, Street Delivery, or St.art Festival Bucharest.

Grafo

Since completing his visual design studies in Romania and U.K., Dragoș Păvăloi (aka Grafo) has been creating traditional art and new media, reflecting and exploring urban visual aesthetic and artefacts of the 20th century.

Decoding the semiotics of antennas, mast towers and other telecom lines, through a scientific research at the University of Staffordshire, led Dragoș to gain a deep fascination for such omnipresent structures. Loading the roof-scapes in urban settings with metal spike arrays and piercing the horizon in rural surroundings with massive frameworks, the art of Dragoș seeks to raise awareness of the invisible part that technology plays in our tech-driven society.

His work focuses on the dimension, scale, monotony and materiality of hidden-in-plain-sight “industrial sculptures” and modern communication infrastructures and their possible impact on human beings.

Grafo uses a cross-media approach to present the techno-culture hallmarks that empower the super-connected society.

Marian Mina Mihai

Marian-Mina Mihai graduated from the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, but also Mathematics and Computer Science in high school. He is passionate about art, but also everything related to science and technology and his artistic practice tries to explore the confluence between these two apparently incompatible fields, but which can elevate each other.

Noiseloop

The noise or the lack of signal: a discomfort to many, a chance for others. An offline based concept: disconnecting from the virtual and joining technology through socially engaged events. Escape the loop, embrace the #noiseloop.

Specialized in new media and theatre, digital interactive arts and future storytelling, video projection mapping and interactive installations, multimedia design and audio-visual programming, cinematic trailers production and motion graphics.

Oana Jipa

Oana Jipa (b. 1998, Bucharest-RO) is an actress who graduated from the I.L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, completing her bachelor’s degree in 2020 and her master’s degree in 2022, both in Acting. Throughout her years of study, she collaborated with various independent theaters including unteatru, Replika Educational Center, and Infinite Theatre, Reactor for Creation and Experiment Cluj-Napoca, as well as the Comedy Theatre in Bucharest, being part of the creative teams for shows that have been featured in festivals such as the Shakespeare Festival in Craiova or Fest-FDR Timișoara. For her role as Connie in the play Side Effects produced by unteatru, she received the DEBUT award at the Uniter Gala in 2022.

Since 2022, she has been a member of the Andrei Mureșanu Theatre company in Sfântu Gheorghe where she collaborated in her first year with directors such as Eugen Jebeleanu, Cristian Ban, Andrea Gavriliu, Dragoș Mușoiu, Irisz Kovacs, and Eugen Gyemant. With their shows, she had the opportunity to participate in important national festivals, for example, the National Theatre Festival, the Comedy Festival in Galați, or the Reflex Festival in Sfântu Gheorghe.

Although she is employed, she seeks challenging projects in the independent scene or within formal frameworks such as the Hop Gala (where she participated in 2023 with a moment selected in this year’s edition of the Romanian Creative Week), is interested in contemporary playwriting, and takes any opportunity to participate in reading performances of Romanian or foreign playwrights.

Paul Bondane

Paul Petrică Bondane was born in Bistrița in the fall of 1990. After completing his studies at the Andrei Mureșanu National College with a focus on sciences – chemistry and biology, he chose not to pursue a career in medicine but instead to continue his studies in a somewhat more ethereal field – Acting. He attended the Faculty of Letters and Arts at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and earned a degree in Artistic Services Provision (bachelor’s) and a master’s degree in the Study of Dramatic Characters. During his university years, he studied and played roles such as: Santiago in Kathie and the Hippopotamus, an adaptation of M.V. Llosa, directed by Larisa Nutescu; Sun in The Good Person of Szechwan, an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht, directed by Anca Bradu; Paris in Romeo and Juliet, adapted from W. Shakespeare, directed by Bogdan Sărățean, etc. Also, during his student years, he was a collaborating actor at the Radu Stanca National Theatre where he had the opportunity to work with directors such as Alexandru Dabija, Gigi Căciuleanu, Anca Bradu, and Bogdan Georgescu. After completing his studies, he became an employed actor at the Gong Theatre for Children and Youth in Sibiu. Among his favorite performances in the Gong Theatre repertoire are Alice – after Lewis Carroll by Yann Verburgh, directed by Eugen Jebeleanu; Wanda – after A Thousand Dresses by Eleanor Estes, by Mihaela Michailov, directed by Radu Apostol; The Rules of the Game, text and direction by Yann Verburgh; Rosalinda the Cow – by Eliza Păuna, music by Claudiu Fălămaș; Dragons – by Andrei Dosa, directed by Bobi Pricop; and Prove It – a viral story, by Lucie Verot, directed by Eugen Jebeleanu.

When he is not in the theatre, Paul Bondane spends his time in nature, passionate about sports and education; he is a ski and snowboarding instructor, practices yoga, dances tap-dance, teaches games and acting exercises at the Waldkinder school (Sibiel), and loves hiking. Two years ago, he discovered his passion for percussion and since then has been working on his dream of starting a band.

Radu Marțin

Radu Marțin is a visual artist from Iași interested in video mediums, generative technology, and performativity in the new media realm. A portion of his artistic practice is focused on the study of the human psyche in relation to technology, aiming to develop new visual expressions that engage with artistic perception. He graduated from the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, specializing in Photography and Video Art, where he participated in numerous group exhibitions. In 2021, he exhibited at the New Media Alley exhibition as part of the Romanian Creative Week event. Also in 2021, he joined the artist group Edge Mapping, collaborating on projects such as: Ship of Fools, Fluid Memory, and simultaneously working at both national and international levels with various theaters. In 2022 and 2023, he exhibited at the New Media Street of the Romanian Creative Week. Radu Marțin has collaborated as a VJ at events such as: Cathedral, New Music Oasis, Rocanotherworld, Classix Festival, 174, Dubla, Charlie, Cubik, TechnoWall, etc.

Radu is also a member of the Map Everything team, present in the New Media District of RCW 2024 with two works.

Robert Rusu

Robert Rusu is a 21-year-old student at the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design in Iași, specializing in photo-video.
With a passion for creative explorations in the field of new media, he brings a fresh perspective on the impact of technology on society and explores identity in the digital era.

Robert is also a member of the Map Everything team.

Silviu Apostol

Silviu Apostol (Luda) is a visual artist, a graduate of the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, specializing in Photo – Video, from the “George Enescu” University of Arts, Iași. With over 10 years of activity at the intersection of street art and new media installations, Silviu is recognized in the Iași artistic area for his numerous artistic projects, boasting an array of mural paintings, mixed-media installations, video mapping projects, and architectural design, collaborating with theaters, festivals, and musical events.

Winner of the Light Up Video Mapping Festival (2016, 2017), Silviu Luda has participated in numerous events as a visual artist, such as Romanian Creative Week 2021, Sinestezia, FNT- National Theatre Festival, Brasov International Biennial of Visual Arts 2021, Classix Festival, After Hills, Dubla Events, Marathon, Rockanotherworld, Tare ca Piatra, Kudos, Cyclic, Techno Wall, Booha, Senzoria, Vizorial, Dakini Tuzla, Pan-demon, etc. Additionally, he has collaborated with the National Athenaeum Iași, “Vasilache” Theatre Botoșani, “Anton Pan” Theatre Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Municipal Theatre Bacău, FiX Theatre, Palas Mall, Iulius Mall, Vivertine, Brainfit, Garage Workout, Answer, Acaju, Meru, Wink, and more.

Ioana Rusu

Ioana Rusu is a visual artist from Iași, Romania, currently pursuing a master’s degree at “George Enescu” University of Arts. Her artistic practice revolves around two concepts: reality and fiction, contextualizing elements or events corresponding to everyday life within a constructed territory. She focuses on how the human mind perceives the external world and distorts reality, influenced by personal experiences. Recurring research topics examine the relationship between memory, behavior, and imagination. She approaches post-photography, installation, and video medium as instruments for expression or shaping human perceptions.

Teodor Buruiană

Teodor Buruiană is a graduate of the Sculpture specialization at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca. For Teodor, the audience plays a dual role in creation, that of inspiration and that of a participant in the artistic act. Thus, his works are inspired by people, by their needs and reactions in various situations. The projects he has developed, including the “Closer to you” project, winner of the THE CREATIVE ONE scholarship in 2023, encompass two major objectives in the field of research he pursues – documenting and utilizing new techniques with the ultimate goal of interaction between the public and the proposed subject.

The complex environment of installation art gives him the freedom to convey unique experiences and feelings to the viewer, through volumetric play and elements of spatial composition. In the artistic process, he seeks to document people’s reactions to various stimuli. Utilizing sounds, colors, movement, visual effects, materials, or involuntary actions, he aims for a better understanding of social contexts, to make translations as relevant as possible for the audience.

Carina Burghelea/ Bursa The Creative

For Carina, social topics are omnipresent in her personal practice, aiming to highlight various aspects of the individual within a collective or singular environment, relating to their defining characteristics. Approaching a current theme, present in every person’s life both voluntarily and involuntarily, becomes the basis for structuring each project, with the human being representing an endless accumulation of information. Carina tends to naturally build a friendly connection with all the people she collaborates with, interpersonal interactions being an important element in her evolution as an artist. Her personal projects extend into the realm of photography as well as video, offering the viewer freedom of interpretation.

Catalin Marinescu/ Bursa The Creative

Cătălin Marinescu, originally from Iași, Romania, is an emerging artist on the contemporary visual arts scene, with an academic background obtained at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, where he graduated with a specialization in Photo-Video and where he is now continuing his master’s studies. Dedicated to exploration and expression through various artistic mediums, Cătălin focuses his practice on photography, performative art, and new media installations, always seeking to experiment and push the boundaries of traditional mediums.

His active participation in profile events, such as “Video 3.0 – LAN, a network of unpredictable behavior” (Iași, 2022), “Romanian Creative Week” (Iași, 2022), and “Video 4.0 – Shifting Realities” (Iași, 2024), underscores his commitment to exploring and sharing his unique vision of the world. These events have provided him with a platform to showcase his innovative works, which pose questions and encourage dialogue between art and the viewer.

Through his works, Cătălin Marinescu aims to create a connection between personal and universal experiences, inviting the audience to partake in a visual and emotional journey. In each creation, he seeks to convey profound concepts, while simultaneously stimulating an internal and external dialogue about our infinite realities and possibilities.

Catalin Popescu/ Bursa The Creative

Cătălin Popescu is a sound explorer and audiovisual storyteller, born in Iași in 1969. With a passion for arts in all their forms, he identifies himself as a sound engineer and voice-over artist, currently a third-year student at the National University of Arts “George Enescu,” Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, specializing in Computerized Image Processing in Photo-Video.

His journey into the world of sound began with a curiosity-driven exploration and a desire to learn. His studies in sound engineering and audio production were marked by the innovative and inspired integration of theory with practical experience. Cătălin had the privilege of working alongside talented mentors who guided and inspired him to pursue his passion.

As a sound engineer, he traveled through diverse soundscapes, from recording studios to film locations and live events. Always in search of the latest technologies and methods, he contributed significantly to projects through his innovative approach to sound mixing, editing, and design.

Parallel to his work as a sound engineer, Cătălin delved into the captivating world of voice-over, discovering the joy of bringing characters to life and conveying powerful and emotional messages through his voice. Whether in commercials, audiobooks, or video games, he consistently sought to blend his vocal talent with the art and techniques of expression.
Currently, Cătălin finds himself in a moment of reflection and expansion, aspiring to further develop his skills in this fascinating realm of sound and voice. Open to new challenges and collaborations that push beyond his limits, he aims to reach his maximum potential.

Every day, he is grateful for the privilege of doing what he loves and sharing his passion for sound and art with the world around him. His journey continues, with sound serving as the compass guiding him toward new and fascinating adventures.

Ioan Daniel Danila/ Bursa The Creative

Ioan Daniel Dănilă is a passionate visual arts and design enthusiast, with a broad vision of the photographic medium and the audio-visual segment. Born on February 22, 1997, Dănilă is currently a third-year student at George Enescu National University of Arts in Iași, specializing in Photography, Video, and Computerized Image Processing.
From the outset of his university journey, Daniel set out to explore every aspect of his field of study with curiosity and passion. Although initially drawn to this faculty with a focus on photography, the discovery of his passion for the audio and video segment opened new horizons for him and redirected his exploration.

Throughout his years at university, Daniel has dedicated his efforts to perfecting his skills and knowledge in the audio-visual field. Currently, Dănilă aims to continue experimenting with the video medium, seeking to enhance his storytelling skills and discover the opportunities offered by this creative domain.

With an unwavering passion for art and creativity, Dănilă Ioan Daniel is determined to build a future where he leaves his mark on the audio-visual world, inspiring and captivating audiences with his innovative and captivating works.

Marius Cioroianu/ Bursa The Creative

Marius Coroianu, born on June 11, 1998, in Bacău, first encountered the visual arts in 2019, when he acquired initial knowledge in creating digital images. Over time, he began to explore different methods of visual representation through which he could express himself, later participating in various exhibitions, either in the field of photography or video installations. He is always ready to discover different techniques to elaborate on various subjects related to the general day-to-day plan or personal matters. Although he was oriented towards areas such as mathematics or computer science in the past, the discovery of visual arts changed his perspective, following this artistic career to this day. Nonetheless, the knowledge accumulated in realistic fields helps him in developing the construction of a project, having a logical sequence in its realization.

In 2022, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, specializing in Photography and Computerized Image Processing. He is currently a master’s student at the same faculty, in the Photography and Video Art department.

Valentin Mocanu/ Bursa The Creative

Valentin Mocanu is a graduate of the Faculty of Theatre, Acting section, at the ‘George Enescu’ National University of Arts in Iași, currently pursuing a master’s degree in Theatre Arts at the same faculty. Passionate about acting, cinema, and photography, he realized the ‘Dogma’ project using simple, even rudimentary technical means, without seeing it as an impediment, as he believes that, above all, film is a direct contact between a fragment of meaning captured in time and an eye that decodes it. Any other artifices that mediate this contact do not significantly alter it.

CHILL PILL /Ruxandra Pavel

Ruxandra Pavel (born in 2000, Iași, Romania) is a multidisciplinary designer. Currently, she continues her master’s studies in the Product Design department at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, focusing her research on how design can alleviate anxious states. She finds in design the ideal balance between creative expression and pragmatic thinking, guided by the belief that there are no problems without solutions. It is precisely the journey toward finding a solution that fuels her desire for exploration. For her, flexibility, adaptability, and pushing boundaries are necessary elements in creating a solution.

Her main goal is to create and spread empathy, inclusion, and sustainability through her concepts. She aims to find solutions that have a constructive impact on users’ lives and also educate them. Educating the public and users is something that a good design(er) has the power, even the duty, to do, and this is exactly what Ruxandra aims to achieve. She believes that no dream is too bold or unattainable, and where there seems to be no path, she will surely create one.

CHILL PILL /Dragoș Silion

As a Creative XR Developer, Dragos Silion is involved in various projects in fields such as art, tourism, and education through the ColorfulCoding team and the ArtLink application.

His expertise spans web and mobile development, extending to Oculus Quest, Microsoft HoloLens, and more recently, Apple VisionPro. Outside of work hours, he enjoys sharing knowledge through the internet, conferences, and workshops held at the Faculty of Computer Science.

Dragoș Silion is part of the Chill Pill team. Chill Pill is the winning team of the first New Media Jam (2023), with their winning project selected to participate in the New Media District 2024.

CHILL PILL /Andrei-Constantin Dilă

Andrei-Constantin Dilă (born in 2000, Iași, Romania) is a product designer currently focused on the niche of automotive miniatures. He completed his undergraduate studies, receiving the merit scholarship every year, at the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design – Iași, specializing in Product Design, and continued with his Master’s degree in the same field, currently in his final year of study (2024).

In his first year of college, he achieved 2nd place in the Creation 2020 stage of the National Furniture Design Competition organized by APMR, and in his final year, he participated in the DIPLOMA Show 2022, where his bachelor project was selected and appreciated at the exhibition in Bucharest. His remarkable achievements continued during his Master’s studies, where he secured 2nd place in the 2023 Product Design Competition organized by Nord Arin and participated in the Design ID 2023 exhibition in Iași.
Immediately after completing his undergraduate studies in 2022, he began a long-term collaboration with DAN MODELS, one of the few model manufacturers in Romania, with over 30 years of experience in the field of historical models. Through this collaboration, he developed his skills in 3D design and printing using various technologies and materials.

He is currently a key collaborator at DAN MODELS and has contributed to the design and development of over 30 historical model kits representing automotive vehicles, railways, and construction machinery.

*Andrei-Constantin Dilă is part of the Chill Pill team. Chill Pill is the winning team of the first New Media Jam (2023), with their winning project selected to participate in the New Media District 2024.