AV installation which explores Romanian mythology regarding dragons, giants and their citadels, from the perspective of folklore explanation of geomorphology in the West Carpathian Mountains. The installation uses raw drone footage of different locations in the mountains, footage which has been passed through the AI filter deepdreamgenerator.com and afterwards processed through EBSynth app. The sound features an interview with a specialist in cultural anthropology.
Dragons, Giants, Citadels / Toma Bărbulescu (RO), Photo: Toma Bărbulescu
Toma Bărbulescu (RO)
Toma Bărbulescu is an artist and architect based in Cluj with a MA in Interactive Digital Art and a PhD in Visual Arts (2019). His artistic activity is primarily based on video works and New Media installations exhibited in various galleries in Romania and abroad. Since 2017, he is an assistant professor at the University of Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca.