ABOUT

A two-part solo exhibition in collaboration with One Night Gallery that took part over the summer of 2020 in Bucharest and Timisoara, Romania.

Using solely building facades and. windows around Bucharest downtown, and a large space of a depot/tram museum in Timisoara, I had the opportunity to test a whole array of mediums: VR/AR, 3D modeling, animation, video mapping, AI and installation & set design; while also art directing and assisting to the overall production process that a project of this size involves.

Process:

1. BUCHAREST
For the Bucharest edition, I sketched two main characters that would become the leitmotif of the event: Birdman (AKA G Dog) & Beeple. I then 3D modeled them in VR and we included them in an interactive Instagram filter that people could use during the event. We launched the filter together with the event teaser video.

Using the 3D model as a reference, we also created a 14m tall inflatable installation of G Dog and hung it on the Stirbei Palace facade, inside Eden Terrace (downtown Bucharest).

Gucci Takeover: another part of the project consisted in animating some of my characters and projecting them onto the windows of the Gucci Store on Calea Victoriei - one of the most central streets in Bucharest.

2. TIMISOARA
Two months after the Bucharest edition, we shipped the whole exhibition to my hometown for a second event. The set was Corneliu Miklosi Tram Museum, a huge depot with enough space to host the inflatable installation & printed illustrations in different sizes and shapes.

Credits:
Powered by One Night Gallery
Technical team: Musicgear
Photo/Video (Buc): Stay Sharp Film
Photo/Video(TM): Razvan Riscuta, Petru Belibou & Blanka Szori
Video Mapping/Animation: Aural Eye, Dragos Botcau
Inflatable Installation: Aztec
3D rigging & AR design: Mihai Cojocaru