— a VR experience
INGRID ENE, DRAGOȘ DOGIOIU, VIRGIL BUGNARIU
Program ⟿ Museum
October 3-4: 6 PM – 8 PM
October 5-6: 4 PM – 8 PM
Created as part of the Vernacular Photography project, the VR work by artists Ingrid Ene, Dragoș Dogioiu, and Virgil Bugnariu proposes a role-playing game as well as the generation of an alternative narrative. It represents a personal rewriting of the history of socialist Romania in the 1970s and 1980s, while also serving as an investigation into the final degrees of freedom offered to archives by new digital technologies.
Ingrid Ene (b. 1993) is a graduate of Visual Arts with a focus on photo-video from the University of Arts in Bucharest. Her artistic explorations fall within a cross-media trajectory, intersecting image, text, and sound. In recent years, Ingrid Ene has created a series of book-objects, photographic assemblages, and sound installations, thereby showcasing her artistic skills across various mediums.
Dragoș-Ion Dogioiu is a New Media artist interested in XR and animation, currently active in Bucharest. As a member of the kinema ikon group, he has collaborated with them on a significant number of exhibitions and workshops. He has also worked with museums, private galleries, and cultural institutions, including the Ars Electronica Center in Linz, where he participated in group exhibitions in 2022 and 2023. He has collaborated with the Augmented Space Agency team on various projects, and is currently a faculty member at UNATC Bucharest, where he teaches subjects related to VR and the Unity graphic engine.
Virgil Bugnariu is a software engineer and multidisciplinary artist passionate about merging technology with art. In his projects, he combines software development with creative explorations in fields such as digital graphics, electronic music, and interactive installations.