Digital vs. Analog - The Art of Being
Digital Art Exhibition | Performances | Guided Tours
Exhibition Period | 31.01–15.02.2026
[Wed–Sun / 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | last entry at 4:30 p.m.]
Location | The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca
[Unirii Square No. 30]
Opening | 30.01.2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Artists | Agata Olteanu [RO], Andrei Budescu [RO], Daria Langa [RO], Iulian Sanda [RO], Hanna Czéli [RO], Mircea Bozac [RO], Andra Purdea [RO], Carl Ahner & Paul Werner [DE], Cristina Pop-Tiron & Andreea-Cristina Mircea [RO], Laura Seucan [RO], Marie Lienhard [DE]
Concept | Andrei Budescu & Cristina Pop-Tiron [RO]
Exhibition Commissioner | Alexandra Sârbu, The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca
Organizer | The German Cultural Center in Cluj-Napoca
Partners | The Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, the Master’s program in Digital Interactive Arts within the Faculty of Theatre and Film, Goethe-Institut
Program
30.01.2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Opening | Live audio-visual performance
w/ Lukas Braun [DE] & Andrei Rusz [DE]
31.01 & 14.02.2026 | 2:00 p.m.
Guided tours
w/ ArtCrawl Cluj
01.02.2026 | 2:00 p.m.
Sonifikator – Live interaction & artist talk
w/ Carl Ahner [DE]
13.02.2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Aetherium – Live theremin & video performance
w/ Andrei Budescu [RO]
We live in a present where the digital and the analog can no longer be understood as separate realities, but rather as overlapping layers of the same experience. Screens, data, and algorithms coexist with the body, space, and materiality, while our perception is continuously shaped at the intersection of these realms. Digital vs. Analog – The Art of Being presents digital art as a tangible experience, one in which technology acquires form and texture, becoming a physical presence.
The exhibition also functions as a meeting platform for local digital artists, engaging in dialogue with initiatives already active within Cluj’s academic environment. This exchange is fostered through the involvement of creative collectives and projects operating at the intersection of artistic practice and research. At the same time, the exhibition framework is expanded through the inclusion of installations and artworks from Germany, opening up a cross-cultural exchange that deepens reflection on the relationship between the digital and the analog.
Through the dialogue between technology and materiality, data and the senses, the exhibition explores how the digital can be experienced through analog means, and how seemingly traditional tools can generate forms of digital expression. Art thus becomes a space of negotiation between worlds, where perception is challenged and perspectives are reimagined.
