Mihai-Radu Gui

conceptual - audiovisual - digital technology - video - media

Mihai Gui was born in 1989, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and graduated in 2016 with an MA from AKV St.Joost in Breda, The Netherlands. He is a recipient of the Mondriaan Fund for Young Talent stipend in 2017. Within his own artistic practice, he focuses on questioning the established value of art in contemporary society and ask “WHAT can art DO?” and “WHY must art DO?” With these questions in mind, Mihai likes to engage multiple lines of research on particular subjects through smaller projects, and then use the knowledge gained from these to periodically research into bigger, more encompassing endeavors. He is currently either working on a personal project, or on a commission, or learning how to do something new and exciting, or all of the above.

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    • VR living in Wielewaal (test)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 07-09-2022 t/m 11-09-2022
    • In collaboration with: V2_
    • Location: ArsElectronica, Linz
    • Based on the previous research around the use of VR as a tool for exploring and informing about the housing situation in Rotterdam, an initial test version of an ongoing project focused on the Wielewaal neighborhood was presented at ArsElectronica in Linz, Austria. The presentation included a short walkable experience in the Tweebosbuurt as well as an indoor reconstruction of a scan of a house in the Wielewaal, alongside a 3D interview with one of its inhabitants.
    • https://vimeo.com/753785292/73d9a92f8f

    VR living in Roffa (test 2)

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-04-2022 t/m 03-04-2022
    • Location: TimeWindow, Rotterdam
    • A three day residency and exhibition program supported by TimeWindow Rotterdam served as the backdrop for researching interior LiDAR scanning and reconstruction of homes in VR. The goal was to explore the interaction of people with distant or removed environments as well as the interplay between the physical and conceptual dimensions of a "home" in absentia.

    VR living in Roffa (Test)

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 25-09-2021 t/m 26-09-2021
    • In collaboration with: GRAW, TimeWindow
    • Location: TimeWindow, Rotterdam
    • The project employed Virtual Reality to create an interactive archive places that were, sometimes literally, bulldozed over in the name of further developing the city of Rotterdam. In it I focused on one neighborhood - the Tweebosbuurt - reconstructed as it had been inhabited for decades at the same time as it was in the process of being completely demolished in real-life. Presented in VR alongside this was a guiding narrative from one of its former inhabitants, Mustapha.
    • https://vimeo.com/677093299/01cc76d4de

    Solid Maybe

    Project

    • 01-05-2021 t/m 07-11-2021
    • In collaboration with: Teddy shouldn't smoke, WORM Rotterdam, DOOR Dordrecht
    • Location: , Rotterdam / Dordrecht
    • A collaboration with choreographer Marijke de Vos in which Mihai shot and produced a short film that was then projection-mapped on location next to a live dance performance. The piece ran over three weeks in both Rotterdam and Dordrecht.

    Artist in residence

    Residencies / exchange

    • 20-04-2021 t/m 22-04-2021
    • In collaboration with: TimeWindow; WORM
    • Location: Teilingerstraat 110, Rotterdam
    • Four day residency for research and development of new work, with a presentation date on the 25th of April during the TimeWindow TestFest. The research focused on developing VR cityscapes based on real-life locations, and how to create a storyline that guides audiences through these.
    • https://worm.org/production/timewindow-test-fest-2021/

    Artist in residence

    Other

    • 23-04-2021 t/m 23-04-2021
    • In collaboration with: Teddy shouldn't smoke
    • Location: TimeWindow, WORM, Rotterdam
    • A short film shot for Teddy shouldn't smoke that was presented during the TimeWindow TestFest 2021. The focus was on creating and atmospheric one-taker that conveyed the feelings of anxiety and fear at the core of the dance piece.
    • https://vimeo.com/543179305/6e2b9cba4c

    Artist in residence - Solid Maybe

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-10-2020 t/m 14-10-2020
    • In collaboration with: TimeWindow Rotterdam; Teddy shouldn't smoke
    • Location: Teilingerstraat 110, Rotterdam
    • A two week residency for initial research and development for a new collaborative AV/Dance piece, premiering in October of 2021. The focus of this was combining dance and film, and specifically focusing on how techniques from film can guide choreography and yield novel ways of presenting a live performance next to a short film.
    • https://vimeo.com/533866197/59457e6d5b

    VR who we are

    Residencies / exchange

    • 14-07-2020 t/m 01-09-2020
    • In collaboration with: V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media
    • Location:, Rotterdam
    • The Summer Sessions are short-term international art and technology residencies for emerging artists and designers. A network of cultural organizations all over the world sponsors and hosts the residencies. During this period I researched VR as a means of embedding audiences in real-life locations and with a focus on what type of storytelling can emerge.
    • https://v2.nl/archive/articles/interview-with-mihai-gui

    Artist in residence

    Residencies / exchange

    • 04-09-2019 t/m 14-09-2019
    • In collaboration with: TimeWindow Rotterdam; Amsterdam Fringe Festival
    • Location: De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
    • A 10-day artist in residence hosted by Amsterdam Fringe Festival at their main location.

    I hate you all welcome/CATastrophical

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 07-02-2019 t/m 10-02-2019
    • In collaboration with: Mondriaan Fund
    • Location: Art Rotterdam @ Prospects and Concepts, Rotterdam
    • Part of the Prospects&Concepts group exhibition organized by the Mondriaan Fund during Art Rotterdam 2019. The project is an extended research based on the graduation project with the same name focusing on language and it's building of identity.

    Selected photographer The Power of Rotterdam

    Task

    Hubbub le Scope

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 27-11-2018 t/m 04-12-2018
    • In collaboration with: Fondazione Borderline, CBK
    • Location: Fondazione Borderline, Palermo
    • Group exhibition Hubbub le Scope at Fondazione Borderline in Palermo, Italy.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzjSsmWAsk

    GIFs (Grotesque Interchangeable Figureheads)

    Exhibition / presentation

    GIFs (Grotesque Interchangeable Figureheads)

    Exhibition / presentation

    I hate you all welcome

    Exhibition / presentation

    MAPH on tour

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-06-2015 t/m 05-07-2015
    • In collaboration with: Club SOLO, AKV St. Joost
    • Location: Club SOLO, Rotterdam
    • Residency organized by Club SOLO at Hotel SOLO in Breda in 2015.
    • https://www.facebook.com/maphontour

    Re-Action in Film

    Residencies / exchange

    • 01-09-2015
    • In collaboration with: AKV St. Joost, EYE Amsterdam
    • Location: , Breda, Amsterdam
    • A research lab organized by AKV St. Joost in Collaboration with EYE Amsterdam, with public screenings of the results.

    In time dispare gloria lumii

    Exhibition / presentation

    Leapsa pe jumatate terminata / Tag half played out

    Exhibition / presentation

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Mondriaan Fund Young Talent Grant

    • 2017
      Scholarship

    • Mondriaan Fund Project Grant

    • 2022
      Scholarship

    • Digital Culture Grant Incentive Fund

    • 2023
      Publication

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