{"id":608,"date":"2026-03-26T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeobud.ro\/?p=608"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:48:53","slug":"jurnalul-unui-artist-in-devenire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romeobud.ro\/en\/2026\/03\/26\/jurnalul-unui-artist-in-devenire\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary of an emergent artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunt <strong>Romeo Bud<\/strong> &#8211; artist contemporan din Rom\u00e2nia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Povestea mea \u00eencepe \u00een 1982, \u00een \u021aara Oa\u0219ului \u2014 un spa\u021biu \u00eenc\u0103rcat de tradi\u021bii, unde materia \u0219i gestul p\u0103streaz\u0103 memoria unor forme vechi de existen\u021b\u0103. Acolo am \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 con\u0219tientizez, c\u0103 orice lucru poate deveni viu \u00een m\u00e2inile potrivite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dragostea pentru pictur\u0103 \u0219i desen vine de la tat\u0103l meu. El nu a lucrat pe p\u00e2nz\u0103, ci cu betonul \u2014 un material rece, rigid, aparent lipsit de sensibilitate. \u0218i totu\u0219i, reu\u0219ea s\u0103-i dea form\u0103, ritm \u0219i via\u021b\u0103. Privind acest proces, am \u00een\u021beles devreme c\u0103 expresia nu \u021bine de suport, ci de felul \u00een care alegi s\u0103 interac\u021bionezi cu el.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00cent\u00e2lnirea cu tehnologia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Am crescut \u00eentr-o perioad\u0103 \u00een care tehnologia nu era \u00eenc\u0103 domestic\u0103. Calculatorul nu exista \u00een casele oamenilor, ci doar \u00een spa\u021bii controlate \u2014 laboratoare, universit\u0103\u021bi, institu\u021bii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primul contact cu un PC nu a fost doar o experien\u021b\u0103 tehnic\u0103, ci o revela\u021bie. Am \u00een\u021beles instinctiv c\u0103 acel obiect va deveni o extensie a omului \u0219i c\u0103, odat\u0103 cu el, se va modifica nu doar modul \u00een care lucr\u0103m, ci modul \u00een care g\u00e2ndim \u0219i exist\u0103m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Am devenit un punct de referin\u021b\u0103 pentru cei din jur \u00een fa\u021ba necunoscutului tehnologic. Nu era doar o aptitudine, ci o form\u0103 de curiozitate orientat\u0103 spre sistem \u2014 spre \u00een\u021belegerea mecanismelor din spatele lucrurilor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Revenirea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via\u021ba nu urmeaz\u0103 \u00eentotdeauna direc\u021bia interioar\u0103. M-a dus pe alte trasee, dar desenul \u0219i pictura au r\u0103mas constante \u2014 latente, dar niciodat\u0103 absente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un eveniment personal a rupt aceast\u0103 laten\u021b\u0103. Confruntarea direct\u0103 cu fragilitatea vie\u021bii a func\u021bionat ca un declan\u0219ator. Nu ca o dram\u0103, ci ca o clarificare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen 2020 am ales s\u0103 revin con\u0219tient la ceea ce fusese mereu acolo \u0219i m-am \u00eenscris la Facultatea de Arte Plastice din Baia Mare. Din acel moment, practica artistic\u0103 a devenit un proces continuu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ce modeleaz\u0103 umanul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen mediul academic am descoperit nu doar tehnici, ci limbaje. Modalit\u0103\u021bi prin care interiorul poate fi transpus \u00een structur\u0103 vizual\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interesul meu s-a orientat c\u0103tre acele for\u021be invizibile care modeleaz\u0103 identitatea uman\u0103. Sistemele care ne influen\u021beaz\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 le percepem ca atare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucrarea mea de licen\u021b\u0103 a investigat mediul online \u2014 \u00een special re\u021belele sociale \u2014 ca spa\u021biu de construc\u021bie \u0219i deformare a identit\u0103\u021bii. Am analizat fluxul de imagini, consumul accelerat \u0219i modul \u00een care acestea impun tipare, filtreaz\u0103 realitatea \u0219i creeaz\u0103 versiuni simplificate ale individului.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>De la identitate la postuman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La nivel de master, cercetarea a evoluat natural c\u0103tre un alt teritoriu: inteligen\u021ba artificial\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dac\u0103 mediul online fragmenteaz\u0103  \u0219i modeleaz\u0103 identitatea, inteligen\u021ba artificial\u0103 o redefine\u0219te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De la Gilgamesh la conceptul de supraom formulat de Friedrich Nietzsche, dorin\u021ba de dep\u0103\u0219ire a condi\u021biei umane a fost constant\u0103. Ast\u0103zi, aceast\u0103 dorin\u021b\u0103 cap\u0103t\u0103 form\u0103 concret\u0103 prin tehnologie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omul augmentat nu mai este o metafor\u0103. Este o direc\u021bie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orice inova\u021bie apare ini\u021bial ca solu\u021bie. Un membru bionic. Un ochi artificial. O extensie menit\u0103 s\u0103 repare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dar orice tehnologie con\u021bine, implicit, posibilitatea devia\u021biei. \u00cen momentul \u00een care trece din zona necesit\u0103\u021bii \u00een zona optimiz\u0103rii, apare o muta\u021bie de sens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nu mai repar\u0103m.<br>\u00cencepem s\u0103 \u00eembun\u0103t\u0103\u021bim.<br>Apoi s\u0103 redefinim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iar \u00een acest punct, \u00eentrebarea nu mai este <em>ce putem face<\/em>,<br>ci <em>ce alegem s\u0103 devenim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunt Romeo Bud &#8211; artist contemporan din Rom\u00e2nia. Povestea mea \u00eencepe \u00een 1982, \u00een \u021aara Oa\u0219ului \u2014 un spa\u021biu \u00eenc\u0103rcat de tradi\u021bii, unde materia \u0219i gestul p\u0103streaz\u0103 memoria unor forme vechi de existen\u021b\u0103. Acolo am \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 con\u0219tientizez, c\u0103 orice lucru poate deveni viu \u00een m\u00e2inile potrivite. 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founder ________________________________________ ARTIST STATEMENT My art is a visual investigation into the subtle and unsettling evolution of the human condition in an era where emotion meets machine logic, and memory is filtered through a digital lens. With a background rooted in traditional painting and figurative realism, I engage with themes that orbit around identity, vulnerability, technological interference and spiritual displacement. Each of my works explores the convergence of organic matter and synthetic augmentation\u2014what I often refer to as the threshold body: neither fully human nor entirely machine, suspended in an existential limbo. These hybrid figures embody our contemporary anxieties, born from our pursuit of perfection and our complicity in the gradual surrender of the intimate self to external algorithms. Painting becomes, for me, not just a medium of expression, but an autopsy of the self. A self that is fragmented, scanned, uploaded, and fed back through the lens of idealization. Through carefully controlled compositions and emotionally loaded color palettes, I attempt to unearth moments of disconnection, silence, or breakdown\u2014when the artificial fails to replicate the emotional, and when the emotional resists being reduced to code. This process is both deeply personal and universally resonant. Many of the works originate from autobiographical impulses, recontextualized into archetypes\u2014wounds dressed as gods, regrets hardwired into machines, redemption painted as error messages. My intention is not to critique technology, but to reflect honestly on the emotional costs of our evolution. In a time when artificial intelligence imitates creativity, and identity is curated in pixels, I still believe in the human trace\u2014the imperfect brushstroke, the psychological shadow, the spiritual flicker that cannot be automated. 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