{"id":610,"date":"2026-05-06T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeobud.ro\/?p=610"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:56:35","slug":"interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romeobud.ro\/en\/2026\/05\/06\/interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructed Selves \u2014 Interviu \u00een The Flux Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artistul contemporan rom\u00e2n Romeo Bud a fost inclus \u00een publica\u021bia interna\u021bional\u0103 The Flux Review prin interviul <em>Constructed Selves<\/em>, un dialog centrat pe rela\u021bia dintre corp, tehnologie \u0219i transform\u0103rile identit\u0103\u021bii umane \u00een contemporaneitate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviul exploreaz\u0103 direc\u021biile conceptuale care definesc practica artistic\u0103 a lui Romeo Bud \u0219i modul \u00een care pictura devine un spa\u021biu de reflec\u021bie asupra presiunilor sociale, a influen\u021bei mediului digital \u0219i a tendin\u021bei actuale de optimizare permanent\u0103 a corpului \u0219i imaginii personale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00centre corp organic \u0219i identitate construit\u0103<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen cadrul interviului, Romeo Bud vorbe\u0219te despre interesul s\u0103u pentru figurile hibride \u0219i pentru zonele de tensiune dintre uman \u0219i artificial. Lucr\u0103rile sale pornesc adesea de la observa\u021bia c\u0103 re\u021belele sociale \u0219i tehnologia nu mai influen\u021beaz\u0103 doar comportamentul uman, ci \u0219i percep\u021bia asupra propriei identit\u0103\u021bi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corpul apare astfel ca un teritoriu aflat \u00eentr-o continu\u0103 reconstruc\u021bie \u2014 modelat de standarde digitale, algoritmi, presiuni sociale \u0219i mecanisme de validare extern\u0103. \u00cen multe dintre lucr\u0103rile sale, figura uman\u0103 nu mai este reprezentat\u0103 ca un element stabil, ci ca o structur\u0103 vulnerabil\u0103, fragmentat\u0103 sau aflat\u0103 \u00een transformare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pictura tradi\u021bional\u0103 \u00eentr-un context contemporan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un aspect important discutat \u00een interviu este alegerea picturii \u00een ulei ca mediu principal de lucru. Pentru Romeo Bud, utilizarea unei tehnici tradi\u021bionale \u00een raport cu teme profund contemporane creeaz\u0103 o tensiune esen\u021bial\u0103 \u00eentre trecut \u0219i viitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Procesul pictural devine astfel unul meditativ \u0219i lent, aflat \u00een contrast direct cu ritmul accelerat al imaginilor digitale \u0219i al consumului vizual contemporan. Prin aceast\u0103 abordare, lucr\u0103rile sale \u00eencearc\u0103 s\u0103 recupereze o dimensiune uman\u0103 \u0219i emo\u021bional\u0103 \u00eentr-un context dominat de suprafa\u021b\u0103, vitez\u0103 \u0219i simulare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O reflec\u021bie asupra prezentului<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviul <em>Constructed Selves<\/em> nu propune o perspectiv\u0103 strict distopic\u0103 asupra tehnologiei, ci invit\u0103 la o reflec\u021bie mai ampl\u0103 asupra modului \u00een care omul contemporan \u00ee\u0219i negociaz\u0103 identitatea \u00eentr-o lume tot mai artificializat\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teme precum perfec\u021biunea digital\u0103, alienarea, memoria, vulnerabilitatea sau nevoia de validare devin puncte centrale ale discursului artistic dezvoltat de Romeo Bud, at\u00e2t \u00een pictur\u0103, c\u00e2t \u0219i \u00een dialogurile curatoriale \u0219i expozi\u021bionale recente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publicarea interviului \u00een The Flux Review marcheaz\u0103 o nou\u0103 etap\u0103 \u00een dezvoltarea \u0219i vizibilitatea interna\u021bional\u0103 a practicii sale artistice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">G\u0103si\u021bi interviul complet mai jos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-flux-review wp-block-embed-the-flux-review\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y7V1ZQYgra\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefluxreview.com\/romeo-bud-constructed-selves\/\">Romeo Bud &#8211; Constructed Selves<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Romeo Bud &#8211; Constructed Selves&#8221; &#8212; The Flux Review\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefluxreview.com\/romeo-bud-constructed-selves\/embed\/#?secret=hfkJKj20LA#?secret=y7V1ZQYgra\" data-secret=\"y7V1ZQYgra\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artistul contemporan rom\u00e2n Romeo Bud a fost inclus \u00een publica\u021bia interna\u021bional\u0103 The Flux Review prin interviul Constructed Selves, un dialog centrat pe rela\u021bia dintre corp, tehnologie \u0219i transform\u0103rile identit\u0103\u021bii umane \u00een contemporaneitate. 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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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