The "Micro Maps" exhibition event, in its first edition, proposes an artistic research space centered on image explorations through optical microscopy experiments, digital and alternative photographic experiments.

The presented projects were centered on the investigation from the microscopic space, which reveals new and new unexploited spaces, with a visual identity and morphology of its own. The sources of these complex maps encompassed a great diversity of expression: from the complexity of the organic world, the polychromy and stratigraphy of a work of art, to the multitude of surfaces and textures of objects in the environment. We witness how a macro lens captures the color structure and textures of the organic world, while the multiple views of the photomicrograph were used to extract structural and form information.

The exhibition brings together more than 50 visual artists, restorers, heritage researchers, who presented photographic projects dedicated to urban space, cultural and natural heritage.

Initiated in 2021 by the Regional Center for Research and Expertise in Restoration and Conservation of the Faculty of Arts and Design in Timișoara in partnership with the National Museum of Art Timișoara, the event is part of the research project Visual arts, perspectives and networking aimed at opening the artistic field through the multiple perspectives it implies towards related fields of scientific research. The mission of the project is to identify and develop tools that support collaboration and dialogue aimed at interconnected research themes, through a complex approach that brings together both the expertise of the sciences and the creative resources of visual artists.

The curatorial team consists of a university lecturer. Dr. Silvia Trion, university lecturer. Dr. Filip Petcu, university lecturer. Dr. Mărienut Mădălin, assistant. university Dr. Luisa Palade, who was joined by recognized professional artists in the field of visual arts Prof. Univ. Dr. Adriana Lucaciu, prof. Dr. Camil Mihăescu for the selection and judging of the works, as well as the graphic designers of the event Claudia Feti and Carla Cezara Pădurean.

The works awarded and nominated during the event in the six categories – photography, macro photography, micro photography, cyanotype, photograms and experimental techniques: Dana Constantin, Ciclul FLOTEs II, 2017; Deborah Nagy, shadow marking 1, 2021; Pădurean Cezara, Fragile Structure, 2021, Dana Catona, Wound, 2021; Dăneasa Cristina, stratigraphy, 2021; Simona Borza; Renée Renard, Micro-Terra Banatica. Test 04-02, 2018; Fruzsina Rauca-Bencze, Tin drops; Sîrbu Andrea; Smaranda Moldovan; Nicu Ionela Bianca; Benjamin Bledea; Cristina Plațîndă, Declin; Alexandra Costea; Eniko Szucs, Metamorphosis; Adrian Rauca, Picea Abies; Maria Modi, Ariadne's thread.

Participating artists:

Dacian Andoni, Diana Andreescu, Raluca Elena Anghel, Gabriela Asavei, Reka Adorjani-Gyorgypal, Benjamin Bledea, Simona Borza, Maria Budugan, Luminița Bujancă, Dana Catona, Daniela Constantin, Alexandra Costea, Ioana Cociș, Felix Cionte, Laura Duduleanu, Cristina Dăneasa , Robert Ecle, Cristina Gavrilean, Bogdan Gavrilean, Amalia Gaita, Atila Gomboș, Alexandru Jakabhazi, Adriana Lucaciu, Adrian Lis, Camil Mihăescu, Mădălin Mărienut, Smaranda Moldovan, Maria Modi, Hedy M-Kiss, Deborah Nagy, Bianca Nicu, Diana Oană , Luisa Palade, Cezara Carla Padurean, Filip Petcu, Cristina Plațîndă, Alisa-Mihaela Radoicovici, Bianca Radulescu, Camelia Rangu, Adrian Rauca, Fruzsina Rauca-Bencze, Renard Renee, Andrea Sarbu, Eniko Szucs, Maria Sbera, Teodor Ştefan, Maria Elisabeta Toader, Valentina Stefanescu, Silvia Trion, Hajnalka Vastag.

Micro Maps offers you a look into/into detail!

University lecturer Dr. Silvia Trion, project manager