We are excited to introduce the artists selected for the Danube River–Black Sea region of TIDAL ArtS.
Each project explores water, ecology, community, and shared futures through art, science, and storytelling.
Selected Artists & Projects
Romania
Floriama Candea – Neural Bloom
Interactive installation reimaging breathing as a shared act among species, and exploring the hidden cycles that sustain waterborne life of the Danube Delta.
Georgia / US
Lia Komakhidze & Graham Patterson – A Light in the Black
A documentary that blends personal memory and connection with the ecological reality of the Black Sea today. It links together art and science, knowledge and creativity.
Hungary
Zsófia Szonja Illés – Floodforest
A participatory project reimagining the fonó as a collaborative artistic and ecological practice to explore ecological knowledge of Tisza floodplain communities.
Bulgaria
Pepa Ivanova – Eat That Invasion
An art-science research that examines the entangled relationship between invasive, alien species, human-induced pollution, and the resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Black Sea, blending video essay, speculative culinary book, performative actions and field research.
Romania / Transylvania
Kopia Kollektiva – Bitter Salt Flow
A participatory art project created in response to the ecological disaster that struck the salt mine in Praid, Transylvania, on May 29, 2025, through film, photography, and co-creation.
👉 Find all artists and their full project descriptions at: https://tidalarts.eu/lighthouse-artist/
This project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.