∣∣ 13th edition ∣ analog mania ∣ 2025 ∣∣

∣∣ Casa Tineretului, Str. Arieș Nr.19 ∣∣ Timișoara-Romania ∣∣

13.10. – 9.11.2025

sound ∣ film ∣ photo ∣ object art

performances ∣ installations ∣ exhibitions | debates

analog art, technique and history

[RO] Analog Mania este un festival dedicat artelor și tehnicilor analogice ce reunește sub aceiaș cupola sunetul, filmul, fotografia și arta obiect. Evenimentul propune publicului performance-uri, expoziţii, proiecţii, dezbateri și workshop-uri de convergența a artelor tactile, ce avansează dincolo de limitele analogicului cu deschidere spre forme de lucrări de artă mixtă analog-digital-AI.

[ENG] Analog Mania is a festival dedicated to analog arts and techniques that brings together sound, film, photography and object art under the same roof. The event offers the public performances, exhibitions, screenings, debates and workshops on the convergence of tactile arts, which advance beyond the limits of analog with an openness to forms of mixed analog-digital-AI artworks.

[GER] Analog Mania ist ein Festival, das sich analogen Künsten und Techniken widmet die unter einer Kuppel vereint Ton, Film, Fotografie und Objektkunst. Die Veranstaltung bietet der Öffentlichkeit Aufführungen, Ausstellungen, Filmvorführungen, Debatten und Workshops zur Konvergenz taktiler Künste, die über die Grenzen des Analogen hinausgehen und offen sind für Formen gemischter analog-digital-KI-Kunstwerke.

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Turntable Sound Collage Installation

Using multiple turntables as instruments, the piece reimagines the record player as a tool for deconstruction, memory, and sonic decay. Visitors are invited to experience a constantly shifting soundscape shaped by repetition, interference, and chance.

Vienna Krandaubeln ∣∣ Vinylograph

Natascha Muhic & Christoph Freidhöfer

BLUE DANUBE INTERPRETATIONS – a series of audio postcards was created for the project Vienna Krandaubeln, portraying all of the existing Daubeln – floating fishing huts unique to Vienna. Artists were invited to reinterpret Johann Strauss’s Blue Danube for the soundtrack…

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Modular Modding for Amps and Synths

beyond the soldering iron ∣∣ live session & showcase ft. KiNDLEiN

• What is modding? Modding amps, synths & other musical gear.
• What is modular modding?
• Conventional Modding vs. Modular Modding
• Modular Modding for Amps and Synths: Hands-On Sessions

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George Guga, Romania ∣∣ luthier ∣∣

scratch & parts built instruments, moderately & heavily modified electric guitars

Electric COBZĂ (Romanian short-necked, plucked lute with a bowl-shaped back)
What if the Telecaster was built upon the COBZĂ instead of the Spanish guitar?

A reinterpretation of the traditional Romanian string instrument within the paradigm of 1950s Fender solid body electrics.

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Coloring film

Multimedia exhibition presenting historical film coloring processes

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Ilie Druță ∣∣ Throught time ∣∣ sculpture / installation

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Șerban Drăguș feat. Kindlein ∣∣ code & moduar modding ∣∣ installation

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ZRNO presents:

Stig Marlon Weston, Norway ∣∣ Grove – Trunks ∣∣ photography

“Going back along the forest paths where as child I used to hide and play and construct worlds of fantasy, I today carry with me huge rolls of film. By ditching the camera and letting the forest do it«s own dirty work I hope to catch a glimpse of that elusive primal feeling that only the innocent young and the wild beast have in common. In the middle of the night I give mother nature the means to expose herself on my canvas of chemicals. I use the film to make life size contact prints…”

Emilija Sandić, Serbia ∣∣ Eva Ristic & Tea Time ∣∣ mordancange series

Tea time

The work explores the mordancage technique, in which the emulsion on paper lifts, spreads, and transforms—much like the plants used for making tea, which release their color, trace, and fragrance when infused with boiling water. The exhibition connects the material transformation of the photographic layer with the association to an everyday ritual.

Ševa Ristić

Ševa Ristić was one of the women active in the Belgrade Surrealist group, yet despite the movement’s avant-garde ideals, women were excluded from manifestos and left uncredited on works. Her name is remembered mostly as the wife and muse of Marko Ristić, rather than for her own contribution. Here, she takes the foreground: photographs from the private archives of Ševa and Marko Ristić, together with the materiality of the medium, emphasize the erosion of memory—just one example among many forgotten women in history.

Sara Sasani, Iran ∣∣ Fading in the Landscape ∣∣

The photos of this collection were formed after the artist’s many trips to different parts of Iran. The artist has been concerned about the country’s environment and has tried to depict the environment in the form of beautiful landscapes, but with the passage of time and the destructive effects that the environment has had on her, the artist decided to use an alternative printing method. Landscapes are presented by creating a situation indicating the fading and destruction of the environment…

Sašo Aluševski, Macedonia ∣∣ Bringing old masters alive

Reprinted negatives from the Manaki brothers, in cooperation with the state archive of Macedonia.

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Sehschärfenbestimmung

60 Artistic Approaches to Analogue Photography

A diverse array of creative processes, all grounded in analog techniques and aesthetics. 59 international artists are gathered together, each featuring a curated selection of their works, showcasing either current favorites, to pieces in progress and brand-new explorations. 

The exhibition offers a rich tapestry of creative insights, innovative ideas, and captivating concepts, thus inviting visitors to engage, connect, and fall in love with each artist’s vision.

Damian Diaconescu, Romania ∣∣ Wet cyanotype & Silver photographic experiment ∣∣

Sogor Andras, Ungaria ∣∣ Pictures of Forgotten Ancestors

Marius Parghel ∣∣ Exposure Tests & Old lifts ∣∣

• This is what the Exposure Tests series is about, finding beauty in something that usually we discard as being usable.
• Old lifts is experimental, barely connected to photography, using old / expired polaroids, emulsion lifts…

Claudiu Dunga ∣∣ Bodyscapes ∣∣

The relationship between handmade paper and nude photography printed using the cyanotype technique is based on a shared aesthetic that emphasizes texture, craftsmanship, and the intimate connection between material and subject.

This combination is linked to the concept of “bodyscapes”, where the body is treated as an abstract landscape, shaped by light and shadow. Printing on handmade paper amplifies this effect…

Iris Photo Club Collective Exhibition ∣∣ Historical photographic techniques ∣∣

Workshops in collaboration with Iris Photo Club

• 13.10. ∣∣ 11:00 ∣∣ Emilija Sandic, “Mordancage Play”
• 14.10. ∣∣ 15:00 ∣∣ Martina Pavloska, “Polaroid Creative Play”
• 15.10. ∣∣ 11:00 ∣∣ Damian Diaconescu, “Gum Bichromate”
• 17.10. ∣∣ 19:00 ∣∣ Isis Varillon Montagud, “Wet Cyanotype”
• 22.10. ∣∣ 19:00 ∣∣ Claudiu Dunga, “Manual Paper at Home”
• 27.10. ∣∣ 19:00 ∣∣ Claudiu Dunga & Marius Parghel, “Pinhole Camera”

at Casa Studenților, Blv. Regele Carol I Nr. 9, Timișoara