Candid documentary by filmmaker Luci David, following the 21 participants in the 1-week lab at The Legacy, in Bucharest RO, between September 21-26, 2026. The film looks crisply into the innards of art–science research and collaborations, with their natural ups and downs, small joys and failures, endless trials and communal day-to-day sharing and activities, which usually come before innovation and remain behind closed doors.
Unplugged? investigates the concept of post-energy and the limits of the energy and digital infrastructures, aiming to reconnect creative communities in Romania and abroad to the material realities of technological consumption. The one-week interdisciplinary laboratory encouraged a research-driven transition from passive consumers of technology to resource-conscious creators, facilitating an applied exchange of knowledge between new media artists, researchers and the interested public.
Documentary by Luci David.

Partners: V2 Lab for Unstable Media, Projekt Atol, SciPublicForum, The Legacy, Simultan Festival, Plan Zero, IT - a place for it, West University Timișoara, Zile și nopți
Thanks: Radio Guerrilla

Unplugged? is co-funded by the City of Timișoara through the Center for Projects and The Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN).
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the program may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.