name david lazar
location bucharest
practice systems, computation, infrastructures
formats installation, net-art, computational systems
instagram @davidgrn

my practice emerges from the intersection of software engineering and artistic research. i explore technological systems not as neutral tools, but as infrastructures that shape human identity, behavior, and public space.

through installations, web-based projects, and code-driven works, i examine automation, surveillance, and data extraction as lived conditions rather than abstract processes. my work is research-led: i begin by tracing the technical and institutional structures behind a system, then translate them into visual and spatial experiences that can be physically and emotionally felt.

i am interested in the tension between the allure of technological spectacle and the risks concealed within accessible, easy-to-use design. rather than presenting technology as innovation, my work foregrounds delay, opacity, and procedural repetition to expose how systems quietly restructure perception, agency, and ethics.

my background in software development has shaped my critical relationship to ai and algorithmic systems—their opacity, biases, and extractive logic. ethics therefore play a central role in my practice. i work with small-scale, locally run systems informed by principles of permacomputing, sustainability, and transparency, consciously avoiding reliance on corporate infrastructures built on surveillance and environmental cost.

across my practice, i combine critical theory with material experimentation to question how technological realities are constructed and normalized. my work invites reflection rather than interaction, using irony as a tool for critique and care. at its core, my practice asks how technology might be reclaimed for more responsible, inclusive, and humane forms of engagement.

2022–2025 mfa, computational arts — goldsmiths, london
2013–2016 bsc, electrical engineering — mbna, romania
2025 ra110 — hkw × artep gallery, berlin
2025 tate × anthropic ai residency — tate, london
2025 dweb for creatives (schoolarship) — gray area, sf
2025 scai — sona, brasov
2025 raw — goldsmiths university, london
2025 end of residency show — tate modern, london
2024 in search of a phantom — iba art, london
2024 into the flux — iba art, london
2024 interphase — goldsmiths university, london
2024 table for none — grotto gallery, bucharest
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