{"id":10327,"date":"2026-01-21T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festival.videoformes.com\/?page_id=10327"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:26:36","slug":"mihai-grecu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/festival.videoformes.com\/en\/mihai-grecu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihai Grecu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10327\" class=\"elementor elementor-10327 elementor-9874\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-beb3ff1 elementor-section-content-middle trait-after elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"beb3ff1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a27ada\" data-id=\"8a27ada\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd9a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cd9a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/festival.videoformes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/casa-928x720.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-portfolio size-blog-portfolio wp-image-9879\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67ac7a1\" data-id=\"67ac7a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f89f947 kill-mg-bot elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f89f947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thursday 12 \u2013 Sunday 29 March<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7965f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7965f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">melonland<br>Mihai Grecu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3810b1f kill-mg-bot elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3810b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>France<\/h4><h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/EONA+FLOTTAISON\/@45.7733131,3.0840146,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47f71bc4d2fa108d:0xe33eb69cd54ef062!8m2!3d45.7733131!4d3.0865895!16s%2Fg%2F11sd33qmcl?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2OUgBUAM%3D\">Eona Flottaison<\/a><\/h6><p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong><br \/>24\/7<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e730700 trait-before elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e730700\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9beef35\" data-id=\"9beef35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c1c30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7c1c30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For group or school visits, please contact the <strong>VIDEO<\/strong>FORMES team by email (videoformes@videoformes.com) or by telephone (+ 33(0)4 73 17 02 17) at least 48 hours in advance. Thank you for your understanding.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed65d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed65d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The work:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbfa3d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbfa3d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Melonland<\/em> immerses viewers in a universe where the watermelon, omnipresent in Romanian summers, becomes the seed of a parallel world. Starting from this ordinary yet symbolically rich fruit, the work reinvents landscapes, architectures, objects, and situations as fragments of a collective dream. The images, generated and recomposed using AI models, shift between humor, poetry, and uncanny strangeness.<\/p><p>The project explores how a simple fruit can become an identity marker, a mythological motif, or a cultural mirror. Each image questions what we project onto visual symbols: rural traditions, popular imagination, beliefs, and the contemporary tensions amplified by social media.<\/p><p><em>Melonland<\/em> also engages with the notion of post-truth: how an image, even an absurd one, can be interpreted in countless ways depending on personal narratives or emotions. AI becomes a revealer of collective fantasies, a \u201cshared dream\u201d where reality and fiction contaminate each other.<\/p><p>By blending folklore, pop aesthetics, surrealism, and viral visual culture, the work reflects on our current era\u2014one in which symbols circulate faster than their meaning, and where a simple fruit can turn into a political sign, a cultural projection, or a new myth. <em>Melonland<\/em> is at once parody, emerging mythology, and a laboratory exploring how images shape our beliefs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2653fc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2653fc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df44e12\" data-id=\"df44e12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5996e48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5996e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The artist:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed233f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed233f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mihai Grecu is a Romanian visual artist and filmmaker, a graduate of Le Fresnoy, living and working between Paris and Cluj-Napoca. His work, situated between experimental cinema and computer-generated imagery, explores dreamlike visions, political allegories and surreal objects. Winner of the French Union of Film Critics Award, his films and artworks have been showcased and awarded at international festivals (Videoformes, Rotterdam, Montreal, Videobrasil) and major exhibitions (Grand Palais, Cube, Ars Electronica, Biennale de l&#8217;Image Tangible etc.).<\/p><p>The artist&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mihaigrecu.net\/\">https:\/\/mihaigrecu.net<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b95d95\" data-id=\"6b95d95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e462f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e462f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/festival.videoformes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mihai-grecu-23-c1-600-2-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/festival.videoformes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mihai-grecu-23-c1-600-2-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6544032 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6544032\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d58cef4\" data-id=\"d58cef4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a170a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a170a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b26e75f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b26e75f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91d056e\" data-id=\"91d056e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d935c3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d935c3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">FOR MORE INFORMATION...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c59d2c\" data-id=\"8c59d2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d20c2e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d20c2e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcc4a1a\" data-id=\"dcc4a1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5416be elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"f5416be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2571\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2571\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2571\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2571\"><p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; font-family: Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">FORMES)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>How would you describe this installation? What can we see? What can we hear? How can we interact with it?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Melonland<\/i> is a video project that imagines a world in which watermelons become cultural and architectural symbols, and are almost&#8230; alive.<\/p>\n<p>We see landscapes, objects, and situations transformed by the surreal presence of the \u201cmelon.\u201d Sometimes, watermelons become houses, cars, or strange creatures straight out of a dream.<\/p>\n<p>There are generally no human voices, but ambient sounds that accentuate the sense of unreality.<\/p>\n<p>The audience does not \u201cdo\u201d anything in particular: they allow themselves to be swept along by the experience and wonder what is real, what is invented, and why a simple watermelon can become such a powerful symbol.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What is it about?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Melonland<\/i> explores the mixture of reality and imagination, and how images can transform the world around us. It is also a reflection on Romanian popular culture, where watermelons are ubiquitous in summer, but reinterpreted here in a fantastical and amusing way.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it is a story about post-truth, about how everyone can see what they want to see in an image, even when it seems absurd.<\/p>\n<p>Est-ce la premi\u00e8re fois que cette installation est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e au public ? Parlez-nous du processus.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the first time this installation has been shown to the public? Tell us about the process.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the first times that the <i>Melonland<\/i> universe has been presented as a complete art installation.<\/p>\n<p>The project began with research into the symbolic role of watermelons in Romania, followed by hundreds of experiments with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Each image goes through several versions: nothing is \u201cinstantaneous.\u201d I combine AI, manual retouching, editing, and conceptual reflection to make <i>Melonland<\/i> look like a collective dream and not just a generated image.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Which artists or art forms inspire your approach?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">For this project, I was influenced by:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; pop art and artists who have transformed simple objects into icons, such as Takashi Murakami or Kaws;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; surrealism, for its ability to transform everyday life;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Romanian rural culture, its symbols and rituals;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; modern mythologies created on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><i>Melonland<\/i> refers to this blend of popular culture, memes, humour, folklore, and digital images.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b style=\"\">What difficulties or challenges did you encounter?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most difficult part is harnessing AI, which sometimes makes strange mistakes, rejects certain images, or lacks coherence.<\/p>\n<p>Another challenge is creating a world that is funny, critical, and poetic, and that appeals to both children and adults.<\/p>\n<p>We also have to choose which images to keep, which ideas to develop, and how to prevent the installation from becoming purely decorative.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Where can we see your work ?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YouTube channel :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@melonland8\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">@melonland8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thegrecu\/?hl=fr\" target=\"_blank\">@thegrecu&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TikTok :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@melonland8\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">@melonland8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A few keywords to describe the installation:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watermelon, fantasy, post-truth, surrealism, folklore, humor, popular imagination, AI, new myths, melon universe.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A few words about your artistic career: when did you start working with digital media? Are you able to make a living from it?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have been working with digital imagery for over twenty years and with AI since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, I was interested in imaginary worlds, science fiction, and manipulated images. 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