Program

Messages to/from the Sun in the Botanic Park

Under the gentle rays of the sun, in the green heart of Timișoara, the Botanic Park becomes the living space of imagination and the sensitive encounter between nature and the word. Together with children with disabilities from the “Hope” Habilitation Foundation, we organize a creative writing workshop entitled “Messages to/from the Sun” – a moment of silence, expression and shared joy.

In the workshop, children and adults are invited to express their thoughts, dreams and feelings through letters, poems, drawings and collages dedicated to the sun – symbol of light, warmth and hope. Each message is unique, bearing the personal stamp of each child and reflecting the way they perceive light, warmth or even their hidden wishes.

The workshop encourages freedom of expression, empathy and inclusion, and the children are accompanied by volunteers and facilitators who provide support, encouragement and creative tools tailored to their needs.

The activity takes place outdoors, in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, where each message to the sun becomes a gesture of light shared with others.

This workshop is not just an artistic activity – it’s a form of healing through words, of connecting and celebrating diversity in a natural space that encourages dialog between people and nature.

The Footprint of the Sun – Writing with Light
Photography workshops in the rhythm of light with Marc T‘Syen

10:00 – 12:00 and 15:00 – 17:00 – photography workshop
17:00- 19:00 – guided tour in Timisoara

9:30 – 13:00 – Guided tour in Timis County – the archaeological site of Parța

16:00 – 18:00 – photography workshop

“Following the Sun – Writing with Light” – Photography Workshops in the Rhythm of Light with Marc T’Syen explores the essential role of sunlight in the art of photography, emphasizing how sun/light shapes visual perception, emotion and composition of an image. Participants will learn to consciously observe and use natural light, from the gentle rays of morning to the dramatic shadows of sunset.

The theme focuses on:

• Light and shadow: how to use the contrast created by sunlight to add depth and visual interest to images.
• Golden hour and blue hour: Techniques for shooting in favorable light conditions and how they influence the tones and atmosphere of the photograph.
• The sun as subject and inspiration: integrating the sun into the composition – silhouettes, artistic flares, reflections and plays of light.
• Visual narrative through light: How we tell a story just by the way light falls on a subject or landscape.

The workshops will take place in Galeria Pod in Timisoara, 1, E. Ungureanu Street.

The workshops are free of charge. Minimum conditions for participation are basic knowledge of photography and English.

Places are limited to 30 people.

Registrations can be made by phone 0771343849 or email asociatiatrai@gmail.com

Photography exhibition by Marc T’Syen and interior design by Cezar Blînda

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Solar Traces

by Cezar Blînda

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Piano live performance Yvonne

Opening June 5, 2025, 18:00

Opening June 5, 18:00 hour

The exhibition runs from June 5- June 15, 2025

POD Gallery, Center of Culture and Art of Timis County, 1 E. Ungureanu Street

Access is free!

Opening hours:
Monday – Friday 10:00 – 20:00
Saturday – Sunday, 16:00 – 20:00

Photography exhibition by Marc T’Syen

“Where the light rests” is a silent journey into the spaces where the sun’s rays find solace. In each photograph, light becomes a delicate soul that caresses the skin, nestles in the shadows and dances on surfaces with an almost palpable gentleness.

Marc T’Syen invites us into those fleeting moments when time stands still and light becomes the silent language of memories and hidden emotions. His images are not mere visual records, but portraits of an invisible presence, a sacred space where light breathes and rests, leaving behind a visual poetry that reverberates in the stillness of the soul.

This exhibition is a sanctuary of fragility and beauty, a meditation on the light that envelops and transforms us, even in the simplest moments.

Marc T’Syen, a Belgian master of visual poetry

Marc T’Syen is a Belgian photographer with a career spanning from the 1970s to the present. He started photography in 1973 and has been working as a freelance photographer since 1980. He is the founder of the studio “Now UnlimiteD” in Antwerp, Belgium, where he explores a different vision of photography.

He is one of Europe’s most refined visual artists and arrives for the first time in Romania, bringing with him a world where light becomes a story and image – poetry. The Sunscape festival event proposes a rare and profound encounter between photography, music and contemporary sensibility.

A journey through light and noise

Leaving Antwerp at just 17, Marc settled in the borough of Bromley, an epicenter of punk’s effervescence, where the walls vibrated with music and the streets smelled of change. It was a time when art didn’t ask permission – it exploded. It was against this backdrop of noise and raw beauty that he met Malcolm McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols, and photographer David Bailey, who opened the door to a world where the image became a statement.

Under the guidance of Bailey and, later, the sophisticated Cecil Beaton, Marc learned not only the technique, but also the silence behind every frame. He stepped into the world of elite magazines – British Vogue, The Face Magazine – and collaborated with big names in fashion and cinema, but his heart was always tied to that feverish, unfinished London where every photograph seemed to be torn from a manifesto.

Back to the light, close to the essence

Today, after decades of creative work, Marc T’Syen has returned to his native Belgium, carrying with him an eye formed in chaos and refined in light. His photographic practice has become more introspective, quieter, closer to that light that guides, through inspiration, the order of things in the universe.

“Where the light rests” – Photography exhibition by Marc T’Syen

In the exhibition “Where Lights Rest”, the public is invited on a visual journey through urban and natural landscapes, captured in the soft hours of the sun, where the light lets its body breathe on the edge of things. Each work is a photographic reverie, a visual meditation on time, place and perception. In parallel, artist Cezar Blînda’s solar bodies will complete the experience of sun and light, where the bodies radiate a living silence, reflecting cosmic rhythms.

Location: Pod Gallery, Center for Culture and Art of Timis County

Address: Str. E. Ungureanu, nr.1
Exhibition period: June 5, 2025 – June 15, 2025

Opening: June 5, 2025, 18:00
Admission: free
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 20:00, Sunday – Saturday, 16:00 – 20:00

Cezar Blînda: Psychologist, designer and book author, originally from Huși. After 4 years of studies

in the Roman-Catholic Theological Seminary in Roman, followed another 3 licentiate in

psychology in Iași. At the same time he explored woodworking towards contemporary object design and conceptual sculpture.

Solar footprints by Cezar Blînda

These works investigate the relationship between light and matter, nature and form, in a composition where the Sun becomes not only source but symbol. The bodies radiate a living silence, becoming altars dedicated to cosmic rhythms.

The deep texture, sculpted by repeated gestures, becomes a relief that absorbs and reflects light, turning each shadow into a solar story. Light is not just effect, but active matter – a force that reveals the subtle connection between fire, time and wood.

These pieces propose an intimate approach to the Sun – not as a distant star, but as a presence nestled in the material, visible through rhythm, texture and energy.

Yvonne is an artist from Timisoara, known for the sensitivity and originality of her work. Inspired by the beauty of the city and personal experiences, Yvonne combines color and emotion in a deep and authentic way.

Center of Culture and Art of Timis County, 1, E. Ungureanu Street, Timisoara

Access is free while places are available!

Under the title, SOLARIS, a constellation of sounds in which the electric harp and sunlight become one, we invite the public to a unique experience. Here, the music is not just listened to – it is absorbed, like a ray in the skin, like an emotion in the silence. A concert that ignites what is already alive in you. A sound world where the sun does not burn, but caresses. The harp becomes a star. You – galaxy. In a space suspended between sound and form, “Solaris” becomes a sensory experience where the earth molds beneath your fingers and the air vibrates under the strings of an electric harp. Before the viewer’s eyes, clay – the raw, ancestral element – is transformed in real time into a living sculpture, carried by slow, instinctive, almost sacred gestures. Each touch traces contours in the silence of the material, while the electric harp weaves a soundscape flowing between the ethereal and the visceral. The sound, sometimes delicate as a ray, sometimes deep as an inner echo, amplifies the movement of the hands in the clay, becoming accompaniment, dialog and counterpoint. Electronic harmonies meet the natural vibration of the strings, in an improvised composition that breathes along with the budding form. “Solaris is not just a performance. It is an act of contemplation and creation – an inner journey that invites the audience to witness the birth of form from earth and sound. A meditation on light, fragility, matter and soul. A hybrid performance where time flows differently and the senses are awakened by clay and music alike.

Inia Dinia is an artist and composer from Timișoara, with a remarkable career in the field of metal and cinematic-orchestral music. She was a member of the band Negură Bunget, an emblematic name of the Romanian metal scene, and is known for her solo projects and collaborations with various bands. Iniei Dinia’s musical style combines elements of orchestral, cinematic and electronic music, creating unique and captivating atmospheres. Her influences include Hans Zimmer, whose cinematic compositions have deeply inspired her musical approach. Today, Inia Dinia continues to be active in music, working on new projects and collaborations. She is known for her dedication to music and her ability to create works that resonate deeply with listeners. Inia Dinia creates original musical universes using electric harp, effect pedals and a deeply personal experimental approach. Her music transcends genres, exploring the boundaries between dream, ritual and reality, with an expressiveness that starts with tones of her own creation.

Using a unique effects setup, Inia not only interprets, but builds her own sound language, sculpting textures and atmospheres that seem otherworldly. Each sound is deliberately chosen and shaped, and each piece becomes a gateway to an inner or imaginary space – from post-apocalyptic landscapes to fairytale realms.

The electric harp becomes, in her hands, an instrument of exploration and transformation, and the music – a means of deep connection, both with herself and with those who listen.

Remus Irimescu is an artist who has worked his way into sculpture from the exact areas of engineering to the intuitive depth of form. Born in Râmnicu Vâlcea in 1967, but artistically trained in Timișoara, Irimescu is a sculptor of essences – of stillness, balance and the unseen dialog between man and material.

He graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design of the West University of Timisoara, where he studied sculpture as a meditation in matter. His works, often made in wood, bronze or stone, are not just objects but presences – silent volumes that seem to have been discovered, not created. Through his forms, often inspired by nature, the archaic and sacred geometry, Irimescu seeks not to imitate, but to reveal: the being hidden in matter.

In his practice, performance becomes a natural extension of the artistic process – a ritual encounter between hands, material and time. In working with wet clay, in a sonorous or sacred setting, the artist allows himself to be guided by the inner rhythm of the form, as in a slow trance of creation.

His works can be found in private international collections as well as in public spaces – from “Venus” in Serbia to “Kings Gate” in Harman. Both artist and mentor, Remus Irimescu teaches sculpture at the Timisoara School of Art, instilling in his students not only the technique but also the patience to listen to the voice of clay, wood and stone.

In his work, sculpture is not just a visual expression but a breathing presence. He uses wood, bronze, stone or clay to bring to the surface an archetypal form – a form that seems discovered rather than invented. Light, in his work, is not a decorative effect, but a creative partner: it falls, touches, emphasizes, erases – it shapes along with it.