Romanian Pavilion 2026: Black Seas, Scores for the Sonic Eye

Anca Benera und Arnold Estefán (Alumni of the 2021 Solitude Exchange Network) will represent Romania at the Venice Biennale 2026 with Black Seas – Scores for the Sonic Eye, a video and sculptural–sound installation.

The work, curated by Corina Oprea and Diana Marincu, listens to the Black Sea as a living, shifting archive. Plural by nature, the Black Sea is a dynamic field of forces – ecological, political, and historical – where past and present, human and more-than-human, biology and technology, ecology and militarization continuously shape one another. Traces of these crossings persist beneath the surface, layered in sediments, data, and the quiet debris of conflict. Benera und Estefán pose the question of whether sound can reveal what history leaves submerged.

What to expect:
Audio / Sound, Film / Video, Sculpture, Installation