“I would describe myself as a visual artist who has transitioned from working with physical materials to working with digital systems without renouncing my past. So I am neither an opportunistic tech artist nor a nostalgic one.”

THE STATEMENT

Through my work, I do not follow trends, but rather create affective systems between the body, color, and algorithm for unexpected and unprecedented experiences. Or, as I like to say, I create a continuity between body, affect, and system.

THE SENSORY LAYER

For me, the visual and emotional experience is primary; before the concept, before the explanation, there is the state. And for this, the artwork must be experienced, rather than immediately understood.

THE TRANSITION

Beyond the surface, I seek to explore the relationship between mind, matter, and technology as a living system, rather than as separate tools as they are usually perceived.

CORTEXTUALISM

And I have formulated this approach within a conceptual framework called cortextualism, a living system that I view as a transdisciplinary practice in which: consciousness no longer produces form; it becomes form. matter no longer supports thought; it is thought. technology is no longer an instrument; it pulsates like a second brain. Sculpture thus becomes a self-reflexive system: the brain shapes form, and form shapes the brain, an infinite loop of cognitive co-generation.

THE MANIFESTO

My practice shifts sculpture from form to system, from representation to process. I create structures in which the body, emotion, and algorithm become a single flow, and the work is no longer something to be viewed, but something that happens in real time. Cortextualism is a mutation: consciousness becomes material, matter becomes visible thought, and technology ceases to be an instrument and becomes an extension of the mind. Here, sculpture is a self-reflexive system in which the brain shapes form, and form shapes the brain. It is not interactive art, but rather the co-generation of cognitive reality.

The work does not stand on a pedestal; it happens in consciousness.

I am Bogdan Lascăr, a contemporary sculptor and PhD in visual arts, and in my art I investigate the intersection of sculpture, cognition, and technology as a living practice. I am the founder of Cortextualism, a theoretical and artistic framework in which I redefine sculpture as a neuro-technological process and a cognitive ecosystem.

THE SHAPER

I’ve had the privilege of exhibiting in many places around the world, but one of the moments that has stayed with me was the exhibition at the Armani Hotel in the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. It was a validation that what I create reaches beyond me, to people, to their emotions. I have also received recognition, such as the Unesco Gold Medal, but beyond any award, what motivates me remains the same: the need to understand and express what it means to be human. For me, art is a process, a continuous transformation, a dialogue between who we are and who we could become, and I’m glad you’re here with me!