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The Anthropocenic Garden

This moving image piece is inspired by ideas of extinction and rewilding. In a surreal world, 'The Anthropocenic Garden' comes to life with unusual creatures, plants and natural environments, created using parts of the artist's body. Oana used a mix of performance and sculpture, blending her body with different objects to embody the creatures in the film. Originally presented as part of an immersive installation with a dancer, live musicians and set design, it has been reworked here as a standalone video piece.

  • Oana Stanciu
    Director
  • Oana Stanciu
    Key Cast
  • Stephanie Lamprea
    Sound design
  • Tom Green
    Sound design
  • Oana Stanciu
    Writer
  • Oana Stanciu
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 23, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Touch Nature Exhibition, Lentos Kunst Museum, Linz, Austria
    Linz
    Austria
    January 24, 2025
    Invited artist
  • Touch Nature Exhibition, /SAC (Space for Contemporary Art), Bucharest, Romania
    Bucharest
    Romania
    April 30, 2024
    Invited artist
  • Then&Now, Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
    EDINBURGH
    United Kingdom
    February 16, 2024
    Selected artists
  • Viewpoint CutLog Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
    Ayr
    United Kingdom
    August 31, 2023
    Selected Artist
  • Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    May 31, 2023
    Invited artist
Director Biography - Oana Stanciu

Oana Stanciu is a visual artist from Romania, living and working in Edinburgh. Her work combines performance, photography, sculpture and moving image to create subtly distorted self-portraits. She merges her body with different objects and environments, improvising scenes and transforming herself into surreal characters and creatures. Her work features black and white photographs, and moving image pieces that help bring these characters to life.

In 2022, Oana was awarded a Knighthood by the Romanian president for her contribution to Romanian culture in the UK, and she has received several awards including a VACMA Award 2023, Stills Award 2022, RSA Morton Award 2021, Ingleby Award, Latimer Award, and the Meyer Oppenheim Award, and in 2019 she received one of the Royal Scottish Academy’s RSA Residencies for Scotland. Her work has been exhibited in various cities in the UK including Edinburgh and London as well as in Romania, Norway, Austria and Japan.

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