RADAR Festival of New Media Art returns to Bucharest between September 24 and 27, 2026, with its seventh edition, FULL SPECTRUM, hosted this year at ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni in Bucharest’s Old Town.
After the 2025 edition at the House of Free Press, the festival moves to one of Bucharest’s historic cultural venues and brings together artists from Romania and six other countries: Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Argentina and the Republic of Moldova.
The 2026 edition explores the space between opposites: physical and digital, real and virtual, light and darkness, sound and image. Through immersive installations, laser art, AI, interactive environments, projections and sound, FULL SPECTRUM invites visitors to experience new media art from inside the artwork rather than simply observe it.
What to Expect at RADAR FULL SPECTRUM 2026
RADAR 2026 presents an international selection of interactive installations and immersive environments, several shown in Romania for the first time.
The festival’s central theme focuses on recovering the nuances between extremes in a world increasingly divided into black-and-white positions. Many of the works transform visitors from spectators into active participants and explore ideas such as memory, perception, solidarity, empathy, technology and the increasingly blurred boundary between physical and digital reality.
Among the featured international artists are Shohei Fujimoto, Guillaume Marmin and Sven Sauer, alongside artists and studios from Romania and abroad. RADAR also continues its programme supporting emerging artists through a collaboration with UNATC.
Featured Installations at RADAR 2026
intangible #form – Shohei Fujimoto, Japan
Japanese artist Shohei Fujimoto creates spatial structures entirely from laser light.
In intangible #form, visitors move through a dark environment while beams of light continuously change around them, creating the perception of depth, movement and physical structures that do not actually exist.
Hydroscope – Alexis Choplain, France
French artist Alexis Choplain brings together two seemingly opposing elements: water and electricity.
Sound vibrations and electronic and hydraulic mechanisms transform water into constantly changing waves, droplets and reflections.
Deviation – Sven Sauer, Germany
Sven Sauer’s DEVIATION uses fragments of broken glass collected from different parts of the world.
The installation transforms material usually associated with danger and destruction into a field of reflected light, exploring how cooperation and solidarity can emerge from moments of crisis.
Cloud Memory – Guillaume Marmin, France
Cloud Memory is a light and sound sculpture inspired by clouds and organic cellular structures.
The installation explores how human memory is increasingly transferred into digital systems and asks where biological memory ends and digital memory begins.
We. Were. Here. – Ovvo, France
Thousands of small points of light form shifting shapes and moving images visible from multiple angles.
The result is an environment positioned somewhere between abstraction and recognisable reality, where technology and imagination continuously reshape what visitors see.
II LINES – Guillaume Marmin, France
A site-specific light and sound installation built around two horizontal LED lines and an eight-speaker soundscape.
The work uses the architecture of the space itself to create a sensation of movement and speed.
Array – Steven Mark Kübler, Austria
Array creates an interactive field of colour and projection.
Light passes through layered meshes and responds to the movement of visitors, allowing gestures and shadows to become part of the installation.
Beyond Screens There Is Wonder – Adistu, Romania
Romanian artist Adistu transforms a fractured smartphone into a portal towards forests, oceans, beaches and other natural environments.
The work explores what can be overlooked when attention remains permanently focused on digital screens.
RADAR KIDS 2026
Families can also explore RADAR KIDS, the section of the festival dedicated specifically to children.
Between September 25 and 27, RADAR KIDS features more than 14 interactive installations, creative games and robotics workshops designed to encourage learning through curiosity, movement, experimentation and play.
Children can explore interactive installations and participate in robotics workshops adapted to different age groups. Coding Hub coordinates the robotics activities, while Teach for Romania hosts a daily creative workshop between 13:00 and 14:00.
Each RADAR KIDS ticket provides a two-hour experience: approximately one hour for exploring the installations and interactive games and another hour for a robotics workshop appropriate for the child’s age. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and the accompanying adult requires a RADAR KIDS ticket as well.
RADAR Festival 2026 Programme
Thursday, September 24
19:00–23:00 – Exhibition Preview & Opening Party
The festival begins with a preview evening offering early access to the exhibition, the opportunity to meet some of the participating artists and an opening party with a DJ set.
Friday, September 25
RADAR KIDS: 10:00–20:00
RADAR FULL SPECTRUM: 11:00–23:00
Saturday, September 26
RADAR KIDS: 10:00–20:00
RADAR FULL SPECTRUM: 11:00–23:00
Sunday, September 27
RADAR KIDS: 10:00–18:00
RADAR FULL SPECTRUM: 11:00–22:00
RADAR Festival 2026 Tickets
RADAR is a ticketed event, with separate tickets available for the main exhibition, the opening preview and RADAR KIDS.
Tickets are available online through the official RADAR ticketing platform. Visitors can also purchase tickets on site using the UP România Cultural Card.
For RADAR KIDS, visitors choose a specific two-hour time slot when purchasing the ticket.
How to Get to RADAR 2026
RADAR 2026 takes place at:
ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni
84–90 Lipscani Street, Bucharest Old Town
The venue is located in the pedestrian Old Town area of central Bucharest and is easily accessible by public transport and on foot from University Square.
RADAR 2026 at a Glance
Event: RADAR Festival of New Media Art – FULL SPECTRUM
Dates: September 24–27, 2026
Venue: ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni
Location: Bucharest Old Town
Edition: 7th edition
Countries represented: Romania, Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Argentina and the Republic of Moldova
Experience: New media art, interactive installations, immersive environments, laser, light, AI, sound and projections
RADAR KIDS: September 25–27
RADAR has become one of Bucharest’s major events dedicated to the intersection of art and emerging technology. The 2026 FULL SPECTRUM edition brings the festival into the historic centre of the city and offers four days of immersive digital art, interactive installations and experiences created by Romanian and international artists.
