The Virus Diary project is the outcome of the early pandemic uncertainty when the Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi was scheduled to do a solo exhibition at the White Cuib Gallery in Cluj-Napoca. The initial event was postponed, planned to be adapted to the closed gallery’s windows, then on the gallery’s social media pages, where the artist quickly rendered it into an opportunity for hearing a diversity of voices on the Covid-19 global lockdown.

The generic title of the project was purposely used to include more perspectives on how others related to the quarantine, its impact on the world, and their reflections on how a new visual language was adjusting the reality. Despite the free movement restrictions, as well as the negative impact on the fragile Romanian art scene, the Virus Diary became an immaterial shared space for free thinking, expression, and togetherness.

The Virus Diary was an experimental exhibition displayed online in several posts a day during the first nine weeks of the pandemic. In the early stages, Perjovschi and the gallery team gradually invited more artists to get involved in the project and thus it became a collective effort. Over 25 Romanian and international artists, plus guest artists, were involved as permanent contributors during the peak weeks. For nine weeks in a row, from morning to night, the White Cuib’s online presence provided its audience with a wide range of interpretations, while offering to the artists whose activity was affected by the pandemic a chance to refocus from uncertainty and anxiety to a form of visual dialogue.

Special guests:

Quentin Jouret, Dan Burzo, Răzvan Botiş, Bartha Jozsef, Alex Bodea, Florin Arhire, Hans D. Christ, Tomáš Vaněk, Frank Bz, Ştefan Radu Cretu, Beagles&Ramsay, Elena Vlădareanu, Eirini Linardaki & Vincent Parisot, Dana Catona, Isa Balog, Alina Marinescu, Cosmin Bumbuţ, Raphael Larre, Attila Kispál, Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu, Simion Cernica, Andrei Flocea (Minitremu), Alexanru Faur (Minitremu), Raimar Stange, Patrick Roussel, Andra Cati (Minitremu), Matei Rădulescu (Minitremu), Ovidiu Hrim, Tudor Mureşan (Minitremu), Alicia Crasiuc (Minitremu), Caterina Preda, Kispál Ágnes, Gergely Hory, Farid Fairuz, Diana Grigorescu (Minitremu), Sabina Aldea (Minitremu), Cătălina Neculai, Simona Nastac, Casandra Vidrighin, Daniela Palimariu, Remus Ţiplea, Mischa Kuball, Gluklya Pershina, Szabolcs KissPál, Andreea Mare (Minitremu), Naomi Bildea, Manuel Pelmuş, Rie Kawakami, Mihai Iepure- Górski, Camelia Popescu, Andra Beligan (Minitremu), Larisa Cont (Minitremu), Edi Constantin, Daria Borsa (Minitremu), Natalia Marc (Minitremu), Mona Nicoară, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Bogdan Georgescu, Bianca Mocan, Miklos Onucsan, Cristi Gaspar, Ciprian Ciuclea, Tudor Toader, Karolina Kubik, Cristina Gagiu, Cristian Alexa, Luchezar Boyadijev, Abel Rad & Laurenţiu Zbîrcea, Patrick Roussel, Oana Tănase, Alexandru Solomon, Dăruieşte Viaţă, Vlad Brăteanu, Mihai Platică, Suzana Dan, Lea Rasovszky, Megan Dominescu, Cătălina Nistor, Takehito Koganezawa, Nita Mocanu, Alex Mihăileanu, Trevor Yeung, Iulia Toma, Lavinia Creţu, Mihail Coşuleţu, Susanna Inglada, Levente Kozma, Cezar Lăzărescu, Adreea Medar, Andreea Harabagiu, Emilian Mocanu, Cristian Pogăcean, Ramona Chirica, Ioana Vreme Moser, Silviu Preda, Jaro Varga, Brent Birnbaum, Oberliht Association, Cristian Rusu, Dimitar Solakov, Simona Vilău, Bogdan Gârbovan, Andrei Pungovschi, Ion Barbu, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Lucian Barbu, Banu Cennetoğlu, Krassimir Terziev, Joana Preda, Yuko Okumura, Delia Popa, Tincuţa Marin, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Milan Mikulastík, 3 137 Athens, Alexandru Munteanu, Ute Krafft, Isola Milano, Oliver Ressler, Squeak Carnwath, Michele Bressan, Iuliana Vilsan, Saddo Raul, Fani Zguro, Eliodor Moldovan, Tadija Janicic, Lucian Indrei, Iza Tarasewicz, Radu Carnariu, Dora Garcia, Alexandra Mocan, Andrei Dosa, Latifa Echakkh, Sorina Vaselina, Ada Stan, Oana Cosug, Andrei Pacea, Vlad Moraru, Diana Filimon, Dana &Eva Koťátková, Jadranka Kosorcic, Ivan Moudov, Eugen Palagub.