Anca Benera and Arnold Estefan are based in Bucharest and Vienna and have collaborated since 2012. Their research-driven practice examines hidden patterns in historical, social, and geopolitical narratives through installation, video, and performance. Their works have been exhibited worldwide, recently including n.b.k Berlin, Tinguely Museum Basel, Migros Museum Zurich, Istanbul Biennial, Palais de Tokyo Paris, and Whitechapel in London, among others.

Benera and Estefan’s project for the SAVA, “Prospecting S.A.”, explored the Romanian-African joint economic ventures and their legacies since the first Romanian trans-African expedition. This research resulted in a film titled The Missing Mountain (2023), which investigates uranium’s path as both a mineral and time traveller, transferring isotopes across geographies, industries, and time scales. 

More information about this film can be found here.