About mots

Daniela + Octavian = mots

Daniela

Daniela Nedovescu is a writer and producer. She grew up playing outside when memorizing phone numbers was still a thing, but forgot all about that when she discovered the social media like. Since then, she's obsessed with getting as many likes on her posts as she can no matter the consequences.

Octavian

Octavian Mot is an artist and director. He found out early that talking to computers is a superpower that can be harnessed - that and saving money, something he's still struggling to harness. Now he can hold a good 10-minute monologue about filmmaking, AI, or astronomy without too much stuttering. He thinks that he lives in a simulation and often doubts the nature of his reality.

mots

We've been making a variety of stuff together for, surprisingly, over a decade, in a way that is often civilized and sane, but definitely not calm nor friendly. Actually, not sane, nor civilized either.

We're often commissioned by generous folks to create content, produce films, build interactive media installations, or even help them find meaning—honest work that is simple and only rarely calls for extended therapy sessions once completed. Occasionally, we get carried away with ambition or optimism and even launch projects on our own.

Click here to see a selection of the stuff we made.

Selected press

Artnet: Would You Let an A.I. Insult You? An Art Installation in Germany Does Just That

Designboom: mots' quippy AI installation at sónar+D judges you based on your appearance

Campaign Germany: Artist duo Mots: "We explore the dynamics between humans and AI" (in German)

iQads:Interview mots (in Romanian)

Wired: Attendees at this year’s Tribeca Festival in New York can subject themselves to the blunt and unfiltered opinions of an AI

Cheddar TV news: Would You Let AI Judge You? Inside the Digital Confession Booth Turning Heads At Tribeca Immersive

CBS news: At 2025 Tribeca Festival, VR, augmented reality and AI showcase immersive storytelling

Voices of VR: Getting Roasted by Unfiltered “AI & Me”

Variety: Tribeca Festival Launches Immersive Technology Exhibit ‘In Search of Us’

ADC Festival 2024 winner with AI & Me: 1x silver, 1x bronze, 1x merit

ADC Festival 2025 winner with Deutsch / Nicht Deutsch: 1x gold, 1x silver, 1x merit