Victor Dia is a Romanian photographer who studied at the Arts University Bournemouth (UK). Early dwellings in photography resulted in exhibitions in Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Hungary and Romania. More recently, he has been shortlisted, amongst others, for the International Street Photography Awards (London 2013), Photo Annual Awards (Prague, 2013), Redbird Editions (Amsterdam 2013), Luceo Student Project Award (2013) and exhibited in Bournemouth (Open Space Gallery and Drop Project), London (Bargehouse Gallery and The Power Station Gallery) and The Czech Republic. He is also the recent Fellow of the 2014 CEC Artslink Residency Award.

The House on the Hill project is a long term ongoing inquiry concerning the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, built in the ‘golden age’ of the dictatorial regime. Known as The House of the People, and commonly acknowledged as the second largest building in the world, it encapsulates historical, economical and sociological concerns. The project focuses on the way this building affected the collective memory of the inhabitants of Bucharest, how it is perceived now and the efforts made to integrate it in the torn fabric of a shattered city.