„Deconstructed Ruins" is an installation, part of the practical part of the BA Degree in Visual Arts, combining drypoint etching with a spatial arrangement, exploring the concepts of collective history and the memory of the space. The work investigates industrial heritage as a historical site, a witness to everyday life, an archive of personal experiences, a mirror of social transformation, and a source of aesthetic inspiration through decay. The abandoned industrial landscapes of the Jiu Valley have remained an echo in the artist's memory. These ruined structures embody histories ranging from the ambitions of the mining industry to the desolation of the present, absorbing hardship, hope, violence, and abandonment. The installation consists of engraved plexiglass plates of various shapes mounted on a metal framework, depicting derelict buildings, metal structures, and rusted skeletal towers. Their fragmented appearance evokes an incomplete memory suspended in time