Ion Barladeanu has been living on the border of society all his life. He has not raised a family, in Bucharest he did all possible odd jobs, such as grave digger, frame saw worker, security person or unqualified worker at the House of the People (Caucescu's Palace). Since 1989 he lived at no home, selecting garbage. For his own amusement he has been creating collages, unknown till the year 2007.