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МЕСТА НА УДОВОЛСТВИЕТО
Гостите на МУЛТИПОЛИС
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PLACES OF PLEASURE
An exhibition in the frame of the project “Multipolis – Images of the City”
(Fragments and more)31 October – 26 November 2017Exhibition opening: 31 October, Tuesday at 6pm
Place:Sofia City Art Gallery
Antoaneta Galabova, Ivaylo Dinev, Iliyana Kancheva, Kosta Tonev, Krassimir Terziev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Lyubomir Ignatov, Maria Tsaneva, Martin Penev, Miná Minov, Miryana Todorova, Pavel Naydenov, Peter Mintchev, Vasilena Gankovska, Valko Chobanov
Curator: Stefka Tsaneva
With the special participation of Marleen Andreev, Julia Pommer, Frank Zitzmann, Elisabeth Rosenthal and Thomas Judisch - participation in the artist-in-residence program in the frame of the Multipolis project in June 2017
archive: Guest program
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The Multipolis initiative originates from the city, which, among other things, is broad enough to offer space and allow creative freedom and opportunities for interaction between various disciplines. Art, music and theory are the fields the organizers from The Fridge are willing to get into direct dialogue with one another.
Multipolis started as an open invitation to young artists, musicians and theorists specializing in the humanities. A small group of young people from various fields, namely visual artists, art theorists, sociologists, musicians, got together. They have been working with artists Luchezar Boyadjiev and Krassimir Terziev, sociologist Lea Vajsova and philosopher Dimitar Bozhkov, as well as with music theorist Iliya Gramatikov. They are not supposed to stay within a specified framework, i. e. each participant may focus on the aspect of the city that offers and speaks to him/her the most. Major themes/issues/locations take shape and are marked on the city map – the Hristo Botev quarter, Student Town, parks and recreation venues, the subcultural sexual practice called cruising, etc. Some participants picked out a specific venue, others focused on a specific phenomenon, still others chose to look at the environment surrounding them, at people and their lifestyle, as well as the dynamic between the latter and the city.
Multipolis is not a straightforward project with clear rules, deadlines and expectations for final results. It is much more an attempt for working together, for canalizing various energies and interests. But most of all, Multipolis is a process. Unfinished, unfinalized, there are not end results, there is no full stop, not even three dots, because the sentence just goes on.
The exhibition is open as a structure as well - it features works by project participants, by external artists whose works present pleasure venues in the city, as well as works from the permanent collection of the Sofia City Art Gallery.
The artists included in the exhibition differ drastically in terms of the means of artistic expression, highlights and approaches they employ in exploring urban themes. It is pleasure that their works have in common, as regardless of its problems, ugliness, dirtiness, ghettos, or gentrified areas, the city is also a venue of pleasures. Some of them are small, almost insignificant pleasures like games played by children in the street, while others are secretive like cruising, voyeurism or gambling. Still other works reveal the visual pleasures of architecture, streets and urban landscapes, be they in the old part of town, or in Sofia’s residential areas riddled with buildings made of concrete panels. Yet pleasure is always short-lived, imaginary or deceptive. That is why the exhibition seeks to find out what lies behind the picture-perfect venues of pleasure.
In the exhibition there is a a special zone (as a class room), where visitors can find videos, useful links, texts and books, dedicated to the image of the city in art, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and music. The materials were selected together with the mentors in the project and aim at presenting some of the „learning materials“ or „textbooks“ from the Multipolis project as well as to show various historical and contemporary, audio-visual and theoretical points of view in the city. In this kind of a class room visitors can freely sit down and reach and go through the documentation of the working process of the Multipolis project. They can also find the documentation of the special German participation with interventions in public space by the guest artists.
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The Multipolis project was initiated and organized by The Fridge with kind support from the Culture program of the capital city municipality, the St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria.
The Pleasure Venues Exhibition was organized under the Multipolis project 2016 / 2017.
On the cover: Iliyana Kancheva, Zona B-5, 2012, analogue photography, double exposure
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МЕСТА НА УДОВОЛСТВИЕТО
31 октомври – 26 ноември 2017
Откриване: 31 октомври /вторник/ от 18:00 часаМясто: Софийска Градска Художествена Галерия - СГХГ
Лъчезар Бояджиев, Василена Ганковска, Антоанета Гълъбова, Ивайло Динев, Любомир Игнатов, Илияна Кънчева, Минá Минов, Петър Минчев, Павел Найденов, Мартин Пенев, Красимир Терзиев, Миряна Тодорова, Коста Тонев, Мария Цанева, Вълко Чобанов
Куратор: Стефка Цанева
Със специалното участие на Марлен Андреев, Джулия Помер, Франк Зицман, Елизабет Розентал, Томас Джудиш - участници в резидентна програма по проект "Мултиполис" през юни 2017.
Гостите на МУЛТИПОЛИС
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Начинанието „Мултиполис“ започва от града, който освен всичко друго е и достатъчно необятно поле, което да може да предложи пространство и свобода за работа и взаимодействие между различни дисциплини. Изкуство, музика и теория са областите, които организаторите от The Fridge искат да поставят в непосредствен диалог.
„Мултиполис“ започна под формата на отворена покана за млади художници, музиканти и теоретици от хуманитарни специалности. Събра се малка група от младежи от различни области – визуални артисти, изкуствоведи, социолози, музиканти. С тях работят художниците Лъчезар Бояджиев и Красимир Терзиев, социоложката Лея Вайсова и философът Димитър Божков, както и музиковедът Илия Граматиков. Няма зададена рамка – всеки от участниците може да се съсредоточи върху този аспект на града, който му предлага и му говори най-много. На картата се очертават и основните теми/проблеми/локации – квартал „Христо Ботев“, Студентски град, парковете и местата за отдих, субкултурната сексуална практика „круизинг“ и други. Докато някои от авторите избират конкретно място, други се спират на определен феномен, а трети се вглеждат в средата около себе си, в хората и в начина им (си) на живот и в какво взаимодействие стои той с града.
„Мултиполис“ не е праволинеен проект, с ясни правила, срокове и очаквания за крайни резултати. Той е много повече опит за работа заедно, за канализиране на различни енергии и интереси. Но преди всичко „Мултиполис“ е процес. Незавършен, неокончателен, няма финални резултати, няма точка, няма дори многоточие, защото изречението просто продължава.
Настоящата изложба е също така отворена като структура – в нея са включени работи на участниците в проекта, на външни художници, в чиято работа се откриват градските „места на удоволствието“, както и произведения от фонда на Софийска градска художествена галерия.
Представените в изложбата автори са крайно различни като художествен език, фокус и подход, що се отнася до градските теми. Но именно удоволствието се оказва пресечна точка на търсенията им, защото макар и проблематичен, грозен, мръсен, гетоизиран или джентрифициран, градът е и място на удоволствията. Понякога дребни и почти незначителни като детските игри на улицата, друг път потайни като круизинга, воайорството или хазарта. За други градът е визуалната наслада от архитектурата, улиците и градските пейзажи – били те от Стара София или от някой панелен квартал. Удоволствието обаче е винаги мигновено, имагинерно или лъжливо. Затова и изложбата търси какво има зад хубавата картинка на местата на удоволствието.
В изложбата е обособена специална зона (почти „класна стая“), където посетителите могат да разгледат видеа, полезни линкове, текстове и книги, посветени на града в изкуството, философията, социологията, антропологията и музиката. Материалите са подбрани заедно с менторите в проекта и целят както да представят някои от „учебните материали“ от „Мултиполис“, така и да покажат още и различни, исторически и съвременни, аудио-визуални и теоретични гледни точки към града. В своеобразната класна стая посетителите свободно ще могат да седнат и да почетат, както и да разгледат документация от работния процес на „Мултиполис“ и от специалното участие с намеси в градска среда на гостуващите художници от Германия.
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Проектът „Мултиполис“ е иницииран и организиран от The Fridge с подкрепата на Столична програма „Култура“, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ и Гьоте-институт България.
Изложбата „Места на удоволствието“ се случва в контекста на проекта „Мултиполис“ и е курирана от Стефка Цанева и реализирана в партньорство със Софийска градска художествена галерия и Гьоте-институт България.
На корицата: Илияна Кънчева, Зона Б-5, 2012, аналогова фотография, двойна експозиция
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PLACES OF PLEASURE
An exhibition in the frame of the project “Multipolis – Images of the City”
(Fragments and more)31 October – 26 November 2017Exhibition opening: 31 October, Tuesday at 6pm
Place:Sofia City Art Gallery
Antoaneta Galabova, Ivaylo Dinev, Iliyana Kancheva, Kosta Tonev, Krassimir Terziev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Lyubomir Ignatov, Maria Tsaneva, Martin Penev, Miná Minov, Miryana Todorova, Pavel Naydenov, Peter Mintchev, Vasilena Gankovska, Valko Chobanov
Curator: Stefka Tsaneva
With the special participation of Marleen Andreev, Julia Pommer, Frank Zitzmann, Elisabeth Rosenthal and Thomas Judisch - participation in the artist-in-residence program in the frame of the Multipolis project in June 2017
archive: Guest program
===============================================
The Multipolis initiative originates from the city, which, among other things, is broad enough to offer space and allow creative freedom and opportunities for interaction between various disciplines. Art, music and theory are the fields the organizers from The Fridge are willing to get into direct dialogue with one another.
Multipolis started as an open invitation to young artists, musicians and theorists specializing in the humanities. A small group of young people from various fields, namely visual artists, art theorists, sociologists, musicians, got together. They have been working with artists Luchezar Boyadjiev and Krassimir Terziev, sociologist Lea Vajsova and philosopher Dimitar Bozhkov, as well as with music theorist Iliya Gramatikov. They are not supposed to stay within a specified framework, i. e. each participant may focus on the aspect of the city that offers and speaks to him/her the most. Major themes/issues/locations take shape and are marked on the city map – the Hristo Botev quarter, Student Town, parks and recreation venues, the subcultural sexual practice called cruising, etc. Some participants picked out a specific venue, others focused on a specific phenomenon, still others chose to look at the environment surrounding them, at people and their lifestyle, as well as the dynamic between the latter and the city.
Multipolis is not a straightforward project with clear rules, deadlines and expectations for final results. It is much more an attempt for working together, for canalizing various energies and interests. But most of all, Multipolis is a process. Unfinished, unfinalized, there are not end results, there is no full stop, not even three dots, because the sentence just goes on.
The exhibition is open as a structure as well - it features works by project participants, by external artists whose works present pleasure venues in the city, as well as works from the permanent collection of the Sofia City Art Gallery.
The artists included in the exhibition differ drastically in terms of the means of artistic expression, highlights and approaches they employ in exploring urban themes. It is pleasure that their works have in common, as regardless of its problems, ugliness, dirtiness, ghettos, or gentrified areas, the city is also a venue of pleasures. Some of them are small, almost insignificant pleasures like games played by children in the street, while others are secretive like cruising, voyeurism or gambling. Still other works reveal the visual pleasures of architecture, streets and urban landscapes, be they in the old part of town, or in Sofia’s residential areas riddled with buildings made of concrete panels. Yet pleasure is always short-lived, imaginary or deceptive. That is why the exhibition seeks to find out what lies behind the picture-perfect venues of pleasure.
In the exhibition there is a a special zone (as a class room), where visitors can find videos, useful links, texts and books, dedicated to the image of the city in art, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and music. The materials were selected together with the mentors in the project and aim at presenting some of the „learning materials“ or „textbooks“ from the Multipolis project as well as to show various historical and contemporary, audio-visual and theoretical points of view in the city. In this kind of a class room visitors can freely sit down and reach and go through the documentation of the working process of the Multipolis project. They can also find the documentation of the special German participation with interventions in public space by the guest artists.
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The Multipolis project was initiated and organized by The Fridge with kind support from the Culture program of the capital city municipality, the St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria.
The Pleasure Venues Exhibition was organized under the Multipolis project 2016 / 2017.
Curated by Stefka Tsaneva, it was realized in partnership with the Sofia City Art Gallery and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria.
