Architects, sculptors and visual artists add reality by intervention in Zaimov Park

Projects by Blagica Zdravkovska, Stanislava Ivanova, Liliya Kalcheva, Ivaylo Hristov

Curator Pravdoliub Ivanov

With the special participation of Destructive Creation

On September 7th at 18:00 hrs, in Vaska Emanouilova Gallery in Sofia the results of this year’s Endeavours educational programme will be presented, as well as an exhibition of artist Pravdolyub Ivanov, leader of the workshop on the agenda. This year, the participants in the programme – Blagica Zdravkovska, Stanislava Ivanova, Liliya Kaltcheva, Ivaylo Hristov, worked on the topic of “Addition of Reality”, their object of interpretation being the realities of Zaimov Park in their entirety.

On the walls of the gallery, Pravdoliub Ivanov will present an interesting approach to the workshop format, in which the process, rather than the result, is of the highest importance. There will be displayed objects and written evidence documenting the process in the workshop – the communication between artists, models of the works, objects from their meetings and photographs. As part of the exhibition there will be also included a sociological observation of Zaimov Park, made by Bozhidar Ivanov and Nevena Germanova.

In the last week of the exhibition, from September 22nd to September 30th, the visitors to Zaimov Park will be able to see the result of the “addition of reality”. The results of the students’ works interpret several objects of the public space reality in Zaimov Park – a specific tree in an appearance which cannot be seen in reality; the gallery as a trap and the trap as a gallery; a sculpture that has undergone deformation through the years. Visiting artists to the exhibition are Destructive Creations whose presentation will hold a surprise even for the organizers.

The workshop is part of the research initiative “Art in public space: what, where, how, who, why” aimed at bringing attention to the subject of art in public space and its social and cultural mission. At a special event in October the initiative will present aspects of how art can be part of the life in an urban environment, what possibilities exist to create and display art in the open spaces of Sofia and how that would influence the aesthetic environment of the city and its inhabitants.

The research will try to highlight the role of projects of this kind and work to clarify, enhance the visibility and ease the manner in which they are initiated, communicated and administered. Definitions, analyses of possible spaces and audiences, as well as clear mechanisms for administering, promoting and raising public understanding of art in public space will be proposed.

The Art in Public Space – What, Where, How, Who, Why project is implemented with the financial support of Sofia Municipality, The Europe 2017 Program, by Studio ProJectirane in partnership with Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, a branch of Sofia City Art Gallery.