OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AT WATER TOWER ART RESIDENCY – DECENTRALIZED EDITION VARNA 20 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2021
25.07.2021
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AT WATER TOWER ART RESIDENCY – DECENTRALIZED EDITION VARNA 2021 20 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 •ORGANIZED BY NGO IME Contact: Nia Pushkarova Artist and Organizer/ Curator of Water tower art residency/fest in Varna 2021 and Chairwoman of Ngo Ime http://watertowerartfest.com/en/ watertowerartfest@gmail.com With kind support by Embassy of United States in Sofia [...]
Still now is then forever by Andy Broadey
16.04.2019
Still now is then forever Andy Broadey | Frances Richardson Artists Talk was on: 24/02/15 4-5 pm The series of photographs entitled Still is a palimpsest that, according to Andy Broadey, uses the photographic documentation to exhibit “the sedimentation of historical form”. Photography here works as an artistic take on the psychoanalytic “mystic writing pad” of [...]
CURATOR’S PROJECT FOR BULGARIAN PAVILION AT 58TH VENICE BIENNALE
19.01.2019
CURATOR’S PROJECT FOR BULGARIAN PAVILION AT 58TH VENICE BIENNALE BY NIA PUSHKAROVA TITLE OF PROJECT: „GREETINGS FROM THE BLANK SPOT“ I have decided to publish my proposal for curatorial project to present Bulgaria at Venice Biennale in 2019. The selection was made and a different project was chosen to present us. Nevertheless i think it [...]
The Social Function of the Arts by Vivi Kieffer
22.05.2016
The article was submitted after the open call for our 10th anniversary of Water Tower Art Fest in 2016 By Vivi Kieffer http://www.vivikieffer.com/ http://www.aletheia-art.com/ Art sublimes emotions and allows the artist to live in another world, with less boundaries, more freedom and more beauty. Victor Hugo, the well-known French author of the 19th century, [...]
Article on WTAF
04.06.2015
Article On the Water tower art fest Your Empathy is my protected space What kind of things I saw during the festival that I organize…. I know this is not a very usual way of dealing and I don’t have the know how of how to do everything especially right now But this is how [...]
The Bulgarians are coming
05.02.2014
Article in The Bite Magazine – Autumn Winter 2013. “THE BULGARIANS ARE COMING” Bulgarian Cultural Institute 21 – 28 October 2013, 19:00 h. Working hours for period 22-28.10.2013, 10:00 – 18:30 Address: 188 Queen’s Gate South Kensington London SW7 5HL www.bcilondon.co.uk +44 (0) 207 591 0179 Standpoint Gallery 24th October – one day presentation 18:30 [...]
Creative Industries in Former Industrial Buildings in Sofia
16.01.2014
Location choices of creative industries have been a major concern both for policy makers and academic researchers during the last two centuries. The contribution to economic growth and employment (Scott, 2004; KEA, 2006) of creative industries is one of the main reasons for the attention towards them. Another motive is their central role in the [...]
When and how it all started
10.01.2014
Short history of the project – artist’s initiative for the period 2006-2009 watertowerartfest.com/en/ Since 2006 NGO – IME (ime.sonance.net) has initiated art events around and in the abandoned and neglected for decays Water tower (currently not in use) in the area of Lozenetz – Sofia and also the train station Poduene 2007. The first year [...]
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“The advantages of speaking foreign languages” или „Място под слънцето”
20.11.2014
This piece is a continuation of the discussion done during WTAF 2014 with artists and cultural operators form Europe and beyond on the topic of the future of artist run initiatives. In 2014 during WTAF we initiated a debate on the topic of future of alternative artist run initiatives If it was for having more [...]
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