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The Forum "Visual Culture" is a public forum for debate on a particular agenda, serving the circle of the "Visual Seminar" and specially invited participants (intellectuals, academics, artists, journalists). Its meetings are also intended to involve the media and the public. The themes of the public meetings are suggested and discussed ahead of time by the Advisory board of the "Visual Seminar".
This board is composed of artists and intellectuals sharing the priorities and concerns of the project, but representing various viewpoints and professional interests, who are capable of uniting those in a common debate as well as awarding the debate with a challenging and inspiring profile. The members are: Diana Popova (art critic), Boyan Manchev (philosopher), Nedko Solakov (artist), Miglena Nikolchina (gender studies), Kiril Prashkov (artist and designer), Orlin Spassov (literature and popular culture studies), Ivaylo Dichev (cultural studies and social anthropology), Irina Genova (art historian). The Forum "Visual Culture" has three specific and interrelated foci:* Public presentations of Resident Fellows, discussions of the results of their artistic projects; * Presentations of the Guests and participants of the "Red Riviera Revisited" show: lectures, workshops, discussions; * General discussions on actual problems of the visual environment in Sofia (advertisements, billboards, electronic media, public performances etc). So far, the following Forums "Visual Culture" took place:1st Forum "Visual Culture" on 3rd July 2003; title: "Do You See Sofia (1)?"; location: Sofia Municipal Art Gallery. 2nd Forum "Visual Culture" on 14th October 2003; title: "Do You See Sofia (2)?"; location: Goethe Institute Sofia. 3rd Forum "Visual Culture" on 20th May 2004; title: "Images of the City, Images of the Capital"; Location: Sofia Art Gallery. 4th Forum "Visual Culture" on 29th October 2004; title: "Communal and private (and/or public and personal)"; location: Goethe Institute Sofia. With the participation of a.o. Christiane Mennicke, director of Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany. More information to be found in the project newsletters. |
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