von Michael Hieslmair | Sep 29, 2014 | Plovdiv Trade Fair, Team Vienna |
By coincidence we attend the International Plovdiv Fair at its 70th anniversary. So we are invited for the gala dinner at the „St. Petersburg Hotel“, operated already during socialist times as „Leningrad Hotel“, which was back then the largest and most prestigious in town. A special feature of the building – the amazing openable ceiling above the main hall! And of course the extensive outdoor area with a large pool. Here one can still imagine the formal or more informal meetings and gatherings of international protagonists and delegations from east and...
von Michael Hieslmair | Sep 29, 2014 | Plovdiv Trade Fair, Team Vienna |
In our imagination we considered the fair itself as an important node for encounters of different social milieus – both in past and present times! After we finished the setup of our stall we walk around, look for evidence and invite people for our mapping-workshop. Back in Vienna we got a very useful hint, that Mary Neuburger an US-American social scientist already published an article about this fair, focussing on its special role during the Cold War era. „Kebabche, Caviar or Hot Dogs? Consuming the Cold War at the Plovdiv Fair...
von Michael Hieslmair | Sep 28, 2014 | Plovdiv Trade Fair, Team Vienna |
One of my fellow travelers asks her best friend to drive me to the fair ground. What a kind welcome! Accidentally both are logistics managers – cooperating and working with an Austrian...
von Michael Hieslmair | Sep 28, 2014 | Bus Trips, Team Vienna |
Everybody of the passengers is awaited by somebody. The lady in her 50-ties who is working as a nurse in a private home close to Innsbruck (A), is picked up by her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandchildren. She has been away from home for 3 weeks, like she alternately is the whole year – 3 weeks Plovdiv – 3 weeks...
