Public Seminar/ Workshop in Sofia, April 1st – April 4th, 2015
at Transformatori Lab
Its focus is on the routes, rhythms and emotions of transnational and urban mobility in Eastern Europe. The event includes presentations, a small thematic exhibition, and a mapping-practice related workshop. This interdisciplinary forum aims to bring together social science researchers, artists and curators.
PROGRAM
Evening 1. Things Done: Wednesday, April 1st, 18:30 – 21:00
A series of presentations from past Bulgarian projects on similar topics, accompanied by a preliminary exhibition of objects from our Bulgarian partners. This session would sum up an overview of Bulgarian work in the field, inspire about the opportunities of cross-over between art intervention and social science research, and introduce the artist and academic guilds to each other
Velislava Petrova
Dimitrovgrad: Market/place and Mobilities Assist. professor in Theory and History of Culture, PhD Paris Descartes/University of Sofia 2010.
Diana Ivanova
The outsourcing of suffering: Women from Northwestern Bulgaria working as „badante“ in Italy Journalist and writer, manager and curator of GOATMILK Festival of Memories (Bela Rechka).
Emilia Karaboeva
Networking Eurasia: Bulgarian international truck drivers and SO MAT during the Cold war PhD student in History of Technology, Eindhoven Technological University and Plovdiv University
Veselina Nikolaeva
On Story books Narrative Photographer + Exhibition in the space
Nikola Venkov
The Women’s Market: the unhappened public intervention PhD student in Urban Studies, Dept. of Sociology, University of Sofia + Installation in the space
Evening 2. Things Doing: Thursday, April 2nd, 18:30 – 21:00
We will present the Stop-and-Go project in more detail, our ideas and the fieldwork that we have completed so far. We will present related art projects from Central Europe, the ideas of our partners in Estonia and others. We hope to receive feedback and discuss directions for our work, and possibly, to inspire you to get involved with a project of your own.
Ulrich Ehrmann
Geographies of brands: The case of fashion brands in Bulgaria Professor of Human Geography, Dept. of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz
Michael Hieslmair & Michael Zinganel
International references on mobility studies and mapping approaches/ discourses and The Stop and Go project: concept and fieldwork + Installations on a mobile platform Artists, Curators, Cultural Scientists and Architecture Theorists, The Vienna Academy of Fine Arts + Installation in the space
Mila Zlatanova
The Plovdiv Fair: A crosspoint of meetings and thought exchange Architect
Day 3. Things Possible: Saturday, April 4th, 11:00-13:30
A mapping workshop of ideas, of suggestions, locations, and topics of transnational mobility in Bulgaria and the region. We would like to discuss together ideas and chart out plans for work. Especially welcome are related themes that you are working on, and feel you can add to the overall frame.
Venue:
Transformatori’s Lab, in the court of University of Architecture: