A conversation with Emi Barouh, Director of the Fotofabrika Festival. Though the festival of news and art photography is yet young, it does not cease to surprise us with its ambitious programs. From photography to cinema, creativity in advertising and what not – this is a festival you do not want to miss. Milla Tarabanova:…
My work with the series started from the theory of the Big Bang – about how the universe was created after a catastrophic explosion 15 billion years ago. Space and time began its existence from that point on. The intensity of that explosion maintains the expanse of the universe. The Big Bang created life in…
“Portraits of Shame” is a personal project that I photographed in the sports and hotel section of the Rowing Base in Vidin, shocked by the conditions in which athletes are forced to train and win titles despite them. Some of the most distinguished athletes who have brought numerous international accolades to Bulgaria kindly agreed…
Interview with Ekaterina Getzova, artist and founder of the International Festival of Glass Sofia Milla Tarabanova: How do you see the development of glass in art? Ekaterina Getzova: Glass in Bulgaria is hard to develop, especially in recent years, because there are not many specialists, and many factories have closed. Glass needs to be made…
author: Vanja Koubadinska We fervently start discussing glass as an artistic material every two years when the International Festival of Glass takes place. This year is the fourth consecutive festival offering many wonderful possibilities to get in touch with its fragile material and its three-dimensional world to discover its unsuspected potential. International names and ever…
The Mirror in the Hands of the Artist author: Ilina Koralova Milena Tzochkova is a Bulgarian artist living in Bremen, Germany. To most people, this fact would seem insignificant, especially to those who are long accustomed to globalization and the free movement between different countries and cultures. However, art enthusiasts around the world find that…
Interview with Gilad Baram Milla Tarabanova: Did you find more of your own style in the process of making Koudelka Shooting Holy Land, or was it more about adopting the way of seeing from the master and teacher? Gilad Baram: It’s difficult for me to say where the line crosses. Maybe it would be…
Interview with Yann Arthus-Bertrand about his new film HUMAN with enthralling aerial shots and thousands of emotional and thought provoking interviews made around the globe – looking into what it means to be human – and it will make you weep. The screening of Human is part of the autumn 2016 program of the FOTOFABRIKA…
Not long ago, I was invited to write a introduction for Zornitsa Krachmarova’s book Transformations: The Hidden Art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. I began reading it with some skepticism—what more could possibly be said about the art of these two? However, the author has found an interesting approach—she presents ten of their major projects through…
Антон Терзиев, Метаканон (2005) Поп културата създава най-различни образи на спасители Дали ще е анимационен супер герой или хапче за депресия и в двата случая се осигурява абсолютен симулакрум – илюзията за защитеност и сигурност. Съвремената иконография работи със стереотипи. Тези стереотипи фабрикуват копия на оригинала, архетипи и този специфичен архетип води началото си от…
