Dear colleagues and friends, It is our pleasure to invite you to The Third Edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Art, Varna 2006, which is due to be held from 26th May to 9th June. The topic of this edition is Divided nations In the attached files you will find your Accreditation form and brief info about the Festival. The registration of the accreditations is due to begin on 17th April and will finish on 17th May. Please, send the filled in forms to the following addresses:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] or by post KERA p.o. box 532 Varna 9000 Bulgaria You shalle obtaining the accreditation cards from the info-center of the Festival. Good luck! The Festival team For more info Mrs Dora Doncheva Bulart gallery manager and communication director of the Festival GSM +359 887 244 882 Varna,9000 22 shipka str bulgaria info KERA Center of Visual Culture is the organization that initiated and administers the new edition of The International Festival of Contemporary Art. The third edition is due to be held in Varna from 26th May to 9th June 2006. Over 50 authors from over 10 countries in 3 continents will take part in it. Their works and creative energies have been provoked by the theme of the forum - "Divided nations". 15 of the participants are from Germany, 2 from Italy, 4 - The Netherlands, 15 - Bulgaria /6 of them living abroad/, 3 - Macedonia, 5 - France, 1 respectively from Bosnia, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, Mexico, Korea; the participation of several authors from China and Taiwan is still in negotiation. Most of the artists are going to be present during the Festival. FESTIVAL PROGRAMME Official press conference at the opening of the Festival 25 May 2006 Official opening 26 May 2006 In the period 26 may - 9 June there will be openings of a number of exhibitions and presentations of particular projects, performances, projections, lectures, actions, etc. The film programme "Some are watching" will be held in the period 27 May - 3 June 2006. The presentation of films from Bulgaria, France and Germany will be accompanied by debates and discussions with the authors, cultural institutions and curators. THE FESTIVAL points SEASIDE CASINO CITY ART GALLERY "B. GEORGIEV" CULTURAL CENTRE "B&G - BOSHNAKOV AND GRÜNDER" "BULART" GALLERY PUBLIC ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM "N. COPERNICUS" CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART The Festival team - Yordan Ganevski - Director of the Festival, Milen Krastev - Artistic Director of the Festival, Efrosina Peneva - Director vision, Dora Doncheva - Director communications, Zdravko Totinov - digital technologies, Petar Kostadinov - co-ordinator. The Festival's partners are: the Varna Municipality, French Institute - Sofia, Swiss Cultural Programme - Bulgaria, K&K electronics, Seaside casino - Varna, M.A.G. studio - Sofia, Centre of Culture and Debate "The red house" - Sofia, New Bulgarian University, Villa Sagona, The Ministry of Culture, Youth centre - Varna, Bulart gallery, City art gallery - Varna, Cultural centre "B&G - Boshnakov and Grunder", Youth Information Volunteer Centre - Varna, Gallery of Graphic Art. Some of the participants Andreas Johnen, Dragan Lovrinovic , Günter Stangelmeyer , Michael Blume, Norbert Zehmer, Peter Anders, Luis Gonzales, Arne Witt , Daniel Massow, Massimo Palazzi, Riekus , Charlotte Mumm, Otto Braun Stipendium, Nina Jansen , Sabine Rollnik, Song-ie Seuk , Prof. Urs Lüthi , Milen Miltschev ,Vesselin Vassilev ,Thierry Waltzing, Sebastien Mass, Emelyne Guitllier, Tzvetan Krastev,Krassimir Terziev, Samuil Stoyanov, Norbert Zehmer ,Maya Ölke ,Arne Witt,Reinigungsgesellschaft (Henrik Mayer, Martin Keil) ,Jennifer Michel & Michael Höpfel ,Bene ,Oscar Colombo,R&R ,Reiner Nijdam ,Plamen Bontchev,Boryana Bedzheva,Lachezar Boyadjiev,Marko Georgiev ,Anita Ivkovik,Bujar Luma,Antony Delaure,Adrian Grass,Cristelle Nussbaumer,Ankabuta Some of the guests in the discussions Prof. Dr. Karin Stempel /Germany/,Prof. Dr. Ursula Panhans Bühler /Germany/, Dr. Helmut Zimmermann /Germany/,Meinrad Ladleif /Germany/, Prof. Erik Laniol /France/, Ivailo ditchev,Iavor Gardev, Vessela Nojarova,Ruen Ruenov ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
