Studio The Neighbours

The Bulgarian pavilion was also featured in Artforum, reviewed by Pablo Larios 🥰😍

VENICE DIARIES: FRIENDS AND ENEMIES I urge a visit to Bulgaria’s impassioned excavation of political imprisonment. “The Neighbours” stood out as one of the most cohesive offerings in the 2024 Venice Biennale.

Благодарности на Диана Иванова за посещението и за думите

So grateful to be in must see pavilions for Apollo Magazine 🪻😍

Must-see pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024 | Apollo Magazine From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich cross-section of contemporary art, writes Edward Behrens

We are so happy to be in such a great company!

Armed guards, reparations and the lives of others: Venice Biennale 2024 – review There’s less glitz and glamour, more a mood of solemnity at the 60th edition of the Biennale, with revelatory work from Nigeria, Bulgaria and the global south living up to the festival’s provocative subtitle, Foreigners Everywhere…

We are beyond happy and grateful for all the people that came to support us at the opening of our pavilion last Friday ❤️ More than 3000 people have already visited The Neighbours 🥲🥰 We are so thankful to everyone from our transcontinental team that has helped to make this possible, and we would like to thank the survivors and their families for trusting us with their stories. ♥️



images 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 by Camilla Glorioso
image 3 by Valentin Kalinov

Thanks to everyone who came to the opening of the Bulgarian Pavilion last week! 🥰🥰

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DIY spaces of remembrance: Artist’s tribute to Bulgaria’s gulag prisoners Installation aiming to ‘un-silence’ former inmates by recreating interior of their homes to go on display at Venice Biennale

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Krasimira Butseva, Lilia Topouzova, and Julian Chehirian: The Neighbours - Announcements - e-flux The Bulgarian pavilion at the 60th International Venice Biennale explores the silenced memories of survivors of state violence from 1945 to 1989 in an evocative multimedia installation titled The Neighbours.

Berlin Art Link ❤️

Interview with Bulgarian Pavilion Artists | Berlin Art Link Alison Hugill interviews the participants representing the Bulgarian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale of Art

Съседите по БНТ с Васил Владимиров - куратор на проекта, д-р Венелин Шурелов - председател на журито и д-р Надежда Джакова - комисар на българския павилион.

https://bnt.bg/news/nacionalnoto-uchastie-na-balgariya-v-60-oto-izdanie-na-venecianskoto-bienale-za-izkustvo-2024-v358119-324529news.html?fbclid=IwAR3tVTr_Ke-Vz7HZHHuSG301-xFsMcokWjKCV8iq7Ou92QuoZOyTL8xjsKM

Честит рожден ден на нашия куратор Васил Владимиров от студио Тhe Neighbours 🥰😍🥳

Безкрайно щастливи сме, че нашата инсталация "Съседите" бе селектирана за участие в 60-ото издание на Венецианското Виенале! 🥳🥳

more images from our show at the 💥 thanks to for their great support & help to assemble the installation.

We are so happy & grateful that we brought and assembled The Neighbours at the a few weeks ago 🥰

The Neighbours: Forms of Trauma (1945-1989) - Moving through Sound

On September 28, 2023, from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm, the organizers will host a public event exploring authoritarianism through voice and sound. The event includes a guided tour of the installation, music by Canadian Opera Company performers and a panel discussion between the visual artists and Rohan Kulkarni, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Soulpepper Theater. Guests will hear the voices of survivors of political violence and listen to the music of composers who survived authoritarian regimes curated by Catherine Lukits, doctoral candidate in History at the University of Toronto and former orchestral cellist.

PROGRAM
5:30 pm: Guided Tour of the Installation
6:00 to 8:00 pm: Welcoming remarks by Professors Joshua Arthurs and Lilia Topouzova
Music PerformancesGyörgy Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Cello (1948/1953)Leana Rutt, cello (Canadian Opera Company)Marcel d’Entremont (Canadian Opera Company)
Panel DiscussionRohan Kulkarni (Soulpepper Theater) in conversation with the artists and scholars, Lilia Topouzova (University of Toronto), Julian Chehirian (Princeton University), and Krasimira Butseva (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London).

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-neighbours-forms-of-trauma-1945-1989-moving-through-sound-tickets-726880217297?aff=oddtdtcreator

Day 2 of the Neighbours exhibition in Toronto

The multimedia installation - The Neighbours: Forms of Trauma (1945-1989) opens today.

The immersive exhibit that lets audiences hear the voices and inhabit the spaces of people who survived forced labour camp is open to the public from today (September 25) until Friday (September 29)from 1 pm to 5 pm at 1, Devonshire Place, Toronto room 321N.

The exhibit is free & open to the public.

Professor Lilia Topouzova and artists Julian Chehirian and Krasimira Butseva are transforming a space at the university into the apartment of a survivor of political violence. This is an unconventional event for a university setting, an immersive exhibit that lets audiences hear the voices and inhabit the spaces of people who survived forced-labour camps.

The historical testimonies of survivors of the Bulgarian gulag form part of a larger narrative of political violence that remains relevant today as states commit acts of violence against civilians, such as the Russian war in Ukraine or the mass internment of Uyghurs in camps by the Chinese government.

The multimedia installation will be open to the public from September 25 to 29, from 1 pm onwards at the Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Pl, room 321N

Искрени благодарности на всички, които посетиха, постояха и послушаха изложбата Съседите: форми на травмата (1945-1989) през последния месец! ❤️

Днес и утре са последните два дни до закриването на изложбата Съседите: форми на травмата (1945-1989)! Пространство ни е отговорено днес и утре между 14:00 и 19:00.

Фотография от Радина Ганчева.

Валентин Калинов е написал нещо изключително за Съседите: Форми на Травмата (1945-1989). В неговия текст той пише за едни стаи, за всекидневни, за спални, за кухни. Лилия Топузова и Красимира Буцева и аз онемяхме като го прочетохме. Това е философска поезия, аналитично есе.. литература.. вдъхновено от едни стаи, в които Валентин е усетил нещо силно и дълготрайно. Ние сме му изключително благодарни за тази негова творба за Съседите. https://bit.ly/3gWMzCy

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Благодарности на Журнал за социална визия - Journal for Social Vision , Swimming Pool, Viktoria Draganova & Jenny Decheva за разговора.

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ДРАМАТУРГИЯ НА ПАМЕТТА Разговор с Красимира Буцева и Джулиан Шехирян за изложбения проект „Съседите: Форми на травмата (1945-1989)“ на две локации в София.

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