Current Exhibition
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The Evasive Choir
Antoni Rayzhekov
Mar 5, 2021 - Apr 21, 2021Curator(s): Kalin Serapionov and Krassimir Terziev
Recent Exhibitions
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25 years and 5 themes later . ICA–Sofia Retrospective
The Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia is honouring its 25th anniversary with an exhibition presenting old and new works, as well as works made especially by its members Ivan Moudov, Kalin Serapionov, Kiril Prashkov, Krassimir Terziev, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Mariela Gemisheva, Nedko Solakov, Pravdoliub Ivanov, and Stefan Nikolaev. ICA – Sofia is one of the longest existing and active non-governmental organizations engaged with visual arts in Bulgaria. Its history is closely linked to the development of our art-scene in the last decades, its self-education, opening up and positioning in the world, with some of its most visible manifestations in both the local and the international context. The institute was founded informally in 1993 after the first in many years group “national” participation curated by Luchezar Boyadjiev in the 3rd Istanbul Biennial “The Production of Cultural Differences”, 1992. The association of art critics/curators and artists was registered in 1995.
Recent project
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Shooting Ghosts. Online screening programme in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Sofia
Artists: Veneta Androva, Neno Belchev, Mitch Brezounek, Marina Genova, Nadezhda Oleg-Lyahova, Kalin Serapionov, Dimitar Shopov, Kamen Stoyanov, Samuil Stoyanov, Krassimir Terziev.
Curators: Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev.
What we propose in this programme is a highly subjective and fragmented view on current practices in moving image in the Bulgarian art scene. We focused on practices that show affinity with speculative narratives - narratives that not just record what is in front of the cinematic eye, but also capture all the ghosts that are unreachable by the apparatus, thus projecting speculative views that intend not merely to describe, but to transform the world.
Educational Programme Close Encounters. Part 2
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Models of collaborative, transcultural and transdisciplinary forms of curating
Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler
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Dec 13, 2019
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Dec 13, 2019
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Presentation of ruangrupa, collective-curator of documenta 15
Reza Afisina and Iswanto Hartono
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Nov 8, 2019
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Memoir, memory, life, nature, freedom
Merve Elveren
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Oct 9, 2019
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THE LIVING TOGETHER AND ITS ENTAGLEMENTS
Marina Fokidis
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Oct 5, 2019
Opening: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Awards
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Baza Award 2021. Open Call
Институт за съвременно изкуство – София
Фондация Едмонд Демирджиян
Софийска градска художествена галерия
съвместно с: Фондация за гражданско общество, Ню Йорк
и международната мрежа Награди за млади художници
обявяват
Конкурс за "Награда за съвременно изкуство БАЗА" 2021
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BAZA 2020
The BAZA award winner for 2020 is Maria Nalbantova.
Nominated artists: Boryana Petkova, Kalas Liebfried (Калоян Любомиров), Maria Nalbantova, Natalia Jordanova, Yavor Kostadinov.
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Art Writers Award for 2018
For the sixth time this year the Essential Reading for Art Writers Award, an initiative of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia, was presented.
The 2018 award is presented to Stefka Tsaneva.
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BAZA 2019
The BAZA award winner for 2019 is Valko Chobanov.
Nominated artists: Aleksander Aleksandrov, Maria Nalbantova, Milena Georgieva, Nevena Ekimova, Radostin Sedevchev, Sevda Semer, Valko Chobanov, Veneta Androva.
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Recent video interviews, presentations, documentations
Models of collaborative, transcultural and transdisciplinary forms of curating
Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler
Dec 13, 2019
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Presentation of ruangrupa, collective-curator of documenta 15
Reza Afisina and Iswanto Hartono
Nov 8, 2019
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