Water Tower Art Fest 2011
Documentary of last edition of the Water tower art fest.
Newsfeed form the Water tower fest 2011 for you to download.
Design by: Denitsa Toneva and Nia Pushkarova
The e-program for Water tower art fest 2011 for you to download.
Design: Denitsa Toneva
Visual Identity Water tower art fest: poststudio.bg
Promotional video for the Water Tower Art Fest 2011 / International Contemporary Art Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Video: UNDERLOVER
Sound design: Jivko Yordanov /Artone/
Visual Identity Water tower art fest: poststudio.bg
ARTISTS:
Jan Doms (NL)
Plamen Petkov (Bulgaria)
Adam Klimczak (Poland)
Albena Baeva (Bulgaria) runabout.eu
Albus Cavus, Peter Krsko (USA)
Aleksandra Rasulic (Serbia)
Alexandra McGlynn (UK)
Alexandros Pamarakou (The Netherlands)
Alissa Kleist (NL)
Amelia Beavis-Harrison (UK)
Andy Broadey (UK)
Anika Schwarzlose & Jonas Lun (NL)
FAMILIAR: Anna Tanner, Erica Eyeres, Michelle Hannah (UK)
Anna T (Greece)
Anne Weshinsky & Arni Gudmondson (Turkey/Iceland)
Arran Poole (UK)
Boris Oicherman (Israel)
Bridget Batch, Kevin Cooley (USA)
Juan Del Galdo (UK)
Caitlin and Andrew Webb-Ellis (UK)
Cathrine Constanse Gjelsnes (Norway)
Charlotte Mumm (NL)
Christiane Peschek (Austria)
Cuca (Bulgaria)
Tzvetelina Borisova (Bulgaria)
Daniel Ryan (Ireland)
Daphne de Sonneville, Tsarino project (NL)
Darko Stoijkov (Serbia)
David Kerr (Ireland)
Diana Boneva (Bulgaria)
Dimitar Petrov (Bulgaria)
Emmet Kierans (Ireland)
Ender Gelgec (Turkey)
FABIÁN ESTEBAN SCHALEKAMP HESS (Spain)
Federico De Biase (Italy)
Frode Sten Jacobsens (Norway)
Gavin Campbell (IE)
Georgi Sharov (Bulgaria)
Georgi Yamaliev (Bulgaria) rhiz.eu/person-40899-en.html
36monkeys (Bulgaria)
GRAPESHADE (Germany)
Gregor Schatz (Germany)
Henrikas Riškus TEMA (Lithuania) h2chaos.com/about
Boris Simeonov and Bella (Bulgaria)
Hristo Kolev (Bulgaria)
Ida Daniel (Bulgaria)
Ilina Konsuluva (Bulgaria)
Ivan Pope (UK)
Ivelina Mineva, Georgi Vasilev (Bulgaria)
Ivo Ivanov + Tony (dkstrct) (Bulgaria)
l Jaykoe/ Jon Kehoe (UK)
Jenn Hersch (Jenia Chaadaev) (Israel)
Jeremy Messenger (UK)
Jordan West (USA)
Juan Andres Milanes B. (Cuba/Norway)
Julia Francis (UK)
Kalin Plugchiev (Bulgaria)
Kammai Hitomi (Japan)
Katka Pruzkova (CZ)
Katya Stoycheva (Bulgaria)
Keren Zaltz (Israel)
Kika Nicolela (Brasil)
Klaus Maehring (Austria)
Konstantinos-Antonios Gouto (Greece)
Leda Vaneva (Bulgaria)
Lena Bergendahl (SE)
lemeh42 (Italy)
Lilyana Angelova (Bulgaria)
Lora Dimova (Bulgaria)
Lora Nurkova, Maya Zheliazkova, Roberto Naboli (Bulgaria)
Lyuba Haleva (Bulgaria)
Luchezar Boyadjiev (Bulgaria)
Maddalena Mauri (Italy)
Marcos Vidal, Irene Peukes, Leticia, Fabio INCART (Spain) www.santmarc.tumblr.com
Maria Gouveli (Greece)
MARIA ISABEL URIBE DUSSAN (Spain)
Mariana Pascoal/Fabíola Augusta (PT)
Mariana Toneva (Bulgaria)
Marije Roos (NL)
Mariusz Soltysik (Poland)
Maya Antova (Bulgaria)
Moorland Productions (GB)
Nellie Borisova (Bulgaria)
Nikola Minchev (Bulgaria)
Ofri Lapid (Germany)
PANTAREI (Bulgaria)
Paraic Leahy (GB)
Paul R Jones
Peter Westman (AUS)
Rachael Parsons
Radostina Milusheva (Bulgaria)
Rene Beekman (NL/Bulgaria)
Tsarino project (NL)
Ricardo Leal Gomes (PT)
Ruben Cukier (Israel)
Sara Sinclair (GB)
Low Pressure (GB)
Sarah Kunkler (USA/CZ)
Seungyoun Lee (DE)
Sidonie Zou-Zou Roberts
Stefan Riebel (DE)
Stina Pehrsdotter (Sweden)
Svetlana Volic (Сърбия)
Tamara Schvitz (NL)
Taro Pieterson (NL)
Mara Goldwyn/Max Gassmann. The SOFAR Channel (USA/DE)
Tim Shaw / Rob Blazey (UK)inertiamusicgroup.com
Tomek Matuszak (PL)
Tommy Ting (CA/UK)
Tsveta Bogdanova, Velina Kokalova, Milen Yordanov (Bulgaria)
Yaniv Waissa (Israel)
Wang Haiyuan (China)
Yana Hadzhikostova (Bulgaria)
Yassen Vassilev and Vergi (Bulgaria)
Zlatina Grigorcheva (Bulgaria)
Zlatna Mihaylova, Zdravka Kantareva (Bulgaria)
Zuzana Janku (CZ/IL)
В самолет без билет
panaoki (Bulgaria)
Efrosina Peneva DECORSIGN (Bulgaria)
Steffan Gushtanov (Bulgaria)
PLACES:
How to get there:
walking.
Address:
Sofia, Lozenets, the corner of Galichitsa Str. and Sv. Tedosiy Tarnovski Str.
The Water Tower was designed by an Austrian architect and built according to the French school’s pattern of water towers’ architecture in the 1920s. It stands out with its unique construction and is one of the most interesting architectural sites in the region of upper Lozenetz.
Its has quite a logical history behind its rising necessity – to play the important role in bringing water to the higher (at that time 2 and 3 floor) buildings in the region, situated at the level or higher to the main reservoir in Lozenets, east of the seminary.
The architect had in mind that the building would also be used as a watch tower and the citizens of Sofia will take pleasure in watching the view of the city center and the Vitosha Mountain.
Wide stairs lead you to its third floor. There is an exit to a balcony where a wonderful 360 degrees view of the surrounding area reveals itself. The water reservoir is situated just above the third platform. Extremely narrow staircase is taking you up there, where another one leads you to the actual top of the tower.
Even though it hasn’t been used for decades in respect of its own purposes, the Water Tower is very often used nowadays as a site for cultural activities and communication. Although it’s abandoned and deserted, it’s still very beautiful. There have been artistic projects and events running annually for already more than four years, only thanks to the efforts of NGO IME in partnership with the Lozenets Municipality.
The garden around the Water Tower is regularly cleaned and has turned into a meeting place for creative people and artistic initiatives presenting contemporary art and culture.
Tower Serdika (Serdika Underground)
How to get there:
metro: Serdika Metro Station, walking; trams № 20, 22 or 23.
Address:
Sofia, the corner of Ekzarh Yosif Str. and Maria Luisa Blvd. – entrance next to the Roca Showroom.
Another space which we are going to use for our cultural mapping of the city during the fest is “the underground” with archeological remains from the wall of the ancient city of Serdika. We are going to be hosted by the north wall close to the corner tower of Serdika, remains of which could be seen on the corner of Ekzarh Yosif Str. and Maria Luisa Blvd. (the old Sofia shop). The basement hall of the corner building gives just a glimpse of what the massive wall must have been and how it was surrounding like a belt the ancient city of Serdika. It had defined the size of the city for centuries until its final demolition in the 15th century, after the Ottoman conquest.
It was built in 176-180 A.D. by the Roman emperors Mark Aurelius and Commodious. The wall had four main gates, facing the four directions of the world and mapping the main streets leading to the center of the city (a capital at that time). Actually the first wall was reconstructed a few times and a few more towers were built – sharp-pointed, five-cornered and triangle between them. All this had been done in order to protect Serdika and its citizens by the Goths’, West Goths’ and Huns’ attacks, robberies and predatory wars. The walls were 8–10 meters high, while the towers were more than 14 meters high.
How to get there:
metro: Serdika Metro Station, walking; trams № 20, 22 or 23.
Address:
Sofia, the corner of Ekzarh Yosif Str. and Maria Luisa Blvd.
It becomes property of Roca Bulgaria AD at the beginning of 2006. The Showroom is part of the world-wide network of Roca showrooms, all of which are united by a single idea – that of continuity and development, of tradition and innovation. The company uses a renovated building in the historical city center of Sofia, “saturated with the spirit of Bulgaria”, as they say.
Roca Expo Bath Centre is the first showroom in Bulgaria which presents the full product range of the three brands of Roca Bulgaria AD. But it’s not a place designed only for trading purposes. It’s an open space for ideas where you can meet leading architects, consultants, construct your own project among the diversity of the new technological opportunities. And last but not least it’s one more time a space open to the peculiarities of the contemporary arts and culture in the 2011 Water Tower Art Fest’s programme.
How to get there:
metro: Serdika Metro Station, walking; trams № 20,22 or 23.
Address:
Sofia, the corner of Iskar Str. and Serdika Str.
The Central Mineral Baths’ building was built in 1913 at the place of earlier destroyed Turkish bath. The building was designed in the Vienna Secession style, but integrating typically Bulgarian, Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox ornamental elements. The north wing was damaged during the bombing of Sofia in World War II, but was restored several years later. The Central Mineral Baths was closed in 1986 due to its bad condition. It has been in a process of reconstruction for many years. Part of it functions as a museum and a gallery space.
National Museum of Military History
How to get there:
trams № 20 or 23; buses № 9,72,120,313 or 413.
Address:
Sofia, 92 Cherkovna Str.
Back in 1914, Tsar Ferdinand І established the Military-Historical Commission at the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Army. It consisted of a museum, archives and a library. The Military Museum played a really significant role those days, together with the Museum of Archeology and the Museum of Ethnography.
The first exhibition was opened on 12 May 1937 in a building located on 15 Moskovska Str. In 1949 the Museum’s name was changed and it became known as the Central Museum of People’s Army. In 1950-1951 it was moved to another building situated on 23 Gen. Skobelev Blvd. An interesting fact is that after an agreement between the Bulgarian and the Hungarian governments in 1967, the Military Museum’s staff opened the only one Museum of the First Bulgarian Army situated abroad.
In 1968, the Military Museum was given a status of a national institution and became known as the National Museum of Military History. The Naval Museum and Park-Museum “Vladislav Varnenchik” in Varna are its branches.
PARTNERS:
With the financial support of:
Sofia Municipality – Directorate Culture
Institutional partners:
Ministry of Culture – National Culture Fund, AGBU-Sofia (Armenian General Benevolent Union), USA Embassy, Embassy of Lithuania, Embassy of Austria,Embassy of Israel, Embassy of Norway, Instituto Cervantes de Sofía, Polish Cultural Center, Bankia, Goethe Institut, Military Museum Sofia, Sofia Art Gallery, Old Sofia, District Lozenets, Urban Mobility Centre
Partners of Water Tower Art Fest:
Showroom Roca Expo Bath Sofia, Green Grafiti, Studio 1+1, Free Sofia Tour,Mediazoom, Lia, Prisma lighting, Pro cinema, Audio Visual studio Orhpey,Billboard print, Irbis, WWF, s360, Cellnet, NBU School of Semiotics, Sofia Film Fest, 5th Avenue, Vikart, Minkov Brothers Winery
Design partner:
UNDERLOVER
PR partner:
Intelday Solutions
Media partners:
TV+, 8 Magazine, zar.bg, Sofia Live, Jazz FM Radio, Sign Cafe, Programata,Metromedia, Az cheta
Lighting partner:
Акцентното осветяване на обектите е осигурено от LAMPA. Мощни светодиоди в подходяща цветна температура насочват вниманието към произведенията на артистите от България и света.Нищожната консумация на електричество в тези осветители кореспондира идеите на фестивала – отговорност на човека към природата и средата, която обитава.
LAMPA харчи малко, свети силно и живее дълго, благодарение на радиатора си от естествен алуминий. Той надеждно охлажда светодиода и създава оптимална работна температура за вградената електроника. Това гарантира дълъг живот на тези продукти, а липсата на олово, живак и UV лъчи щади природата и човешкото здраве.
Workshop partners:
Showroom Roca Expo Bath Sofia, Green Graffiti, Studio 1+1, Free Sofia Tour,DECORSIGN, UNDERLOVER, Drap-Art(Barcelona), Mediazoom, Lia, Prisma lighting, Pro cinema, Audio Visual studio Orhpey, Billboard print, Irbis,WWF, s360, Cellnet, NBU School of Semiotics, Sofia Film Fest, 5th Avenue,Vikart
Volunteers
We are looking for friends volunteers to join us in the organization and to help for various things from assisting the artists guests , to find materials and curating the art spaces.
WHEN: From 24th to 30th of June. You will have in return a valuable experience with the established artists from all over Europe and the World, working with contemporary media, from video-installation to performances and more. There are Workshops organized in various disciplines where you can take part in and enjoy while creating.
We are to make a preliminary meeting during May, in order to introduce ourselves if we don’t know each other yet, and for those who would like to come along please send us e-mail: watertowerartfest@gmail.com
TEAM:
Nia Pushkarova – organizer
Nevena Todorova – coordinator
Efrosina Peneva – coordinator workshops
Denitsa Toneva – design
Polina Pankova – volunteer coordinator
Marta Subeva – assistant
Neda Yonkova – PR assistant
Vladislav Konstantinov – financial consultant
Lubomira Kolcheva – project assistant
Kalina Petkova – assistant
Georgi Kambourov – technical coordinator