АМОРФНА ФАЗА \ AMORPHOUS PHASE \ ARTS*

AMORPHOUS PHASE –
illustration, literature, contemporary textile, documentary photography, contemporary dance, mental health, ethnography
exhibitions, artist and expert talks, ateliers, presentations

Guest artists and experts:
BILYANA MITEVA, musician
VESELA TODOROVA, musician
VLADISLAV LEPOEV, photographer
GALIN GEORGIEV, ethnologist
INA VALENTINOVA, contemporary artist and art therapist
KAMELIYA PANAYOTOVA, writer
KAYA TSENKULOVSKA, contemporary textile artist
KRISTIYAN NEDYALKOV, writer
MIRA MIROSLAVOVA, illustrator
MIHAELA AROYO, photographer
MONIKA YANEVA, illustrator
NADEZHDA DICHEVA, contemporary dance artist
PETYA DIMITROVA, illustrator
PRESLAVA VIDENOVA, writer
TANYA PETKOVA, writer and publisher
TSVETINA TSOLOVA, writer

The multidicsiplinary festival is organised by the trainees in cultural management at Amorpha Academy for Creators of Cultural Life by Amorpha Youth Foundation, supported by the Bulgarian Culture Fund, One-year Grant 2021.

AMORPHOUS PHASE –
We find ourselves in an amorphous phase where identities vibrate. Personal, creative, community identities.
Our transformation into amorphous dots, departed from the clarity of a singular and stable self-definition that we utilise to legitimate ourselves in front of others, comes as a suprise mostly to ourselves, sets us free or stuns us into a daze – in unclear proportion.
The amorphous phase is an opportunity to redefine or confirm our self-identity, or to welcome the amorphous as a new operational mode of the individual, the arts and the community.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
Sofia | 2 – 12 December 2022

2 December, Friday
FOX book café – 32 William Gladstone Street
Fantasy, Illustration, Fairy-tale event series

17:30 – 18:00 h Exhibition Opening for Children: ‘Saving Lisko’ – book illustration exhibition
18:00 – 18:30 h Book signing with illustrators – Mira Miroslavova, Petya Dimitrova, Monika Yaneva
18:30 – 19:30 h „The Illustrator’s Story“ – artist talk with illustrators Mira Miroslavova, Petya Dimitrova, Monika Yaneva
19:30 – 21:00 h EXHIBITION OPENING. ‘Saving Lisko’ – book illustration exhibition of artists Mira Miroslavova, Petya Dimitrova, Monika Yaneva. Duration: 2 – 12 December.

3 December, Saturday
FOX book café – 32 William Gladstone Street
Fantasy, Illustration, Fairy-tale event series
16:00 – 17:00 h „Lisko and other fantastic characters“ – reading & drawing atelier for young people

5 December, Monday
Atelie Plastelin – 48 Tsar Simeon Street
ROOT| Documenting the Culture of Bessarabian Bulgarians
18:00 – 19:00 h „The sense of identity in the stories and culture of Bessarabian Bulgarians“ – artist & expert talk with featured photographer Mihaela Arroyo and ethnologist Galin Georgiev, Bulgarian Ethnographic Institute and Museum (EIM) at the Bulgarian Academy of Science. Moderator: Dimitar Kenarov, journalist
19:00 – 22:00 h EXHIBITION OPENING. Documentary photography exhibition ‘ROOT’ by Mihaela Arroyo. The exhibition explores the life of Bessarabian Bulgarian diasporas in Moldova and Ukraine. Live music performance of folk songs from Bulgaria and Bessarabia by young singers Bilyana Miteva, Bessarabian Bulgarian from Ukraine, and Vessela Todorova, Bulgarian from Varna and trainee at Amorpha Academy – Performing Arts Module, both students at Bulgarian Music Academy ‘Prof. Pancho Vladigerov’. Exhibition duration: 5 – 12 December.

6 December, Tuesday
Avrtikl – design gallery – 20b Aleksandar Stamboliyski Blvd.
REFLECTOR | Mental Health | Arts | THE ROOM
19:00 – 20:30 ч. „Art and mental health in socially engaged art practices“ – artist / expert / activist talk with photgrapher Vladislav Lepoev, contemporary artist Ina Valentinova and contemporary dance artist and choreographer Nadezhda Dicheva. In partnership with Reflector Foundation, Sofia.

7 December, Wednesday
Avrtikl – design gallery – 20b Aleksandar Stamboliyski Blvd.
THE ROOM| contemporary textile
19:00 – 21:00 ч. EXHIBITION OPENING. Pop-up installation exhibition „THE ROOM“ by contemporary textile artists Ina Valentinova and Kaya Tsenkulovska. Duration: 7 – 10 December.

10 December, Saturday

FOX book café – 32 William Gladstone Street
Fantasy, Illustration, Fairy-tale event series
15:30 – 16:30 h „Yasna Kniga“ – presentation of new children’s books publishing house from Varna, „Yasna Kniga“, and its most recent books „Stories from Space“ and „I Can See You“ with guest Tanya Petkova, publisher and writer. Moderators: Anna-Maria Popova, cultural journalist, and Kristiyan Nedyalkov, fantasy writer.
17:00 – 18:00 h „Fantasy books pre-launch“ – writers talk with fantasy authors Tsvetina Tsolova („To Save A Dream“, fantasy novel, Assenevtsi Publishers, 2020; „Zero Year“, fantasy short stories, Assenevtsi Publishers, 2019) and Kristiyan Nedyalkov („The Villager’s Chronicles“) about their upcoming novels. Moderator: Anna-Maria Popova, cultural journalist.

Avrtikl – design gallery – 20b Aleksandar Stamboliyski Blvd.
A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN | literary reading and writers talk | THE ROOM
19:00 – 20:30 h ‘A Room of One’s Own’ literary reading and writers talk with young Bulgarian writers Preslava Videnova and Kameliya Panayotova. Moderator: Thea Denolyubova, writer and ArkAkcia art platform creator
Closing of Pop-up installation exhibition „THE ROOM“ by contemporary textile artists Ina Valentinova and Kaya Tsenkulovska.

 
Organiser’s Team
Amorpha Academy for Young Creators of Cultural Life trainee team of AA5 Interdisciplinary Module (selected) with mentor Ivelina Ruseva (Toulouse, France / Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria), cultural manager, art pedagogue, visual artist and contemporary art & museum researcher.
Cadets (academy trainees):
Tsvetan Tsvetanov (23 years) from AA1 Architecture and Urban Space Module with mentor Monika Marinova, arch. (London, UK / Burgas)
Mila Stefanova (18 years) and Yana Stouanova (23 years) from AA2 Visual Arts Module with mentor Zhanina Marinova, visual artist (Vienna, Austria / Varna)
Vessela Todorova (21 years) and Iveta Savcheva (17 years) from AA3 Performing Arts Module with mentor Emiliya Toncheva, contemporary dance artist, choreographer and actor (Beijing, China / Sofia)
Anna-Maria Popova (29 years) and Kristiyan Nedyalkov (21 years from ) from Literature Module with mentors Biliyana Todorova, poetry and film script writer and Bulgarian language teacher, and Preslava Videnova, writer, (Varna / Sofia).
Diana Deneva (17 years) and Mihaela Ivanova (21 years) joining the trainees during the final three modules, AA3-5.