In 2019 there will be two editions of the Process – Space Art Festival. The 29th is sheduled for 18-31 of May Plovdiv.
The 20th festival will take place in Russe in October 2019.

PROGRAM Plovdiv 2019

18 May (Saturday)

Opening of the festival with presenting of the bronze sculpture The hug by the artist Oda Jaune in front of the Church of the Holy Mother of God (19:30) 6 Saborna St. – Old town
(Duration of the exposition 18 May – 15June)

The presentation of the artwork in Plovdiv Process – Space Art Festival is with the kind support of the Plovdiv’s Eparchy as part of a National traveling art project curated by Hristina Bobokova

Parallel events – European night of the museums (18-19 May)

19 May (Sunday)

Presentation of the festival – projection and talk with Dimitar Grozdanov and Penka Mincheva (11:00-11:20);

Interactive dialogue – introduction of the artists / 3 min. each (11:25-11:55) BEST REST Hostel

My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea [01:32:34] – artist talk and projection of the full length experimental autobiographical fiction movie by Neno Belchev – Bulgaria (17:00-19:00) / BEST REST Hostel;

Parallel events – European night of the museums (18-19 May)

20 – 27 May

Evening presentations (18:30-19:40) / BEST REST Hostel

20 May (Monday)

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Petra Hudcova – Check Republic (18:30-18:50)

Nikolay Panayotov – Bulgaria (18:55-19:15)

Heidi Meier – Germany (19:20-19:40)

21 May (Tuesday)

Discussion Panel New aspects in the contemporary art (17:00-19:00) / Permanent exposition paintings by Encho Pironkov – Old town

* Exquisite Corpse Video Project – Artist talk and projection by Matthias Roth - Germany (17:00-18:00)

* Parallel universes quantum physics, strings, scissors and glue – Lection – artist talk with Ricarda Wallhäuser – Germany (18:00-19:00)

22 May (Wednesday)

From visible to invisible – workshop with Sylvaine Chassay – Canada, about Open source program means accessibility (10:00-12:00) BEST REST Hostel

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Sylvaine Chassay – Canada (18:30-18:50)

Ricarda Wallhäuser – German (18:55-19:15)

Sharon Haward – United Kingdom (19:20-19:40)

23 May (Thursday)

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Hristina Bobokova – Bulgaria (18:30-18:50)

Peter Kochevsky – Bulgaria (18:55-19:15)

Stefan Winkler – Germany (19:20-19:40)

24 May (Friday)

Alternative stories – workshop with Christine Gist – United Kingdom (10:00-12:00) BEST REST Hostel

Open for people aged 16 +, maximum number of participants – 12

The participants should bring2D image, that has some meaning for them – photograph, postcard, letter, newspaper article, poem, page photocopied from a favorite book.

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Christine Gist – United Kingdom (18:30-18:50)

Geir M. Brungot – Norway (18:55-19:15)

Sylvie Hauptvogel – Germany (19:20-19:40)

25 May (Saturday)

Working with resin - workshop by Dimitar Gozdanov – Bulgaria (14:00-16:00) BEST REST Hostel

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Milen Dzhanovsky – Bulgaria (18:30-18:50)

Marta Wlusek – Poland / Germany (18:55-19:15)

Noriko Mazda Kura – Japan (19:20-19:40)

27 May (Monday)

Evening presentations / BEST REST Hostel

Dimitar Grozdanov – Bulgaria (18:30-18:50)

Iliyana Manukova – Bulgaria (18:55-19:15)

Penka Mincheva – Bulgaria (19:20-19:40)

28 May (Tuesday)

Performance by Noriko Mazda Kura – Japan (14:00) BEST REST Hostel

31 May (Friday)

Opening of the exhibition of the 29th Process – Space Art Festival with the motto Relations without a shape (18:00) Gallery Resonance / 14 Peter Parchevich St. (Diration of the exhibition 31 May – 15 June)

LOCATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

~ 21 May (Monday) – 30 May (Thursday) working process in the yard of BEST REST Hostel

~ Workshops and performances (10:00) и (14:00) at BEST REST Hostel

~ 20 – 27 May – Evening presentations (18:30-19:40) at BEST REST Hostel

(All activities are open for visitors. Working language is English with translation when needed)

Evening presentation / Canetti House (19:00)
Magnús Logi Kristinsson Iceland / Finland
Didier Mahieu Belgium
Wendimagegn Belete Ethiopia / Norway