35th EDITION OF THE PROCESS-SPACE FESTIVAL/2024 Balchik
3+5= ∞/PERMISSIBLE FUTURE
In 2024, the "Process-Space" Festival will implement its 35th edition, an anniversary that marks a celebration of persistence and a look into the future. The forum’s motto is 3+5=∞/PERMISSIBLE FUTURE with its implementation in the town of Balchik. The focus of this edition is art from the Balkans, its problems, possibilities and future development. The motto lays out the main theme of the edition, namely finding common horizons and points of contact on which artists from the Balkan region could unite and work together and each present their vision of a possible future. At the same time, the theme looks for common problems, as well as perspectives for the development and deployment of art opportunities and common projects. The concept is to gather in one place the ideas, creativity and criticism of people working in and knowing the cultural, artistic, socio-psychological, problematic environment of the Balkans. 3+5=∞/PERMISSIBLE FUTURE also refers to the different understandings of the concept of the future and its probable possible future projections in modern society, told through various artistic methods, searches, emotions and processes through the eyes of the festival participants. Individual points of view and fantasies about the future, related to everyday problems, excitements and passions, as well as individual facts of life and defects in society, related to the changes around us that we are witnessing in modern times, can be reflected in the creativity of the participants working either in a group or individually within the festival. The environment of the forum is creative and enables multiple opportunities and presentations of the participants, hosting two exhibitions, guest galleries, lecture presentations and a film program.
Participants in the edition are 20 artists from Bulgaria and abroad with ambitious intentions about their performance. Servet Kocyigit, originally from Turkey but living in the Netherlands, will present a complex installation of recycled car parts, which will be made on site in Balchik, especially for the festival. He has been developing his idea under the title "Book Burning Machine", related to the life of the Turkish writer and poet Hikmet Nazim, who visited Varna and Balchik in the 1950s and 1960s, after his release from prison in Turkey, because of his communist ideas. Servet Kocyigit is a world star of contemporary art with numerous international projects and exhibitions in some of the major museums in Brazil, China, France, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, as well as participations in the 27th edition of the Sao Paulo Biennial (2006) and the 9th edition of the Istanbul Biennale (2005). Also participating from Turkey are artists Demet Yalçınkaya and Begüm Çelik, who will present delicate large-scale contemporary painting and site-specific conceptual photography, respectively. From Romania is coming Ovidiu Toader, who will present a brand new work, a continuation of his "Ray Collector" project, with his large-scale installation, made of rattan mats through which sunlight enters, being a special work for the festival, created during his residence in Balchik. Isidora Krstic and Petar Kras will arrive from Austria and Serbia, respectively. Petar is seeking inspiration from nature, the atmosphere and the life of the people of the area and will project his feelings through the means of an installation from seaweed, stones, shells and other gifts of the sea. Isidora Krstic created an impressive underwater video installation inspired by the mysticism of the seabed. Maria Guiveli from Greece created a painting game that is dynamic and mobile based on a puzzle principle, which can be used by visitors to have fun creating compositions themselves. There is a very strong Bulgarian participation in the presidential program with a predominantly pictorial and graphic basis. The participants are Nora Ampova, Nadya Rozeva, Vasil Slavkov, Yordan Pankov – J.PANK, Silviya Radeva and Martin Trifonov. They worked with unconventional materials and created their works of art. The curator of the forum is the art critic Hristina Bobokova, and the artistic director is the artist Rada Yakova.
For the first time, a gallery is visiting the festival, and it is the "Largo" Gallery of Varna, which will open the festival program for guests and visitors on June 14 in the City Art Gallery of Balchik with the exhibition entitled „(Im)Possible Cyclicality”. Participants are Vasil Stoev, Atanas Kolev, Rumen Nechev, Petar Chinovski, Drago Dochev and Rozina Makaveeva, who will present paintings, graphics, sculptures, video art, installations and objects. The exhibition examines human relationships as an endless process in time, social attitudes, influences and world cataclysms, the rise of ideas and the sinking of others into oblivion... The main characteristic of this process is precisely its cyclicality and infinity.
Since 2023, the program of the forum has also been including lecture and film parts. In 2024 guests will be: Nadezhda Dzhakova, commissioner of the Bulgarian Pavilion in Venice; the Romanian auction house Art Mark; Servet Kocyigit, with a presentation of his creative path and work; Presentation of the film "The Medal" by Nadya Rozeva; first presentation of the documentary film "Reflections in Memories", related to the history of the buildings and the restoration of cultural and historical immovable heritage; reportage film from the "The Brick" campaign by Hristina Bobokova and Rada Yakova.
Process - Space is a platform built for artists and it enables the exchange of experience, collaboration, individual development and expression, discussions on current topics related to culture and art.
Within the festival, 2 exhibitions and a discussion forum with a film program will be opened in the town of Balchik.
(Im)Possible Cyclicality of Largo visiting gallery at the City Art Gallery of Balchik, on 14.06.2024 at 18:00 hrs. Curator - Neli Valcheva
Participants: Vasil Stoev (Bulgaria), Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria), Rumen Nechev (Bulgaria), Petar Chinovski (Bulgaria), Drago Dochev (Bulgaria), Rozina Makaveeva (Bulgaria)
3+5=∞/ Permissible Future, at the “Melnitsata” Information Center, 4th floor, on 15.06.2024 at 18:00 hrs.
Participants: Servet Kocyigit (Turkey/Netherlands), Demet Yalçınkaya (Turkey), Begüm Çelik (Turkey), Petar Kras (Serbia), Isidora Krstic (Serbia), Maria Guiveli (Greece), Ovidiu Toader (Romania), Nadya Rozeva (Bulgaria), Silviya Radeva (Bulgaria), Nora Ampova (Bulgaria), Yordan Pankov (Bulgaria), Vasil Slavkov (Bulgaria), Martin Trifonov (Bulgaria).
Lecture and presentation program will be held on the topic "Problems of contemporary art in Bulgaria/2024" on 15.06.2024 at the conference hall of the “Melnitsata” Information Center, 6th floor, town of Balchik.
Participants: Nadezhda Dzhakova (commissioner of the Bulgarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale); Servet Kocyigit (artist, lecturer); Art Mark Auction House; the film "The Medal" by Nadya Rozeva (artist); the film "Dante and the Air Feather" directed by Dimitar Lipovanski; reportage film for the "The Brick" project – “What is contemporary art” by Hristina Bobokova and Rada Yakova.
Organizers: “Process – Space” Foundation
Curator and Manager - Hristina Bobokova
Art Manager - Rada Yakova
Assistant organizers: Stela Bobokova, Mladen Manolov, Daniel Petrov, Stefan Georgiev and other friends of the festival.
Partners and sponsors: Municipality of Balchik, the Historical Museum of Balchik, “Melnitsata” Information Center / Balchik, Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA), “Prista Oil” EAD, the Austrian Embassy, LARGO Gallery, Art Mark Auction House, Heavy Club EOOD, Levent Wine House, Varna Wine House, Arena Media Ruse, Darik Radio, BNR (Bulgarian National Radio)
(Im)Possible Cyclicality of Largo visiting gallery at the City Art Gallery of Balchik, on 14.06.2024 at 18:00 hrs. Curator - Neli Valcheva
3+5=∞/ Permissible Future, at the “Melnitsata” Information Center, 4th floor, on 15.06.2024 at 18:00 hrs.
Lecture and presentation program will be held on the topic "Problems of contemporary art in Bulgaria/2024" on 15.06.2024 at the conference hall of the “Melnitsata” Information Center, 6th floor, town of Balchik.
