[artinfo] 3rd intl cont art fest, varna/bg, 2006

[dora bulart]

Dear colleagues and friends,
It is our pleasure to invite you to The Third Edition of the
International Festival of Contemporary Art, Varna 2006, which is due
to be held from 26th May to 9th June.
The topic of this edition is “Divided nations"
In the attached files you will find
your Accreditation form and brief info about the Festival.
The registration of the accreditations is due to begin on
17th April and will finish on 17th May.
Please, send the filled in forms to the following addresses:

dorabulart at yahoo.com

dora_bulart at yahoo.com

artpress at abv.bg


or by post

KERA
p.o. box 532
Varna 9000
Bulgaria

You shalle obtaining the accreditation cards from 
the info-center of the Festival.

Good luck!


The Festival team

For more info
Mrs Dora Doncheva
Bulart gallery manager
  and communication director of the Festival
GSM +359 887 244 882
Varna,9000
22 shipka str
bulgaria


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            KERA Center of Visual Culture is the organization that
initiated and administers the new edition of The International
Festival of Contemporary Art.
           The third edition is due to be held in Varna from
26th May to 9th June 2006.
          Over 50 authors from over 10 countries in 3 continents will
take part in it. Their works and creative energies have been provoked
by the theme of the forum - "Divided nations". 15 of the participants
are from Germany, 2 from Italy, 4 - The Netherlands, 15 - Bulgaria /6
of them living abroad/, 3 - Macedonia, 5 - France, 1 respectively
from Bosnia, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, Mexico, Korea; the
participation of several authors from China and Taiwan is still in
negotiation. Most of the artists are going to be present during the
Festival.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME


 Official press conference at the opening of the Festival  25 May 2006


 Official opening   26 May 2006

          In the period 26 may - 9 June there will be openings of a
number of exhibitions and presentations of particular projects,
performances, projections, lectures, actions, etc.


 The film programme "Some are watching" will be held in  the period
27 May - 3 June 2006.
         The presentation of films from Bulgaria, France and Germany
will be  accompanied by debates and discussions with the authors,
cultural institutions and curators.

THE FESTIVAL points

SEASIDE CASINO
CITY ART GALLERY "B. GEORGIEV"
CULTURAL CENTRE "B&G - BOSHNAKOV AND GRÜNDER"
"BULART" GALLERY
PUBLIC ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM "N. COPERNICUS"
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

The Festival team - Yordan Ganevski - Director of the Festival, Milen
Krastev - Artistic Director of the Festival, Efrosina Peneva -
Director vision, Dora Doncheva - Director communications, Zdravko
Totinov - digital technologies, Petar Kostadinov - co-ordinator.

The Festival's partners are: the Varna Municipality, French Institute
- Sofia, Swiss Cultural Programme - Bulgaria, K&K electronics,
Seaside casino - Varna, M.A.G. studio - Sofia, Centre of Culture and
Debate "The red house" - Sofia, New Bulgarian University, Villa
Sagona, The Ministry of Culture, Youth centre - Varna, Bulart
gallery, City art gallery - Varna, Cultural centre "B&G - Boshnakov
and Grunder", Youth Information Volunteer Centre - Varna, Gallery of
Graphic Art.

Some of the participants
Andreas  Johnen, Dragan Lovrinovic , Günter Stangelmeyer , Michael
Blume, Norbert Zehmer, Peter Anders, Luis Gonzales, Arne Witt ,
Daniel Massow, Massimo Palazzi, Riekus , Charlotte Mumm, Otto Braun
Stipendium, Nina Jansen , Sabine Rollnik, Song-ie Seuk , Prof. Urs
Lüthi , Milen Miltschev ,Vesselin Vassilev ,Thierry Waltzing,
Sebastien Mass,  Emelyne Guitllier, Tzvetan Krastev,Krassimir
Terziev, Samuil Stoyanov, Norbert Zehmer ,Maya Ölke ,Arne
Witt,Reinigungsgesellschaft (Henrik Mayer, Martin Keil) ,Jennifer
Michel & Michael Höpfel ,Bene ,Oscar Colombo,R&R ,Reiner Nijdam
,Plamen Bontchev,Boryana Bedzheva,Lachezar Boyadjiev,Marko Georgiev
,Anita Ivkovik,Bujar Luma,Antony Delaure,Adrian Grass,Cristelle
Nussbaumer,Ankabuta


Some of the guests in the discussions
Prof. Dr. Karin Stempel /Germany/,Prof. Dr. Ursula Panhans Bühler
/Germany/, Dr. Helmut Zimmermann  /Germany/,Meinrad Ladleif
/Germany/, Prof. Erik Laniol /France/, Ivailo ditchev,Iavor Gardev,
Vessela Nojarova,Ruen Ruenov