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Interview with the space and time-bending artists collective RaumZeitPiraten by Dessislava Berndt Monument for a forgotten future / RaumZeitPiraten in Gelsenkirchen 2012 from RaumZeitPiraten on Vimeo. Who are the RaumZeitPiraten? How did you come up with the idea of this concept? We are RaumZeitPiraten, a space and time-bending artists collective. We started working in 2007 […]

Time for us is a piece by the dancer and choreographer Fabien Prioville and his wife Azusa Seyama who works as a dancer with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. It focuses on the experienced moment of two people meeting each other. It is a search for the significance of this moment, an exploration of places of […]

Interview with the painter Klio Karadim by Dessislava Berndt Translated from German by Dessislava Berndt, Proofreading: Simon Pavlov Klio Karadim, Photo: private Klio, how did you get into painting? In the 80’s in Bulgaria you had to choose your further school after the 7th school year. I didn’t want to become a secretary in an […]

Translated from Bulgarian by Tsvetelina Mareva Elena Shumilova has captured the attention of the world with her endearing and ethereal photos of her children and farm animals in the countryside. She has been featured on media worldwide, from Huffington Post to ABC News to Reddit and beyond.  It’s immediately obvious that Elena’s portfolio is far […]

Teodora Atanasova Hello, please introduce yourself. My name is Stella Sidiropoulou. I live and work in Thessaloniki Greece. I am an Instrumentation and Control systems technician in the Petrochemical Industry. I have been involved with photography since 2008. What do you express with your photos? The photos I create bring out my emotions and my […]

Teodora Atanasova talks with photographer Paula Aparicio Paula’s photos filled with so much beauty and tenderness whisper something very unique. Please, introduce yourself to our readers. My name is Paula Aparicio and I’m a photographer. When did you start taking photos? My dad was antiquarian, I grew up going from one art gallery to another, […]

Teodora Atanasova Talks to Photographer Manel Gómez Hello, please tell us a few words about you. I am 34 years old, I live in Barcelona and I am a primary school teacher. I’ve always loved the arts, but it was not until I turned 30 that I developed a passion for photography. I’m a quiet […]

Teodora Atanasova Talks with Photographer Eleazar Guerra Hello, would you introduce yourself? My name is Eleazar Lázaro Guerra and I was born in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) in 1989. I lived on the island until 18, when I moved to Madrid for studying Environmental Sciences at the university there. I finished my studies a year […]

Teodora Atanasova Talks with Artist Hristina Tarpanova Translated from the Bulgarian by Teodora Atanasova Please, introduce yourself to our readers. My name is Hristina Tarpanova and I’m nineteen years old. I was born in Kazanlak but I’ve been living and studying in Glasgow, Scotland for a year now. I study architecture and this quickly became […]

Jasmina Tacheva Talks with Photographer Sofia Pavlova Hi, Sofia, where are you right now and what have you been working on? Hello, I’m in Sofia – I’ve left the city just a few times since I moved here, and never for more than a week. Currently, I’ve been working on a new idea that came […]

Jasmina Tacheva Talks with Artist Amanda Hart Hello, Amanda, would you introduce yourself? My name is Amanda Hart, I am 23 years old, and I reside in Buffalo, NY. I am an outspoken member of the Buffalo art scene and am considered to be a prolific painter. I speak pretty good Japanese and in the […]

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

“Stories are never to be forgotten” Kristina Tsenova Photo: Kristina Tsenova What is your first memory connected with? To define your first conscious memory is like trying to remember what you’ve dreamt about – it slips away. My first memory is not of a particular event; it’s rather fragments of what I’ve experienced – certain […]

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov

Photo: Ivo Oreshkov