Views from Nowhere

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Documentary exhibition and zine by Yves-Christian Angelov and Elena Chergilanova

When
 2024

Where
 Street. “April 20” 11

Can a building inhabit itself? A project about the abandoned houses around the city that Yves-Christian Angelov and Elena Chergilanova liberate from their everyday existence.

The installation by the artists Elena Chergilanova and Yves-Christian Angelov in the empty space at ul. “April 20, 11 is part of a series of interventions in the urban environment under the title “Views from Nowhere” that draw attention to abandoned buildings and offer interpretations of their presence. There are such abandoned houses all around us and we can all remember at least one in the neighbourhood where we live. The houses that the artists explore are scattered around Sofia in neighborhoods such as Hadji Dimitar, Krasno Selo, Lozenets, Strelbishte, Zhenski Pazar, Banishora. “A place emptied of meaning, without purpose and inhabitants; a legal dead end existing as an open wound between public and private space”, the artists say about these places. To accompany the project, they publish a zine that presents their artistic interventions in 24 pages, 9×20 cm and reveals the uninhabited space of non-being – neither for living, nor for playing, nor for recreation. The publication can be purchased at Swimming Pool.

Part of the first edition of Nine Elephants in 2024 with the opening on July 18, 18:00-21:00 at the.“
In collaboration with the Center for Social Vision.

Elena Chergilanova is a graphic designer and visual artist from Sofia. She works mainly with photography, video and artist books. Her artistic practice deals with themes of space and place and the transience of experience.

Yves-Christian Angelov is a teacher and experimental artist from Sofia. He is the founder of the noise music/field recording project “there is no one” and part of the dadaist duo “Small Ruchey”, with which he has been putting on concerts and performances since 2017.

* The exhibition was presented at the first edition of “Nine Elephants” in 2024 with the opening on July 18, 18:00-21:00 at the street. “11 April 20.

In collaboration with the Center for Social Vision.

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Presentation of an audio guide that can be listened to alone or in a group during a walk in the city