{"id":6710,"date":"2024-09-11T12:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devetslona.art\/nine-elephants-stefan-ikoga\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:26:35","slug":"nine-elephants-stefan-ikoga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/devetslona.art\/en\/nine-elephants-stefan-ikoga\/","title":{"rendered":"NINE Elephants Stefan Ikoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6710\" class=\"elementor elementor-6710 elementor-3750\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b88b0 e-con-full main-content e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9b88b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4b350 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a4b350\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc0119a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc0119a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c2b2b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8c2b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nine poems about nine elephants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39fafe9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39fafe9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb17e5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cb17e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x6ikm8r x10wlt62\"><div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x14ctfv x1okitfd x6ikm8r x10wlt62 xerhiuh x1pn3fxy x12xxe5f x1szedp3 x1n2onr6 x1vjfegm x1k4qllp x1mzt3pk x13faqbe x1xr0vuk x1jm4cbz x1lmq8lz xrrpcnn x1xtl47e x13fuv20 xu3j5b3 x1q0q8m5 x26u7qi x19livfd x2t687o x3p3xfz x5od304 xp5s12f x11ucwad xgtuqic x155c047\" role=\"presentation\"><div class=\"html-div xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1gslohp x11i5rnm x12nagc x1mh8g0r x1yc453h x126k92a x18lvrbx\" dir=\"auto\">For the first edition of Nine Elephants, we approached Stefan Ikoga with an invitation to talk through poetry about the things that excite us \u2013 about our desire to be inspired by the city, to seek out conversation through art, to show up on streets, in neighborhoods, in offices and walls, and to think that this is something that should happen more often. That\u2019s how Nine Poems for Nine Elephants came about, and we took nine \u201cpieces\u201d from it and posted them all over Sofia. Stefan says of the project, \u201cI took a walk around Sofia by heart and loved it as I always do. I saw the missed potential and the heroic work behind the successes of the few. I saw art running in the streets while his mother was looking for it in the gallery. I saw the missing narratives of Sofia pounding on our doors and us not opening them. But in the end \u2013 I just wrote 9 poems about 9 elephants.\u201d  <\/div><div dir=\"auto\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ead8b elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"62ead8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M12.7 244.7L1.4 256l11.3 11.3 168 168L192 446.6 214.6 424l-11.3-11.3L62.6 272 432 272l16 0 0-32-16 0L62.6 240 203.3 99.3 214.6 88 192 65.4 180.7 76.7l-168 168z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M435.3 267.3L446.6 256l-11.3-11.3-168-168L256 65.4 233.4 88l11.3 11.3L385.4 240 16 240 0 240l0 32 16 0 369.4 0L244.7 412.7 233.4 424 256 446.6l11.3-11.3 168-168z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93cb851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93cb851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db4f037 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db4f037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elephant under elephant, shelter<br>and each on the other.<br>The shoulders of the giants<br>are narrow for their feet.<br>The 9 elephants talk<br>to each other about art,<br>whatever they dream it.<\/p><p>For the city, what will we break it,<br>if we don<br>remember exactly how and how much it happened.<br>And we don\u2019t write in the notebook,<br>on the walls and all,<br>that we are in this city<br>on purpose and move<br>it will be hard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd2eee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fd2eee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3d421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d3d421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da1913 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9da1913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI\u2019m not fat!\u201d<br>said the fattest elephant of all.<br>And he began to rustle the old buildings,<br>to put moisture into their walls,<br>to open the bricks bare,<br>to patina the noble,<br>to rust the iron,<br>to make the tap not work,<br>to make the gutters fall,<br>to break the dripping.<br>Take a picture before everything<br>we ever remembered has fallen.<br>And then don\u2019t look at the picture.<br>It\u2019s a shame.<br><br>The elephant is naked in it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-842c149 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"842c149\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7d537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d7d537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66eb031 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66eb031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Behind all that is<br>seen lives<br>an unseen power.<br>Which laughs. <br><br>Her dove is proudly<br>raised, whistling.<br>A fanfare that<br>calls to us. <br><br>Let\u2019s<br>see what\u2019s flickering,<br>let\u2019s poke in there,<br>where it\u2019s bubbling. <br><br>Let\u2019s re-create,<br>whatever<br>is missing.<br><br>Let<br>us be the city we invent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051dea0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"051dea0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e5282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75e5282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6e545 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c6e545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The deeds of the elephant<br><br>Step, step,<br>ashamed no,<br>the beauty is hidden<br>in mom s neighborhood.<br><br>Put down by the drivers<br>of everyday life,<br>the ones missing the small stuff,<br>the opinion makers. <br><br>A former jungle,<br>and now an antechamber<br>of a future we<br>have forgotten.<br><br>What was<br>and even what is.<br>Good thing there\u2019s<br>to remind us.<br><br>Our streets are full of footprints<br>from all past eras.<br>Footprints of elephants,<br>who have passed by here for a little while,<br>but have taken that left forever.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e699cbf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e699cbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d54d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d54d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341a791 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341a791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Through nine elephants in a tenth \u2013<br>we will run. <br><br>Till in the mirrors of the benches,<br>which we have lain on,<br>the catwalks,<br>which we have fallen from,<br>the railings,<br>which we have embraced,<br>and the poets,<br>whom we do not trust,<br>we know not ourselves.<br><br>Till we tell our stories,<br>and point the finger of art,<br>the guilty, and build<br>a playground for our children,<br>for their knees,<br>to walk their future<br>dog, the spirit of the time<br>Till we clean up the dirty.<br>And sift the eternal<br>from the corruptible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">  <\/span><br><br>We\u2019ll be right here<br>and never move.<br><br>Through nine elephants<br>in ten we will escape.<br>So the book will say.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cd2d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8cd2d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268423b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"268423b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c97db8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c97db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The elephant in the room doesn\u2019t want to leave.<br><br>His ears are administrative hurdles,<br>his proboscis is an aunt on the counter,<br>his eyes are lost hopes \u2013<br>his forehead is \u201cit was better\u201d.<br><br>The elephant in the room won\u2019t budge.<br><br>His feet \u2013 contests set,<br>his tail had talent,<br>his belly \u2013 with ministry problems<br>will not budge \u2013 and so on. <br><br>The elephant in the room is our personal failure.<br><br>The problems are in our neighborhood,<br>where we have turned<br>art into something between<br>bureaucracy and carnival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16fd55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a16fd55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff907b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ff907b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504e057 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"504e057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Art lives between the buildings.<br>No frame, no stop,<br>has everything it wants.<br>It believes in people, it cries colorfully,<br>its words are known,<br>its power is useful,<br>its past is worth it,<br>you can buy it,<br>but it is not bought. <br><br>Art is memory,<br>but without monument,<br>living proof<br>of meaning.<br><br>He breathes, side by side with the birds,<br>he does not breathe with the stones,<br>he moves every attempt at direction,<br>he jumps into the fingers of the young,<br>and they paint him behind the block,<br>they risk and drink his juice. <br><br>Art is out there,<br>as long as you have a look,<br>as long as you bare your senses,<br>to see how<br>it looks like nothing.<br><br>And to love it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f50b515 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f50b515\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4432b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4432b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9acb605 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9acb605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Elephants have no feathers. <br>They didn\u2019t count.<br>They don\u2019t seem to be huge. <br>They do not occur often.<br>They are quiet.<\/p><p>Their hobbits planted<br>in the People\u2019s boxes.<br>Uncomfortable to sit on,<br>poorly made.<br>In general.<\/p><p>They are not in orderly ranks.<br>To one, on the edge.<br>They are frozen, not even breathing,<br>lest the world should end.<br>They write.<\/p><p>They don t lend a hand,<br>they eat out of people s trash<br>and turn it into art,<br>which cures fatigue.<br>So much.<\/p><p>Huge nothing special. 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