Workshops

workshop: Future Roots
tutors: Saskia van Drimmelen & Margreet Sweerts (Painted series, NL)
when: 11 – 15 July 2016

Dutch fashion collective Painted invites you on an exploratory journey through making in dialogue with the available knowledge encompass in the present and the past, connected to authentic skills, craft and traditions. You will be introduced to the logic and methods of design that Painted has developed in their practice and will have the opportunity to directly collaborate with them.

The manifestation of this dialogue will be comprised in the collective production of a wearable object. During the search for materials.design elements in this unique fabrication you will get acquainted with the archives of the Ethnographical Museum in Sofia, and will have the opportunity to interact directly with masters, experts and practitioners in authentic crafts techniques and their context.

As a result of this collaboration conveying generosity and reciprocity, on the final day, a special choreography will be developed presenting the produced piece in a performative way.

This final part of the workshop will be documented in the form of a film which will become part of the collection of Painted established in many parts of the world and emerging from different cooperation.

workshop: An insert on printed history
tutors: René Put & Brigitte Gootink (Studio PutGootink, NL)
when: 11 – 15 July 2016

Starting with a selection of historical books from the collection of the Sofia History Museum we will examine, transform and re-contextualize their content in a series of ‘inserts’. As an introduction to the project, the museum will give a presentation, highlighting the importance of the selected books.

From there on we will work with the participants in developing fitting strategies for a postscript or ‘insert’ that re-contextualizes the historical publication. These personal translations will follow personal routes and lead to a diverse range of media.

The challenge lies in opening the book to a wider audience by re-framing and reconnecting its content into a contemporary context, using the participants’ field of profession. Despite the fact that an insert is often a printed matter, the chosen medium and design can be very diverse and specifically focused on the subject. However, within the project, it is important that the choice of subject and the medium for the ‘insert’ can be brought into relation with the book.

Our project will then be displayed in the museum.

workshop: Visual narrative
tutor: Vesselina Nikolaeva (BG/NL)
when: 18 – 22 July 2016

The storytelling is a powerful tool and medium for conveying real events in their subjective and microcosmic context. The tales and the legends have always been an integral part of the cultural identity and biding element in its construction. In today’s reality, filled with highly media presence, fragmentation, and hyper dynamic, the personal story, told by the adequate locality is more relevant than ever. It connects us, provoke us and commit us to empathy.

This will be a workshop about the visual research and how to apply the narrative message through the instruments of photography.

workshop: Show and Tell
tutor: Uta Eisenreich (NL/DE)
when: 18 – 22 July 2016

Each participant makes a small selection of objects found in the city. Like archeologists or crime investigators, we will conduct forensic research and draw bits of story from these artifacts. These narratives will be developed to become short movies. These stories could be fictional or factual, historic or personal; they could involve field research or take place in the domain of imagination. As a result we will present an evening program with short movies and lecture performances.