Martin Tomov & Maria Ilieva
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As a collaborative duo, we are fascinated by intersections of visual art, ecology andtheir inherent politicisations.
Martin Tomov is an anthropologist by education, and by profession he is part of the team of Greenpeace – Bulgaria. With an interest in fine arts, poetry, acting and theater, Martin undertakes social projects and engaged practices with an eye on various social and environmental issues . He has experience in projects exposing police violence and racism in urban environments, and is the author of research on the cultural history of antidepressants and the impact of climate adaptation policies on marginalized communities in Rotterdam. Today he deals with issues related to the climate crisis, the environment, and the biodiversity of the Black Sea.
Maria Ilieva is a multidisciplinary artist, with practice mainly in the field of painting and text. Spending her life between three countries, Maria has been confronted with the reality of immigrants abroad since childhood, with the urgent need to adapt in unfamiliar environments, as well as the boundaries of language. Relying on personal and collective memory, as well as various methods of memorization, she seeks ways to rethink boundaries – both social and self-imposed
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As a collaborative duo, we are fascinated by intersections of visual art, ecology andtheir inherent politicisations.
Martin Tomov is an anthropologist by education, and by profession he is part of the team of Greenpeace – Bulgaria. With an interest in fine arts, poetry, acting and theater, Martin undertakes social projects and engaged practices with an eye on various social and environmental issues . He has experience in projects exposing police violence and racism in urban environments, and is the author of research on the cultural history of antidepressants and the impact of climate adaptation policies on marginalized communities in Rotterdam. Today he deals with issues related to the climate crisis, the environment, and the biodiversity of the Black Sea.
Maria Ilieva is a multidisciplinary artist, with practice mainly in the field of painting and text. Spending her life between three countries, Maria has been confronted with the reality of immigrants abroad since childhood, with the urgent need to adapt in unfamiliar environments, as well as the boundaries of language. Relying on personal and collective memory, as well as various methods of memorization, she seeks ways to rethink boundaries – both social and self-imposed
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“Beyond Istoriya Slavyanobalgarska”
with Center for Social Vision, forum Nine Elephants
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“Beyond Istoriya Slavyanobalgarska” is a film that explores the notion of the city by looking at parts of its periphery and their specificities. This infrastructural synechdoche directs the conversation to the ways in which urban space creates meanings, narratives and poetics for itself, without the need for additional interventions – how an urban place becomes a topos for the themes of a transforming world, inequalities and coexistence.
The essay “The Anthropocene in Sofia: more-than-human Perspectives and Infrastructural Poetics” is a continuation of our research published on Journal for Social Vision.
more info & film: https://devetslona.art/project/project-16/
“Beyond Istoriya Slavyanobalgarska”
with Center for Social Vision, forum Nine Elephants
selected stills:
“Beyond Istoriya Slavyanobalgarska” is a film that explores the notion of the city by looking at parts of its periphery and their specificities. This infrastructural synechdoche directs the conversation to the ways in which urban space creates meanings, narratives and poetics for itself, without the need for additional interventions – how an urban place becomes a topos for the themes of a transforming world, inequalities and coexistence.
The essay “The Anthropocene in Sofia: more-than-human Perspectives and Infrastructural Poetics” is a continuation of our research published on Journal for Social Vision.
more info & film: https://devetslona.art/project/project-16/