Draft:The Neighbours (pavilion)



The Neighbours is a multimedia installation and it is representing Bulgaria at the 60th Venice Art Biennale. The installation deals with the topic of political violence, silence and trauma in the context of Bulgaria during the communist regime starting from 1945 to 1989. Authors of the work are Krasimira Butseva, Lilia Topouzova, Julian Chehirian. The project is rooted in extensive research and over 40 interviews are conducted by the practitioners. The installation focuses on how individuals remember and articulate their experiences in the aftermath of traumatic events based on Lilia Topuzova"s theoretical framework. The Neighbours is mixture of video, sound, found objects and old communist furniture. Curator of the Bulgarian pavilion is Vasil Vladimirov.

The pavilion is situated in Sala Tiziano at the Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta Delle Zattere Ai Gesuiti 919, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy (near Ponte dell'Accademia)