The imaginary worlds of science fiction inspire the installation, and its name is borrowed from the fictional phenomenon “chrono-synclastic infundibulum” from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel The Sirens of Titan. These are randomly occurring places in the Universe that warp spacetime, where all kinds of truth exist in harmony. The installation is made from several thousand decommissioned metal cans donated to the project.
Nevena Ekimova has been cramming maths by day and reading horror and sci-fi by night since childhood—so she’d know how to neutralise any potential aliens and monsters under the bed. Today she is an internationally recognised visual artist with a distinctive style that blends the sweet, the strange and the scary into irresistibly tactile sculptures and installations. She is the creator of the Mirror Hall and the Children’s Hall at the Museum of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo. Her favourite pastime, however, remains the same to this day: lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, where she regularly stages thrilling adventures with characters from countless imaginary worlds.
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Assistants: Miroslav Penchev, Gergana Lazarova-Runkel, Ivelina Ivanova, Galina Dineva, Ralliya Georgieva, Radoil Serafimov
Volunteers: Niya Pavlova, Nikolay Nikolov, Mihail Ivanov – Mishaka, Tsveti Yordanova
