Who gives commands, pushes buttons and spills hot coffee on the Infundibulum adventure’s navigation panel? As it turns out, it's not one, but two clever heads of curly hair.
Photography: Rosina Pencheva
Nevena Ekimova has been studying maths by day and reading horror and fantasy by night to know how to neutralise possible aliens and monsters under the bed. Today, she is an internationally acclaimed visual artist with a distinctive style that combines the cute, the weird and the scary in irresistible sculptures and installations. She is the creator of the Mirror and Children's Hall in the Museum of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo. Her favourite pastime, however, to this day remains lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, where she regularly enacts exciting adventures with characters from countless fictional worlds.
Photography: Dobrin Kashavelov
Rosina Pencheva was not raised on science fiction, and was too busy anyway, spending her extrovert adolescence on the streets of Gabrovo, surrounded by cool kids in sneakers and baggy clothes who surfed the skate wave that sprouted during the Transition period. Always with a finger on the pulse of the rapidly developing street culture, Rosina is still inspired by its means of expression. Today, already a resident of Sofia, she creates high-level cultural meetings between artists, institutions and audiences, not forgetting for a minute where she started from - worn-out jeans on old monuments taken over and transformed by youth.
CAPTURING CREATIVITY PRESENTS
Infundibulum Microfest
Retro fiction and futuristic art underground
(literally)
Retro fiction and futuristic art underground
(literally)
12. October 2024
Underpass to Gabrovo Bus Station
Underpass to Gabrovo Bus Station
CREATIVE CONCEPT
Nevena Ekimova
Rosina Pencheva
ART INSTALLATION
Nevena Ekimova (assistants: Miroslav Penchev, Gergana Lazarova-Runkle, Ivelina Ivanova, Galina Dineva, Rallia Georgieva, Radoil Serafimov)
Nevena Ekimova (assistants: Miroslav Penchev, Gergana Lazarova-Runkle, Ivelina Ivanova, Galina Dineva, Rallia Georgieva, Radoil Serafimov)
MUSIC PROGRAMME
Ilko Birov
Pavel Terziyski
Gonzo from the Block
Ilko Birov
Pavel Terziyski
Gonzo from the Block
GRAPHIC IDENTITY
Ivan Kashlakov
Ivan Kashlakov
PHOTO DOCUMENTATION
SCENOGRAPHY
Gergana Lazarova-Runkle
Gergana Lazarova-Runkle
SOUND AND TECHNICAL SETUP
Stancho Atanasov, Georgi Georgiev – Gerdzhika
Stancho Atanasov, Georgi Georgiev – Gerdzhika
POP-UP BAR
Beer Arrow, Gabrovo
Beer Arrow, Gabrovo
VOLUNTEERING
Niya Pavlova, Nikolay Nikolov, Mihail Ivanov – Mishaka, Tsveti Yordanova
Niya Pavlova, Nikolay Nikolov, Mihail Ivanov – Mishaka, Tsveti Yordanova
MEDIA COMMUNICATION
Maya Ivanova
Maya Ivanova
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Miroslav Penchev
Miroslav Penchev
PRODUCTION
PARTNERSHIP
CO-FINANCING
Municipality of Gabrovo under the "Culture" 2024 program, priority "Creative Experience and Socialization of Spaces"
