photo by Martin Dietrich
New Culture Foundation
wishes all friends a beautiful New 2012 Year!
Let it be joyful, cozy and full with sense,
let it be aromatic like a sweet home jam,
let it be adventurous like a journey into unknown space!
Let it be everything that will make us be ourselves
more and more and deeper and deeper!
photo by Nicola Mihov
What to do with the Abandoned Places and Objects from the Socialist Time in Northwestern Bulgaria? What to do with the abandoned social and industrial heritage from that time?
Can it be recycled and used for cultural development and how?
The main goal of the project is to offer fresh ideas how to change and reshape the poorest region in the European Union –
Northwestern Bulgaria.
The region where we have been born.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe that places around us need our attention. Sometimes the fact that we observe and notice change things fundamentally.
AUTHORS
Initiators of the project are Diana Ivanova and Mariana Assenova, journalists born in Northwestern Bulgaria and founders of the New Culture Foundation and the GOATMILK Festival in Bela Rechka, Northwestern Bulgaria.
Other authors are born in the Northwest also: Antina Zlatkova (currently student in Vienna), Galina Ivanova (currently construction ingeneer in Sofia and author of the maps), Tossen Ramar (freelance artist between Sofia and Montana)
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Nikola Mihov (www.nikolamihov.com)
Babak Salari (www.babaksalari.com)
Federico Busonero (www.federicobusonero.com)
PARTNERS
ABITARE magazine
Bulgarian National Television
Montana Municipality
Varshetz Municipality
Montana Regional Library
Historical Museum Lom
Open Society Institute
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS GOATMILK 2011 – 4 PROJECTS AWARDED
Four projects have been choosen and presented at the GOATMILK FESTIVAL after the call: «What I would do if this abandoned house was mine?»
1. Delcho Delchev, architect, Sofia (blog.gorichka.bg/?p=3085)
2. Vanya Valkova, designer, Sofia (www.designfield.org)
3. Antina Zlatkova, student, journalism Montana-Vienna (http://www.public-republic.com/antina-zlatkova )
4. Pietro Salvarani, architect, Reggio Emilia, Italy
FOUR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS PRESENT THEIR PROJECTS ON ABANDONMENT 2011
1. Gita Hashemi, visual artist, Iran/Canada
2. Federico Busonero, photographer, Toscana/Italy www.federicobusonero.com
3. Federica Paretti, Rea Stavropoulos, Stefano Vincieri, Palmerino Cultural Association , Florence, Italy (www.palmerino.it)
4. Massimo Catalfo, visual artist and agroturism developer, Seggiano, Italy, www.casedellabuca.info
FIVE WRITERS AND POETS READ IN ABANDONED HOUSES
1.Elizabeth Kostova, USA (www.theswanthieves.com)
2.
Jeremiah Chamberlin, USA
3.Rea Stavropoulos, Italy
4.Stefano Vincieri, Italy
5.Anthony Georgieff, Bulgaria
FIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS PRESENT PROJECTS ON ABANDONMENT
1. Federico Busonero, Italy
2. Babak Salari, Canada/Iran
3. Nikola Mihov, Bulgaria
4. Albena Kovatcheva, Bulgaria
5. Martin Dietrich, Germany
The ABITARE magazine has published in the July Issue a special section about the GOATMILK FESTIVAL in Bela Rechka and the topic of abandonment.
With texts by Diana Ivanova, Mariana Assenova, Antina Zlatkova and Federico Busonero and photography by Nikola Mihov, Federico Busonero and Martin Dietrich.
www.abitare.bg
Workshop in Creative Photography August 2011
Bela Rechka, Bulgaria
by photographer Babak Salari (Canada/Iran)
http://babaksalari.com/
picture by Diana Ivanova, workshop in creative photography 2009
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FEW DAYS TILL GOATMILK
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT YOUR PERSONAL PROGRAM
Theatre of connections workshop
“The journey of fools” project
Under the artistic direction of Stamatis Efstathiou (www.atropos-art.gr)
24-29 May, Bela Rechka
Price: 140 €
Only 8 places left!!
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GOATMILK FESTIVAL OF MEMORIES
MAY, 21- 24, GORNA BELA RECHKA
MAIN TOPIC:
THE ABANDONED HOUSES – THE ABANDONED NORTHWEST?
MAY 21st, SATURDAY
8.00 – 14.00 WORKSHOPS – HOW TO MAKE WATTLE, BREAD AND OBJECTS FROM RECICLED MATERIALS; ORIENTAL DANCES, DRUMMING
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15.30 – 16.30 THE SINGING SOCIETY OF BELA RECHKA – WORKSHOP FOR OLD SONGS FROM BELA with Diana Ivanova & friends
16.00-19.30 A THEATRE WORKSHOP WITH STAMATIS EFSTATHIOU, GREECE
(www.atropos-art.gr)
19.30 OPENING & PRESENTING GUESTS AND PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE ABANDONED HOUSES AND THE NORTHWEST THEME
1. Delcho Delchev, architect, Sofia (blog.gorichka.bg/?p=3085)
2. Vanya Valkova, designer, Sofia (www.designfield.org)
3. Antina Zlatkova, student, journalism Montana-Vienna (http://www.public-republic.com/antina-zlatkova )
4. Pietro Salvarani, architect, Reggio Emilia, Italy
5. Gita Hashemi, visual artist, Iran/Canada
6. Federico Busonero, photographer, Toscana/Italy (www.federicobusonero.com)
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7. Federica Paretti, Rea Stavropoulos, Stefano Vincieri, Palmerino Cultural Association , Florence, Italy (www.palmerino.it)
8. Massimo Catalfo, visual artist and agroturism developer, Seggiano, Italy,
22.00 – 24.00 CONCERT GANESH DEL VESCOVO – Classical guitar www.ganeshdelvescovo.eu Florence, Italy
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MAY 22nd, SUNDAY
8.00 – 9.00 YOGA
9.00 – 16.00 Why SLOW FOOD read more
- following the goat curd course – a morning walk with the goats in the mountain;
- the philosophy of slow food - seminar, presentation, degustation. read more
With Mariana Asenova
*Degustation of dairy products from Cherni Vit and Bela Rechka, Bulgaria and Undredal, Norway
12.00 – 14.00 ME AND THE FESTIVAL – words tell about – a creative workshop with Leah Davcheva
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15.30 – 16.30 – ORIENTAL DANCES AND COFFEE FORTUNETELLING WORKSHOPS
Cemil Yusufoğlu, Murat Yılmam , Turkey
YOGA NIDRA FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
16.30 THE ABANDONED NORTHWEST – discussion with the mayors of Montana - Zlatko Zhivkov and Varshets - Boriana Boncheva
18.30 INTERRUPTED LANDSCAPES
a photo exhibition opening and talk with the photographer Federico Busonero
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21.00 A LITERARY READING IN ABANDONED HOUSE
Elizabeth Kostova, USA (www.theswanthieves.com)
Jeremiah Chamberlin, USA
DRUMMING WORKSHOP
Murat Yilmam
22.00 – 24.00 CONCERT
Misho Yosifov Jazz Sextet
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24.00 – 3.00 THE LONG NIGHT OF THE BALKAN DOCUMENTARY
/together with the Balkan documentary center/
1.„Sisters of Lilith”, Turkey
2.„Concrete Pharaons”, Bulgaria
3.„Corridor # 8”, Bulgaria
MAY 23rd, MONDAY
8.30 YOGA
11.00 CONTACT IMPROVISATION – body workshop with Federica Paretti, Italy and Peter Byworth, England - dancers and choreographers
15.30 – 16.30 THE SINGING SOCIETY OF BELA RECHKA –WORKSHOP FOR OLD SONGS FROM BELA with Diana Ivanova & friends
16.30 THE ABANDONED NORTHWEST – ROUND TABLE - IDEAS AND PROJECTS FINAL PRESENTATION
18.00 – 19.30 FOLK DANCES, ORIENTAL DANCES, COFFEE FORTUNETELLING WORKSHOPS
Veselka Toncheva, Bulgaria
Cemil Yusufoğlu, Murat Yılmam , Turkey
21.00 A LITERARY READING IN ABANDONED HOUSES
Rea Stavropoulos, Stefano Vincieri, Italy
22.00 – 24.00 SURPRISE – CONCERT
Ethno – Jazz improvisations
24.00 – 3.00 THE LONG NIGHT OF FOTOGRAPHY
Babak Salari, Federico Busonero, Nikola Mihov and other photographers about the abandoned houses
MAY 24th , TUESDAY
13 – 15.00 CONCERT
The Varshets brass orchestra
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16.30 A THEATRE WORKSHOP “The journey of fools” WITH STAMATIS EFSTATHIOU, GREECE (only with reservations)
see http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=212623518749559
18.00 – 19.30 DRUMMING AND COFFEE FORTUNETELLING WORKSHOPS
20.00 - 22.00 THE LONG NIGHT OF THE BALKAN DOCUMENTARY
/together with the Balkan documentary center/
1.„Me, my Gipsy family and Woody Allen”, Italy
2.„Paradise hotel”, Bulgaria
Workshop in Creative Photography August 2011
Bela Rechka, Bulgaria
by photographer Babak Salari (Canada/Iran)
http://babaksalari.com/
The abandoned deserted houses are often seen in Northwestern Bulgaria and constantly provoke our senses. How to live with that?
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND IDEAS
For artists, designers, architects, directors
On WHAT WOULD I DO IF THIS ABANDONED HOUSE WAS MINE
Deadline: FEBRUARY 20, 2011
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Do you know where Bela Rechka is? Have you heard about Goat Milk Festival? Did you try goat curd?
We decided to set up “BELA RECHKA FRIENDS” CLUB for all of you whom with we co-experienced seven editions of the Goat Milk Festival of memories and for all of you who would like to be part of the future activities of New Culture Factory. The annual subscription for the club is based on calendar year and will be used to further develop Bela Rechka as an ecological, cozy and desirable place where to explore personal stories and collective memories and to create a “secure” space for discussions between people with diverse cultural and social identity.
MORE about “BELA RECHKA FRIENDS” CLUB you can learn here
