NIGHT/PLOVDIV 

13 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2019

The longest NIGHT of Plovdiv returns this September for its fourteenth edition in the year of "Plovdiv-European Capital of Culture 2019’, once again in three evenings – on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of September.
Launched as ‚Night of Museums and Galleries‘ in 2005 as an initiative of Vesselina and Katrin Sarievi (founders of Open Arts Foundation), today the event gathers numerous local, national and international art projects that enrich the cultural map of Plovdiv each September. In recent years, the audience of the festival has been between 40 and 60 thousand people, with over 120 artistic projects located in more than 70 places in the city.
This year, the program consists of selection from over 110 project proposals from all fields of art - contemporary and traditional visual art, theater, cinema, contemporary dance, performance, etc., that will be included in NIGHT/Plovdiv. The program in 2019 will be traditionally divided in thematic sub-programs. In ‚Museums, Galleries, Studios‘ the Plovdivian museums and galleries will present exhibitions and artists in special projects for NIGHT/Plovdiv, as well as part of their yearly program. For its ‘white night’ the lively city will open many community centers, libraries, religious buildings and cinemas in the sub-program ‚City and Culture‘. ‚Public Spaces‘ will present artistic projects in the shared open-air spaces of the city. In ‚Club and Music‘ culture will be experienced in the informal but nevertheless exciting setting of the alternative club spaces of the city. In the ‚Little Night‘ the organizers traditionally include events for the youngest audience.
In NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019, the ‚Open Arts‘ programme will expand under the slogan COMMON GROUND. The organizers, in partnership with some of the most active international cultural institutes and embassies, will present a special selection of artistic projects from Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, USA, Sweden, Japan, Austria, Israel, Korea, Hungary and Bulgaria. For the first year the module Creative Media Lab, focused on digital arts, will take place in the Plovdiv Drama Theatre.
The highlights among the many various events in NIGHT 2019 are specially created for the festival and shape its curatorial program, compiled by Vladiya Mihaylova, curator and cultural theorist, part of the team of Sofia City Art Gallery. Part of them will be introduced through the ‘back entrance’ of the Old City, revealing a less popular part of it located around the Eastern gate, as well as the exhibition COMMON GROUND in Danchova house, others will meet the visitors eager for contemporary art with the work of promising artists form Austria and Bulgaria, presented by the curators of EVN Collection at the central city area. Once more the doors of the former Detmag Snezhanka, renovated into a space for cultural events, will open to show the exhibition ‚Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes‘, dedicated to the history of Bulgarian contemporary art, curated by Vera Mlechevska.
Website: https://night.bg/en
FB: https://www.facebook.com/museum.night.plovdiv
‘NIGHT/Plovdiv’ is a project of the Open Arts Foundation. The festival is supported by America for Bulgaria Foundation. For the international artistic program, the event works together with the Embassies of Austria, Israel, USA and Sweden, as well as with the French Institute of Bulgaria, Goethe-Institut Sofia, Bulgarian National Culture Fund, Czhech Centre Sofia, Polish Institute Sofia, Portugal Institute 'Camoes Sofia, EU Japan Fest, Plovdiv Drama Theatre and others.
The festival is pleased to work in partnership with EVN, Mentormate, Plovdiv Municipality and others.
More about the programme, locations and participants at night.bg/en, as well as at www.facebook.com/museum.night.

http://plovdiv2019.eu

PROGRAMME 
13.09 /Friday/

18:45 Presentation of the sculpture project “Gate” by the artist Anton Tsanev
→ Eastern gate, Hadzhi Hasan mahala, Old Town

19:00 Official opening of the exhibition “COMMON GROUND”, curated by Vladiya Mihaylova
Dor Guez, Nilbar Güreş, Zuza Golinska, Daniela Kostova, Selma Selman, Kalin Serapionov, Kateřina Šedá
The exhibition COMMON GROUND is implemented in partnership with Polish institute Sofia and Czech Embassy in Sofia, the Honorary Embassador of Czech Republic and Czech Cultural Institute.
→ Danchov house, 2A Hristo Peev Str., Old City

19:00 Official opening of solo exhibition of Markus Krttendorfer
Curator: Boris Kostadinov
→ FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion, 40 Otets Paisiy Str. 
(13,14,15.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

19:10 Presentation of the video instalation “A Horse Has No Concern” by the Japanese artist Saori Hala
With the support of the EU Japan Fest.
→ The Blue House – House of Pavliti, 6 Arhitekt Hristo Peev Str., Old city

19:15 Opening of the exhibition “With the Name of a Flower” by the photographer Vera Hadzhiyska
→ Stambolyan’s house, 15 Kiril Nektariev Str., Old City

19:25 Initiative “What plovdiv do I want to live in or visit in 20 years?”
→ Regional history museum, Bulgarian National Revival museum exhibition, Georgiadi House, 1 Tsanko Lavrenov str.

Installation #moonnightplovdiv2019
The project is implemented in partnership with Matera 2019.
→ Nebet tepe

19:34 A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S Interdimensional Ritual A.S.T.R.A.L.O.R.A.C.L.E.S.
Curator: Aaron Moulton
The project is realized in the frames of Sariev+Markov Sculpture Projects for the Night/Plovdiv by Open Arts Foundation. The project is supported by American Embassy in Bulgaria and Art Envoy.
→ Roman stadium

21:45 Installation #moonnightplovdiv2019
The project is implemented in partnership with Matera 2019
→ Roman stadium

20:00 Opening of exhibition by EVN Collection – “Franz Kapfer/Lazar Lyutakov/Martina Vacheva”
/13 September – 13 October/
Curator Thomas D. Trummer, Director of Kunsthaus Bregenz
Organizer Heike Meier-Rieper, member of the Arts council of EVN Collection
→ SKLAD, 2nd Floor, Tobacco city, 16 Ekzarh Yosif Str.

20:20 Opening of documental exhibition ‘’In Solidarity to Freedom’’
European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk and Polish Institute in Sofia
→ 15 Gladstone Str.

22:00 CREATIVE MEDIA LAB – digital artistic projects in NIGHT/Plovdiv
In 2019, CREATIVE MEDIA LAB is implemented in partnership with Plovdiv Drama Theatre.
The projects in Creative Media Lab are implemented with the financial support of the Swedish Embassy in Sofia, the National Fund for Culture – Debuts programme, Goethe- Institut in Sofia.
→ Plovdiv Drama Theatre, 38 Knyaz Alexander I Str.

22:30 Opening party of NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019
→ Military club, 2 Ivan Vazov Str.

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→ More to see on the 13th of September during NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019:

18:00 Opening of the exhibition “Plovdiv through the lens of the first photographers”
Collaborative exhibition by Ivan Vazov National Library in Plovdiv and Regional State Archive directorate in Plovdiv.
→ Ivan Vazov National Library, 17 Avksentiy Veleshki Str. 
(13,14,15.09, 19:00 – 00:00)

(almost) Paintings exhibition by Nedko Solakov
→ SARIEV Contemporary, 40 Otets Paisiy Str. 
(13.09, 19:00 – 01:00 | 14.09, 19:00 – 22:00)

Изложба и демонстрация “Със сабя френгия и пушка бойлия...“
→ Регионален етнографски музей – Пловдив, ул. Д-р Ст. Чомаков 2
(13.09, 20:00 – 01:00)
Exhibition „Kodex (10)“ by TI-RE creative platform
→ AMDFA: Blue school, Old Town, 5 P. R. Slaveykov Str.
(13.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

Exhibition of archives from the artistic group “Les Reines Prochaines”
→ Coffee&Gallery CU29, 24 Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str. (13,14,15.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

Exhibition ”The Cinema Hall – the Forgotten Common Space“ by Vasilena Gankovska
→ Labyrinth gallery, 1 Angel Bukureshtliev Str. (13,14.09, 19:00 – 01:00 | 15.09, 16:00 – 21:00)

Exhibition “Historical monuments and art antiques preserved in the Plovdivian families“
→ Regional Archaeological Museum – 1 Saedinenie Sq. 
(13.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

Artistic presentation by “The Edge Women”
→ Romfea gallery, 83 Maritza Blvd. 
(13.09, 19:00 – 23:00)
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14.09 /Saturday/

18:00 Lecture by the curator Aaron Moulton and the American artist L
The lecture is realized in the frames of Sariev+Markov Sculpture Projects for the Night/Plovdiv by Open Arts Foundation. The project is supported by American Embassy in Bulgaria and Art Envoy.
→ FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion, 40 Otets Paisiy Str.

18:40 “(almost) Paintings“ Exhibition by Nedko Solakov
→ SARIEV Contemporary gallery, 40, Otets Paisiy Str.

19:00 Opening of interactive exhibition “Hungarian poetry” An initiative of the Hungarian Cultural Institute at the Hungarian Embassy in Sofia with the assistance of Sofia Т bookshop.
→ Sofia T antiquarian bookshop, Kapana, 7 Abadzhiyska Str.

19:00 A curated tour in the “Open Art Files: Notes and Footnotes” exhibition, guided by Vera Mlechevska (curator of the exhibition)
Location: Exhibition space, “Kapana” gallery, Plovdiv
*The tour will be in English
→ Kapana Gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov Str.

21:00 Contemporary circus performance by Galina Ryom-Røjbek
Mini Art Circus of the Mini Art foundation
→ Saedinenie square

21:20 Audio-visual installation “Colorful Gravity” Stela Vasileva
Composer: Milen Apostolov
→ Underpass between Kapana and the Old Town, 74 Tsar
Boris III Obedinitel Blvd.

21:30 Installation #moonnightplovdiv2019
The project is implemented in partnership with Matera 2019.
→ Nebet tepe, Old city

21:40 Audio-visual project “Ground Control”
Petko Tanchev (Plovdiv) and Axel Rigaud & Crystal sound (Paris)
The project is implemented with the support of the French Cultural Institute in Bulgaria.
Technical partner of the event: SEG-we do much more
→ Ancient Theatre, 4 Tsar Ivaylo Str., Old town

22:00 Screening of “Tessera by tessera: the past of the “Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis”
The event is held with the support of America for Bulgaria Foundation
→ The small basilica, 31 Knyaginya Maria Louisa Blvd.

22:30 Cinematic radio-play “THE INFLUENCER” Authors: Sibin Vassilev, Jens Standke, Rosi Ulrich (Germany)
The project is implemented with the assistance of Goethe-Institut in Sofia.
→ Plovdiv Drama Theatre, Zoom Zone, 38 Knyaz Alexander I Str.

23:00 Party with Julieta Intergalactica
→ FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion, 40 Otets Paisiy Str.

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↑ More to see on the 14th of September during NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019:

19:00 – 21:00 Screening of the movie “Walesa. Man of Hope”
Implemented with the kind cooperation of the Polish Institute, Sofia
→ LUCKY Cinema House, 1 U. Gladston Str.

21:00 – 22:30 Contemporary Korean dance performance
→ Military club, 2 Ivan Vazov Str.

21:00 – 22:00 Dance performance „Time of Generations. Love on the Brain“
→ Stefan Stambolov Square

Exhibition of archives from the artistic group “Les Reines Prochaines”
→ Coffee&Gallery CU29, 24 Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str. 
(13,14,15.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

Exhibition ”The Cinema Hall – the Forgotten Common Space“ by Vasilena Gankovska
→ Labyrinth gallery, 1 Angel Bukureshtliev Str. 
(13,14.09, 19:00 – 01:00 | 15.09, 16:00 – 21:00)
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15.09 /Sunday/

18:00 Lecture “The challenges of the digital languages of artistic creation for the visual arts world”
Adelaide Ginga
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado/ MNAC – Chiado
(National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado)
The presentation is implemented with the support of Portugal Cultural Center "Camões", Sofia.
→ FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion, 40 Otets Paisiy Str.

19:00 Solo exhibition of Markus Krottendorfer Curator: Boris Kostadinov
Season 2019 of “FLUCA: Austrian Cultural Pavilion” is part of the program of “Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019”.
→ FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion, 40 Otets Paisiy Str.

19:30 Sculpture project “Gate” by the artist Anton Tsanev
→ Eastern gate, Hadzhi Hasan mahala, Old Town

19:50 Video instalation “A Horse Has No Concern” by the Japanese artist Saori Hala
With the support of the EU Japan Fest.
→ The Blue House – House of Pavliti, 6 Arhitekt Hristo Peev Str., Old city

20:10 Exhibition “COMMON GROUND”, curated by Vladiya Mihaylova

Dor Guez, Nilbar Güreş, Zuza Golinska, Daniela Kostova, Selma Selman, Kalin Serapionov, Kateřina Šedá
The exhibition COMMON GROUND is implemented in partnership with Polish institute Sofia and Czech Embassy in Sofia, the Honorary Embassador of Czech Republic and Czech Cultural Institute.
→ Danchov house, 2A Hristo Peev Str., Old City

21:00 Initiative “What Plovdiv do I want to live in or visit in 20 years?”
→ Regional history museum, Bulgarian National Revival museum exhibition, Georgiadi House, 1 Tsanko Lavrenov Str.

21:30 Plovdiv Stage Park: DJ's Capture
Over 20 DJs are behind the deck for this special edition for the NIGHT!
→ Magura and Bratya Pulievi Streets, Kapana
neighborhood
 
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More to see on the 15th of September during NIGHT/Plovdiv 2019:

19:00 – 21:00 Прожекция на филма „Валенса. Човек на надеждата“
С любезното съдействие на Полски институт в София
→ LUCKY Дом на киното, ул. Гладстон 1

21:00 – 22:30 Съвременен корейски т анцов пърформанс
→ Военен клуб, ул. Иван Вазов 2

21:00 – 22:00 Танцов пърформанс „Time of Generations. Love on the Brain“
→ Площад „Стефан Стамболов“

Изложба с архиви на групата "Les Reines Prochaines"
→ Coffee&Gallery CU29, ул. Христо Дюкмеджиев 24 
(13,14,15.09, 19:00 – 01:00)

Изложба „Киносалонът  – забравеното общо място“ на Василена Ганковска
→ Галерия „Лабиринт“, ул. Ангел Букурещлиев 1
(13,14.09, 19:00 – 01:00 | 15.09, 16:00 – 21:00)
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More information on https://night.bg