Four new routes await Plovdiv residents in the autumn stage of "Spiritual Routes in Plovdiv 2022"

"Letera" publishing house invites residents of Plovdiv and guests of the city to another curious, beautiful and exciting journey through the wilds of our city, saturated with a lot of culture, history and presented in a fascinating narrative. "Spiritual routes in Plovdiv 2022" takes place in two stages - in June, and now - in September and October. The project is a kind of continuation of "Literary Journeys in Plovdiv", which in 2019 were part of the program of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture, and in 2020, 2021 and 2022, "Letera" publishing house continued them and further developed thematically under the title "Spiritual routes in Plovdiv". The project is financed by the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of the Cultural Calendar of the city.

See information about the four new dates coming up in September and October. The themes of the routes are "Literature, Theater and Music", "Fine Art", "Literature and History" and "History".

 

 

LITERATURE, THEATER AND MUSIC

Route: New Literary Environments

10/09/2022, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.

Meeting point: In front of the "Rorschach Spot" (Str. "Joakim Gruev" No. 36, Kapana)

 

Leader: Associate Professor MLADEN VLASHKI

Doctor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy. He is a university lecturer, literary historian, critic and journalist. Since April 2018, he has been a lecturer in Bulgarian language, literature and culture at the Slavic Seminar of the University of Freiburg.

With the participation of the actor PETER TOSKOV

He graduated from NATFIZ "Kr. Sarafov" in the class of Prof. Dimitrina Gyurova. He has over 100 roles in theater and cinema, including Orlando in "As You Like It" by Shakespeare, Estragon in Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett et al. There is an author's performance "Toskografia", presented more than once with great success.

 

The purpose of the route is to get acquainted with literary centers in Plovdiv, with the emphasis being placed on those active today.

"Rorschach's Spot" - a cult place for the presentation of the latest Bulgarian literature in Plovdiv.

Gallery "Arsenal of Art" - a cozy chamber space with a special spirit and atmosphere, where literature, music and visual arts live in harmony

Gallery U P.A.R.K. – presents highly artistic works and their authors; permanent exhibition of Kolyo Karamfilov

Studio 1 of the BNR - Plovdiv - an important mediator in literary communication, the place from which the only literary program in Plovdiv "Prege" is broadcast

Cultural center-museum "Trakart" - the center has a chamber hall and is a good example of combining its museum nature with various cultural events - exhibitions, chamber concerts, theater productions, book presentations, etc.

 

The tour will end with a musical-poetic performance performed by Petar Toskov "Sung Poetry" based on poems by Georgi Konstantinov, Kamelia Kondova, Nedyalko Yordanov, Dobromir Tonev and others.

Through these topos of literary communication, tour participants will be introduced to the systems of literary distribution and gain a practical orientation to the actual places they might visit.

 

ART

Route: Shared space

National Autumn Exhibitions

17/09/2022, Saturday, 11:00 a.m.

Meeting point: Old Town, Balabanov House

 

Leader: Prof. Dr. GALINA LARDEVA

Professor of Art History and Theory, Deputy. rector of AMTII - Plovdiv, artistic director of the National Autumn Exhibitions since 2013, author of curatorial projects and art studies

 

The route will traditionally present this year's edition of the National Autumn Exhibitions, which present nine authors in the courtyards and houses of the Old Town – Balaban House, Hindliyan House and Permanent Exhibition Mexican Art.

Participants in the route will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of Angelarii Dimitrov, Angela Terzieva, Atanas Tashev, Valentin Mitev, Darina Tsureva, Karina Popova, Nikolina Janovska, Petar Chinovski, Rusen Doikov.

"It is no coincidence that the social phenomenon of shared space became widespread at a time when people increasingly became aware that they inhabit not spaces, but zones: airports - highways - amusement parks - playgrounds - malls - beauty salons - cruise lines ships - destinations. Today we are placed in worlds between worlds, in non-places whose identity fades with each passing moment; non-places whose inner multidimensionality and relief are erased by habits of use; non-places whose origins melt into urban consumer amnesia.'

Prof. Dr. Galina Lardeva

 

LITERATURE AND HISTORY

Route: Plovdiv and socialism.

A look through literature and history

25/09/2022, Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Meeting point: "Roman Stadium" square - behind the mosque

 

Drivers:

Dr. STEPHAN SHIVACHEV

Historian, since 27 he has been the director of RIM - Plovdiv, author of publications on the history of the Plovdiv region, head of international and national projects.

Associate Professor MLADEN VLASHKI, Ph.D

Doctor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy. He is a university lecturer, literary historian, critic and journalist. Since April 2018, he has been a lecturer in Bulgarian language, literature and culture at the Slavic Seminar of the University of Freiburg.

 

The route passes through the places associated with the socialist period of book publishing and distribution:

Roman Stadium Square

The spiritual center of the eternal city of Plovdiv - for more than two millennia, the center of our city is the square, which Plovdiv residents traditionally call "Jumayata". It changed its name more than 10 times, but Romans, Byzantines, Bulgarians, Ottoman Turks, and again the Bulgarians after the Liberation built the urban planning of the city from this square, from which eight streets start in the four directions. Emphasis on the redevelopment of the square after 1944 and the bookstores along Main Street.

The former Crystal Cafe

"Napkin poetry" from "Grand Cafe Crystal" by Georgi Rajchevski and memories of Zdravko Popov

The house where Dimitar Dimov lived

The novel "Tobacco" was written in Plovdiv, while Dimitar Dimov was an associate professor of anatomy and physiology of domestic animals at the Faculty of Agriculture. During one period of that time, he lived in the house at 14 Antim Street I on Sahat Tepe.

Today, a walk along "Antim" I and the neighboring streets offers extremely curious views of outdated aristocratic houses that speak of a different way of life. Unfortunately, most of them age ingloriously. Here, in this environment of rich people, of matinees, juries, big deals and dramatic twists, Dimitar Dimov discovers some of his prototypes in the novel.

The monument of Joseph Schnitter (Grape Market)

The "Grape Market" and the monument of architect Josif Schnitter - the monument is here not only because it is close to "Josif Schnitter" street, but also because it is one of the focal points for the city. A story about the contribution of architect Schnitter to the preservation of the urban appearance of the centuries-old city and the cultural-historical heritage.

Main Street (Old Greek Club, Old Bookshops)

 

Home of the People's Army (the so-called People's Court used to sit here) excerpt from a novel by Lyuben Stanev

 

The former Party House (Central Square)

Excerpt about the manifestations from Nedyalko Slavov's novel "Portrait of the Poet as a Young Man"

An account of the reconstructions during socialism - achievements and problems.

 

HISTORY

Route: When Plovdiv was the capital

01/10/2022, Saturday, 11:00 a.m.

Meeting point: Donduk garden

 

Leader: Dr. STEPHAN SHIVACHEV

Historian, since 27 he has been the director of RIM - Plovdiv, author of publications on the history of the Plovdiv region, head of international and national projects.

 

After Antiquity and the Bulgarian Renaissance in the period 1878-1885, Plovdiv experienced its third stellar period as the capital of Eastern Rumelia. Highlights of the story are the City/Donduk garden; the building of the Regional Assembly of Eastern Rumelia/Exposition Museum of the Union; architect Pietro Montani and the work of hundreds of foreigners - specialists in various fields who work in Plovdiv. What happens when Plovdiv is no longer the capital?

 

For information: www.facebook.com/marshruti.plovdiv