IMAGE, HISTORY, PRESENTATION – Accompanying programme of 'SMOKE. Tobacco Stories'

‘Smoke. Tobacco Stories’ (11 January - 28 March 2019) is an exhibition produced especially for the opening of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019 and dedicated to Tobacco City, one of ECOC’s flagship projects.

The exposition features archives, photography, video, films, literature and art works by most renowned Bulgarian artists that explore the history of Plovdiv through the tobacco industry.

IMAGE, HISTORY, PRESENTATION

As part of the accompanying programme of 'SMOKE. Tobacco Stories' a meeting and talk will be held:

Topic: Image, History, Presentation. What is the visual language of the history and how long forgotten historical facts could evoke thoughts and discussion for the life nowadays?

When: 23 February 2019, at 16:00

Where: SKLAD, 2nd floor on the left (16 Ekzarh Yosif Str.)

With: Dr. Boris Stoyanov (lecturer in history, author of texts in the SMOKE exhibition), Dr. Katerina Gadjeva (history and theory of the photography), Prof. Nikolay MIhaylov (journalism and media) and Dimitar Stoyanovich (historian).

Moderators: Vesela Nojarova (curator of the exhibition) /Stanislava Grueva (historian).

Working language: Bulgarian. 

The event is admission free!

The exhibition is realized on the idea of Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva as a production of ‘Plovdiv 2019’. The authors of the concept and the historical study are Stanislava Grueva, Boris Stoyanov, Mihail Gruev. Curator is Vessela Nozharova, stage designer: Dimitar Vodenicharov, designer: Kalina Dimitrova, technical implementation: Kalin Serapionov.

Collaborating institutions: State Archives Sofia; State Archives Pleven; Ivan Vazov National Library – Plovdiv; National Museum of Military History Sofia; National Museum of History - Sofia; National Museum of Literature (Dimitar Dimov House Museum); National Museum of Technology - Sofia; National Film Archives; Regional Museum of Ethnology - Plovdiv; Regional Museum of History - Plovdiv; the museums of history in Asenovgrad, Blagoevgrad, Smolyan and Haskovo; Plovdiv City Art Gallery; Sofia City Art Gallery; the Lost Bulgaria website; Bulgarian National Television Archives; Stanimashka Fotografchiinitsa Citizen Group; Byalo More Illustration.
Consultants: Dr Mihail Gruev and Dr Boris Stoyanov.