2019, A Year of the Future…
The exhibition project (3 May – 3 June 2019, at the Mexican Art Permanent Exhibition at the Plovdiv City Art Gallery, Gallery Space at 10 Hristo Dyukmedzhiev Str.) is dedicated to the exploration of outer space, retro sci-fi and futurism in Bulgarian culture from the 1960s to the present.
The exhibition is divided in two sections: future from the present and future from the past. The historical section deals with the idea of a cosmic future in the context of the Cold War. A series of achievements of Bulgarian space studies will be presented – genuine spacesuits as well as the most significant outer space-dedicated art from the past. The contemporary section includes innovative and interactive works that interpret the stars and what's to come.
The show's focal point is the city as a symbol of modernity. In a special section dedicated to Plovdiv, a group of works engages with Plovdiv's dual identity – as a city born in the Antiquity and living in the modern era.
‘2019, A Year of the Future…’ includes lectures; meetings with scientists; film screenings; and a handful of public space interferences, all of them connected with the symbols of a retro future in Plovdiv.
The project is a Concept Inc production.
