POP-UP PAST, 2017
Object Pop-up Book
62 х 22 сm
Part of the exhibition „ReForget Your Past“, Synthesis Gallery, Sofia, curated by Nikola Mihov
62 х 22 сm
Part of the exhibition „ReForget Your Past“, Synthesis Gallery, Sofia, curated by Nikola Mihov
The interpretation of the photo book “Forget Your Past” by Nikola Mihov, keeps its original format, but it being transformed into a new project called “POP-UP PAST“ with the help of the pop-up elements as a reminiscent of the children’s books from the recent past. In the Eastern Bloc countries, this type of books have enjoyed great popularity and provoked the imagination of the viewers in the still less virtualized reality. Another object, which could be perceived as a symbol of the “socialism” in the totalitarian Bulgaria, are the huge and massive monuments. Traditionally, at the opening ceremonies, the official delegation is placed on a ground being covered by “Persian” carpet. In contrast to the pompousness of the opening ceremonies for the monuments of the totalitarian time, now they are completely abandoned and ruined. The practice of “sweeping the problems under the carpet”, which become a feature of the Bulgarian ethnopsychology and it enjoys unprecedented popularity. In the present project, beneath the carpet you will find interactive fragments of the past, details from the photographs of Nikola Mihov.
