Ангел Букорещлиев: Животоописание във фотографии

Author(s): Lora Hristozova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The present article offers a possible interpretation of a small part of the photographs of Angel Bukoreshtliev – one of the most significant figures of the music life of Plovdiv and the rest of the country in the first half of the 20th century – kept in the MusicalInstruments and Ritual Requisite Fund of the Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv. The photographs selected for the purpose of the analysis enable us to “read“ the life of Bukoreshtliev from the perspective of his and his family’s social standing and in the context of the development of the Bulgarian photography. On the one hand, having in mind the fact that photography was a luxury until the Balkan Wars and photographic services were within reach of the people of higher social standing, his biography bears record of his belonging to the more well-to-do strata of the society as well as of his successful music and pedagogical career. On the other hand, the photographs selected give us information about the photographers (the Karastoyanovbrothers, V. Velebni, A. Andreev etc.) in Sofia and Plovdiv in that period, about the people they used to photograph, about the people who chose their photo studios etc. The photographs here presented were never published; thus, they introduce a new touch to the research field of the Bulgarian music life. The music funds could give answers to even more questions which may be subjects of other studies.

Българският ХХ век в изкуствата и културата

Author(s): Sasha Lozanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Интелектуалката Вера Бояджиева-Фол (1893–1989)

Author(s): Zhorzheta Nazarska / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

The paper aims to present the personality of Vera Bojadjhieva-Fol – the mother of Prof. Alexander Fol. Her biography is studied in the context of 20th century Bulgarian culture and in interaction with her closest circle of relatives, friends and colleagues. A special emphasis is placed on her intellectual activity of long-time teacher, gifted writer, journalist and translator, on her activity in the field of women’s movement and on her professional networks. Her place among Bulgarian female educated elites is highlighted.

Проф. Александър Фол и създаването на Националния исторически музей

Author(s): Sofia Vassileva,Vesselina Ivanova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

Експедиция Банско. 30 години след началото: резултати

Author(s): Katya Melamed / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

On June 26, 1987 Professor Fol put the beginnings of Bansko Expedition. His programme was grounded on the idea of the roots from which the intellectual power broke off in the 18th c. to give birth to the Bulgarian Revival – a brave new idea against the common belief that Bansko was founded in the 15th century by refugees from the Ottoman invasion. The members of the expedition believed that far back in time a rich pre-history existed waiting to be revealed and read properly. Today we know much better the territory after historical research, terrain observations, regular archaeological excavations and interdisciplinary analyses of artifacts. The work presents the results. St. Ivan Sanctuary A small mound with two wooden crosses and wooden iconostasis with candles. Offerings of flowers and small coins. The research revealed a sanctuary of nearly three thousand years of life and unchanged practices. Kilns for building ceramics, 4th – 6th c. in the same area. Early Christian (4th – 6th c.) and Medieval churches and a large necropolis (10th – 13th c.) all of them built over a Thracian sanctuary – Shipotsko site. The building manner of the Early Christian church has followed some earlier Thracian building practices. Most probably serious demographic changes have not taken place. The religious site was visited also by pilgrims coming from the Rhodopian Mountain judging from the pottery left. Early Christian necropolis (4th – 5th c.) in Karagonsko site. Traces of a Thracian community recently adopted Christianity and still keeping some of their earlier inherent practices. An interesting find – one of the graves contained a complete bronze belt set from the time of Constantine the Great or heirs, found for the first time in the Southern Bulgaria – a dramatic meeting between the Thracian warrior and Rome? Ancient and Medieval town in St. Nickolas site. Early Byzantine fortress of Sitan Kale – once again earlier Thracian building traditions.

Българските видеоблогъри в Ютюб: пет години по-късно (2014-2019)

Author(s): Genika Grigorova,Greta Grigorova,Dobromir Tsvetkov,Eva Taseva,Katrin Asenova,Kristian Dudekov,Maria Nikolova,Nikolai Sulov,Preslava Marinova,Ralitsa Vasileva,Simona Dafinova,Francheska Hristova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2019

The research is implemented by fourth year students in Journalism, specialization Radio, at Sofia University. Research team: Genika Grigorova, Greta Grigorova, Dobromir Tsvetkov, Eva Taseva, Katrin Asenova, Kristian Dudekov, Maria Nikolova, Nikolai Sulov, Preslava Marinova, Ralitsa Vasileva, Simona Dafinova, Franchaska Hristova. Computer data processing: Genika Grigorova.

Образът на актьора Димитър Маринов в българските медии

Author(s): Veronika Iotova,Evelin Tsaneva,Elena Miteva,Emilia Ilieva,Kaloyan Guglev,Mihaela Simonovska,Natasha Stoichkov,Simona Todorova,Teodor Penev,Flora Velcheva,Tsvetana Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2019

The article presents results of the research, implemented by fourth year students in Journalism, specialization Radio, at Sofia University. Research team: Veronika Iotova, Evelin Tsaneva, Elena Miteva, Emilia Ilieva, Kaloyan Guglev, Mihaela Simonovska, Natasha Stoichkov, Simona Todorova, Teodor Penev, Flora Velcheva, Tsvetina Ivanova; with the participation of Alexia Petrova, Iliana Pavlova and Momchil Rusev.

Авторите в брой 5/2019 на сп. Медиалог

Author(s): Dimov Ventsislav / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2019

Authors in this issue 5/2019

Митове и стереотипи в съвременния дизайн

Author(s): Dimitar Dobrevski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 17/2019

There can be no doubt: we live our entire life, surrounded and organized by design. The way we live, take a bath, drive, feed, and pack our belongings, even how we look at the world through our glasses: all of this has already been designed, shaped, and designed for us. The design of products, regardless of the different circumstances, has been accepted to attribute certain qualities: functionality (usually in technical-exploitation sense), ergonomics, constructiveness, economy, and aesthetic expression. Some other properties and qualities are often unnoticed or more precisely underestimated. They stem from the organic connection of design with a number of other spheres: Social, economic, political, and religious.

From Vienna Art Diaspora

Author(s): Gero Fischer / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The portfolio of the eminent and significant emeritus Professor of linguistics at the Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Vienna Gero Fischer titled From Vienna Art Diaspora presents portraits of 18 artists of different nationalities. He gained artistic inspiration by studying world photography, mainly Czech and Slovak documentary photography. He created several cycles about Vienna, the Austrian-Czech border region, Northern Moravia, Moldavia, the Romanian Banat, Turkey, Poland and Estonia, etc. His main interest in taking photograph projects is everyday life in the tradition of the documentary photograph. In later years he has concentrated on creating portraits. He has exhibited his works in Vienna and abroad. As a curator he realized more than 150 exhibitions where he introduced not only well- known artists but also young graduates of art photography schools from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany and other countries. His photography project From Vienna Art Diaspora between 2008 and 2009 was carried out on the basis of a commission from a non- profit organisation and an institution for migrants. In the context of the photographic display, personally, I see a similarity to the style of the remarkable American portraitist Arnold Newman and his environmental portraits, which achieved great acclaim during the 1950s. Fischer, like Newman, defines the being of the artists he captures in connection with their most familiar surroundings and representative visual elements showing their professions and personalities. The relation between the photographer and the depicted subject is defined by the important measure of communication with people in front of the camera. As for Newman, likewise with Fischer, it is just an experimental approach and a tendency to graphical simplicity. In the spirit of “environmental portraiture”, the point is that a photographer does not try to capture only the subject but also his surroundings and with that portrait itself tell its story. Therefore with both authors it comes down to a kind of psychoanalysis of the portrayed artists, either with their artworks, or in the environment in which they work, live - thus everything which affects their personality development. In this way the limits of the photographic medium are moving to an authentic plain of fellowship with the depicted subjects, with their destiny, being and living. It is a remarkable sociological dimension of photography. Our aim should be an effort to understand each another in integrity as well as in fragments.

Изкуството на Кандински и пътят към Експресионизма

Author(s): Krista Kirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

Kandinsky's work, his achievements in the search for new means of expression in painting and, in a broader sense, a new understanding of art, may seem strange, unbalanced and groundless even today. But with Kandinsky, as with any artist, we find prerequisites for this in his biography. Childhood and adolescence leave an imprint on his work. In his young years, along with his innate talent, he builds inner motivation and gains a stimulus for creativity.

Проявления на Експресионизма в изкуствата

Author(s): Krista Kirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

Expressionism, cradled by Germany, flourished during the so-called "Expressionist Decade" (1910-1920). Its most common socio-cultural precondition is the crisis in the public and moral-ethical consciousness on the eve and during the First World War. It expresses the will to change a generation that grew up with the nightmares of war and the deepening decline of bourgeois-philistine consciousness. Like most modernist trends in art, expressionism uses the provocation of "good taste," the breaking of outdated traditional orders and aesthetic habits. The meaning of the term is derived from "expression" - an expression of feelings, which in the most general sense is the artist's desire to project the torments of his own soul on the depicted object.

OpenType и съвременна българска кирилица. Стари и нови технологии

Author(s): Todor Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

This article focuses on the digital font format developed in the late 90s and released in the early 2000s called OpenType and its implementation in general with the emphasis on Bulgarian Cyrillic. Starting from early printing technologies from the 15th century and going through the first digital print and the development of Bezier curves and computer vectors right until the freshest developments and ideas of Variable fonts.

Необоснована, безнаказана и неприкосновена красота („Кристо и Жан-Клод /Софтуер“ в галерия „УниАрт“)

Author(s): Rosena Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Choices that must be made when dealing with artworks defying representationchallenge the curators to rethink the exhibition space and seek new ways to tella story within it. This text is focused on the curatorial approach to an exhibitionof posters from various site-specific projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Thetext is also about the unique character of the works themselves as depicted onthe posters, about the social and political background that connects Christo andthe Bulgarian audience which was subtly contextualised in the NBU exhibitionbuilding.

Краудсорсингът в подкрепа на обществената функция на БНТ

Author(s): Maria Cholakova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

The text is driven by the concept of crowdsourcing and seeks its application in supportof the public function of the Bulgarian National Television. The author developsconcrete suggestions how to implement user-generated content for the benefit of thepublic media content.

Да изхвърлим лигата от „Лигата“: за един случай на сюжетно пренаписване и въпросите, които той поставя

Author(s): Nikolay Genov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2020

The paper takes advantage of the lore reboot which the popular computer game League of Legends received. It delves into problems of genre and revisits the role of story in the contemporary video games industry. Its main aim is to discuss the theory behind the principles of play in MOBAs, explore the game’s narrative frames, and speculate about the future merging of cultural and market forms through the use of fiction.

Авторската музикa в популярните видеоигри

Author(s): Teodor Penev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2020

Original music plays a leading role in many popular video games. Although it's not always the best solution for all titles, developers often resort to the services of experienced composers to create an original soundtrack that fits the atmosphere of the game. But this is not the only role of original music in video games, and sometimes it’s creators are not experienced composers, but gamers themselves

Webdoc, четен от образовани геймъри

Author(s): Alexandra Ilieva,Georgi Kosev,Veselina Krasteva,Denis Medarov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2020

The text is composed of four analyses, prepared as course assignments for the “Interactive story and combined storytelling” course, part of the “Digital media and videogames” Master’s program at FJMC. The object of the analyses are the following works: Prison Valley, 2010, Pirate Fishing – an interactive investigation, 2012, Universe Within: Digital Lives in the Global Highrise”, 2015, Bury Me, My Love, 2017.

„Sharonka”. Praktyka i dzieło w projektach artystycznych Sharon Lockhart z udziałem dzieci i młodzieży

Author(s): Julia Harasimowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

The main goal of the article is to describe and analyse the artistic practice of the American artist Sharon Lockhart as well as her works created with the participation of children and young adults. The materials studied herein are the documentation of her activities, interviews, and texts accompanying exhibitions. A particular attention is paid to the projects made in Poland, especially those created with Milena, a teenage girl from a poor area of Łódź, and her friends from the Youth Sociotherapy Centre in Rudzienko. In the article, the artist’s statements are confronted with a formal analysis of her projects. With the use of such secondary sources as cultural, anthropological, art, and childhood studies literature, Lockhart’s artworks are described and interpreted in the context of creating the child’s image, of the young girls’ participation in art projects, and of the author’s method of work itself, which she calls ‘etnographic.’ The precise and interdisciplinary research shows superficiality of this pedagogical and emancipatory method, including using the girls to evoke a specific mood in the audience. From the perspective of art studies, Lockhart’s works, however, may be interpreted as an aesthetic story about a meeting with and an attempt to get to know the Other.

БРЕНДОВИ У КЊИЖЕВНОСТИ, ЈЕЗИКУ И УМЕТНОСТИ

Author(s): Nataša P. Rakić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 70/2019