Project „SREDA“ was initiated by the Art Related Foundation as an interdisciplinary collaboration between creative organizations whose goal is the development of art in the public space of the city of Sofia. The project explored how art in public space can provoke engagement of city dwellers with their surroundings. For this purpose, the participating artists entered into a dialogue with the environment in which they created and with its young inhabitants.
In 2022 the project oversaw creative activities for teenagers with the aim of developing their sense of belonging and participation in the construction of the urban environment and at the same time introducing them to contemporary artistic practices. One of the goals of the project was to develop communities or groups that, working together with the artists, will reconfigure their perception regarding the urban space and its functions.
Art Related Foundation invited the artists Jazoo Yang with her project Untamed Architecture, Julien Fargetton with his project FUTURA and Katya Cheng with the site specific installation Resonant Lightbox. They adapted their current projects to the environment of Sofia with the idea of activating its inhabitants and spaces.
The project united the efforts of the Art Related Foundation, whose goal is the discovery, creation and dissemination of new cultural forms by nurturing interdisciplinary collaborations, the Resonator Foundation – a center for shared innovation, Vitus – a center for individual and family psychological counseling and the artistic collective AIDE AIDE.
Curator: Margarita Kudrina
Participants: Jazoo Yang, Julien Fargetton, Katya Cheng, Georgi Tomov Georgiev and the children of the city of Sofia, Bulgaria
The project was implemented with the support of the Oborishte Minicipality and the financial assistance of the National Culture Fund.