Sofia City Art Gallery – An Inside Glimpse

Artist: Nikola Mihov

Category: Video

Description: This videos , is made out of still photographs to create a kaleidoscope of vision, events and portraits, representing the inside world of the ” Sofia City Art Gallery”. The public is allowed for the first time to follow the processes of exhibition consideration and design, the transformation of gallery space and the addition of new art works to the gallery’s collection. A part of an ordinary working day of every member of the staff is represented, the chief curator, the security guards,even the washing women. This work is an attempt at a look beyond exhibition halls, meaning to present gallery employees and the various aspects of their work.

a r t i f i c e: This multidisciplinary work mixing video with photography, documentary with experimental.
The project was represented as a video installation in the Sofia City Art gallery /April 2009/, where every member of the staff, has it’s own screen showing one of his ordinary working day. This is the short-film version of the project, the music is composed by the Bulgarian electronic music artist KiNK. Post production: Deyan Parouchev

Used Tool: Private Website

Language: English.