The Extenuating Circumstances of Samuel Finzi

After January and before his March visit to Sofia with A Horse Walks into a Bar, Samuel Finzi tells us why thinking and acting are more important than feeling when you’re on stage

Annie Vaseva and the Big Chaos Theory

Over 15 years, Metheor has built a different type of thinking about the art of theater

Alexander Evtimov - Shamancheto on the generation that stopped waiting

The core member of the BigBanda community finds new challenges in writing for the stage and believes that courage pays off

The writer of childhood among library shelves, reading in grandma's yard and the pinnacle of fiction

David Wengrow: “Is this really how the human story ends?”

We talk to the co-author of the bestselling book The Dawn of Everything about the myth of the State as a “necessary evil”, the origins of inequality and how to change the future, starting with the past

"Kino Club Super 8” digitizes old home movies and they’ll tell you why

For the team behind the project, the preservation of found family movies and amateur footage is a way to access authentic stories – and authentic history

Health Factories

Slava Savova guides us through the history of the mineral baths and springs in Bulgaria, and tells us about the future of this recently abandoned heritage

The Other Memory

In her first novel, Justine Toms tells the story of the women's camps in the early years of the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria, and now she is working on the second one – about how those who were different lived in the 50s and 60s

In recent years, Synthesis Gallery has been restoring the fragmented and poorly documented history of photography in Bulgaria

Punkt and the Tree of Life

Over the last twelve years, the workshop has been developing its signature aesthetic, and recently its foreign client list has been growing

Natural Structures

Jewelry designer Neva Balnikova and the moment of creation

Let There Be Neon

Studio NO/ON want to bring more light into your room – but still keep it dark

Architectural Gargle

Three young Bulgarian architectural studios on how to create a distinctive vibe at home, in the office and in public space

The early history of programming and computer education in Bulgaria

Electronic Sound

A guide to the “dehumanizing” sounds, from hardware to software and back again

Gaming culture

How attitudes towards video games and their role in young people’s lives have changed

The Network Interface of Your Heart

In the heart of photographer and computer engineer Tsvetelina Dimitrova, art and technology pulse in synch 

Where there’s technology, there’s politics

Ilia Temelkov from the Tranzistor podcast explains why we can't analyze today’s innovations without considering a broad range of topics

Imagining the Future

What will the future of humanity look amidst all the new technologies entering our lives? We spoke to Alexander Popov, part of team ot ShadowDance magazine, and futurologist Marianna Todorova about “superintelligence” and our possible futures

Made of words

Joanna Elmy has long given us good reasons to read and think, but now also in the long form of a novel.

What are they really telling us with their misinformation?

Matthew Brunwasser, an American journalist with connections to Bulgaria, analyzes how political thought and engagement is changing in our country, and what the lack of media literacy says about our society

The celebrated duo of Bulgarian war journalism talks about Ukraine, Syria and why honest reporting matters most

The Missing School Subject

A conversation with Kristina Hristova from the Coalition for Media Literacy and Factcheck.bg about the importance of understanding where, what and how to read

Once upon OneTree...

Why it’s important for trees to show up on the map even where they don't actually grow

The Home of Green Satire

This year's edition of the Gabrovo Biennale combines the city's iconic frugality with ecology, and we spoke to the director of the Museum of Humor and Satire, Margarita Dorovska, about it

Berlin clubs are going climate neutral

The Clubtopia project helps owners retrofit their clubs to make them greener

There is urban agriculture in Bulgaria, but it needs institutional support to develop

One for all, all for nature

Why new and established ecological organizations in our country believe that the conversation and awareness about environmental protection and climate change is (actually) evolving

Lars of Tarnovo

The founder of the Heerz Tooya gallery in Veliko Tarnovo and the ARV.I residency in Vishovgrad finds more and more meaning in his work

Rin Yamamura: Life upside down

How a Japanese puppeteer decided to study in Bulgaria, and the definition of a "sleeping man"

The Man with Seven Names

After nearly a decade in Bulgaria, French artist Mitch Brezounek continues to focus on global and local absurdities

The neo-soul performer and frequent collaborator of Kan Wakan found the right stage and a surprisingly openminded audience in Bulgaria

Bulgaria, why?

Ashira Morris tells us why Bulgaria feels like the the perfect level of chaos where things feel possible.

Migrants Got Talent: Sara Faizi from Afghanistan

"I feel happy here because Bulgaria helped me," says the founder of Khaala Sara Foodz

Migrants Got Talent: Alexandra Dikaia from Ukraine

"I'm one of those people who always have their own vision for things," says the Ukrainian illustrator and publisher.

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