Kazan — summer 2014

The timing of my stay in Plovdiv is interesting because not a block from my hotel is a curious public art installation called “Project 0.” (I’m not sure if that is the letter O or the number 0.) Basically they blocked off the middle of a street with a two-sided mirror. The first couple of times I walked past it, I didn't even realize it was there, but then once the straight lines caught me eye, and I had to explore. Here is the view from my side of the street. (Click for larger version)

And here is the view from the other side of the street.

Here is the explanation in Bulgarian. (Click for larger version)

And here is my fast and dirty translation.

Project 0 (2010- ) is an independent project by artist Kiril Kuzmanov for a public space in the Kapan neighborhood. It is being implemented in cooperation with curator Vladiya Mikhailova and the Open Arts Foundation (Plovdiv).

The project began in April 2010, and it's implementation on Zlatarska Street is a result of the cooperation and consideration of 50 different people and groups who commissioned the fragments of the two two-sided mirror wall in an open and transparent way. Thus Project 0 serves as a precedent in the country for a work of art implemented as a shared responsibility between various people. The cost of the fragments do not include any payment for the artist or the partner organizations.

Project 0 has been implemented entirely with funds raised from commissioned parts without any external financing.

Project 0 is being displayed on Zlatarska Street for ten days, from the 7th through the 17th of June. After that the 50 parts will be uninstalled and the work will continue to exist in various places around the world where its commissioners are located. However it will remain connected with the space in the original neighborhood.

0otkireto.blogspot.com
www.kirilkuzmanov.com