Shared Space
Artistic concept and curation by Biliana Voutchkova
Shared Space is a variable interdisciplinary event conceived by Biliana Voutchkova. It brings together a mixed group of Berlin-based artists and international guests for the co-creation of installations, performances, and collaborative actions. The artists gather prior to the event to prepare the space, and to develop shared material and structure through experimentation, followed by days of on going installations and live interventions. The process emphasises attentive listening and collective resonance, merging individual expression into a shared sonic space. Rooted in the traditions of Berlin’s Echtzeitmusik (real-time music), Shared Space explores the thresholds between sound, silence, word, meaning, and non-meaning, focusing on non-verbal communication through embodied presence, gesture, voice, instruments, and collective listening. The project responds to the specifics of each space and becomes a living installation combining audio, visuals, fabrics, and found natural materials, interwoven with compositions transmitted through mini-speakers and live interactions. It can be presented in- or outdoors, inviting audiences into direct, embodied experience and creating an immersive environment where performance and installation merge
into one evolving organism.
Shared Space was first concepted as Shared Space of the Liberated Sound, shown over three consecutive days in September 2023 at the White Cube Gallery of Toplocentrala Sofia, supported by the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria and the Polish Institut Sofia.
Artistic concept and curation by Biliana Voutchkova
Shared Space is a variable interdisciplinary event conceived by Biliana Voutchkova. It brings together a mixed group of Berlin-based artists and international guests for the co-creation of installations, performances, and collaborative actions. The artists gather prior to the event to prepare the space, and to develop shared material and structure through experimentation, followed by days of on going installations and live interventions. The process emphasises attentive listening and collective resonance, merging individual expression into a shared sonic space. Rooted in the traditions of Berlin’s Echtzeitmusik (real-time music), Shared Space explores the thresholds between sound, silence, word, meaning, and non-meaning, focusing on non-verbal communication through embodied presence, gesture, voice, instruments, and collective listening. The project responds to the specifics of each space and becomes a living installation combining audio, visuals, fabrics, and found natural materials, interwoven with compositions transmitted through mini-speakers and live interactions. It can be presented in- or outdoors, inviting audiences into direct, embodied experience and creating an immersive environment where performance and installation merge
into one evolving organism.
Shared Space was first concepted as Shared Space of the Liberated Sound, shown over three consecutive days in September 2023 at the White Cube Gallery of Toplocentrala Sofia, supported by the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria and the Polish Institut Sofia.
Shared Space II
May 24.2027, 14:00 - 21:00
Roam Projects Berlin, Lindenstraße 91
private viewings on May 23 or 25 available upon request
Vernissage and live interventions
Concept by Biliana Voutchkova
Installation by Elsa Mencagli Andersen & Biliana Voutchkova
Music Interventions at 18:00, 19:00, 20:00 with
Sabine Vogel - flutes, objects
Emilio Gordoa - percussion
Michael Thieke - clarinet
Biliana Voutchkova - violin, voice, objects
Shared Space II is an open day of showings and interventions, concluding the collaboration between Biliana and Elsa during Elsa’s residency at Roam Projects Berlin. It brings together three guest artists for live interventions alongside a newly created installation by Biliana and Elsa, creating a shared performance environment.
The project explores thresholds between sound, silence, word, meaning, and non-meaning, focusing on non-verbal communication through presence, gesture, voice, instruments, and collective listening. The gallery becomes a living installation, shaped by Mencagli’s ceramics, fabrics, and found natural materials, interwoven with Voutchkova’s sound compositions, based on collected lullabies transmitted through embedded mini-speakers. Live musical spacial interventions in shifting constellations will respond to the installation, which functions as both score and habitat. The emphasis is on attentive listening and collective resonance, merging individual expression into a shared sonic space.
Shared Space II offers an immersive, participatory experience that expands performance into a shared act of listening and exchange, opening space for encounters between performers, installation, and audience. offers an immersive, participatory experience that expands performance into a shared act of listening and exchange, opening space for encounters between performers, installation, and audience.
Shared Space I
September 5-7.2023, White Cube Gallery of Toplocentrala Sofia
Participants
Lena Czerniawska - live drawing, spoken word, installations
George Donchev - bass, percussion, harmonium, natural objects
Emilio Gordoa - vibraphone, percussion, natural objects, installations
sOo-Jung Kae - keyboards
Noah Kae Choi - live writer
Miako Klein - recorders
Sabine Vogel - flutes, electro-acoustic devices
Biliana Voutchkova - violin, voice, electro-acoustic devices
Rossen Zahariev - trumpet, percussion
Open sessions with invited guests
Ina Gerginova-Evtimova, Sasha Krastarska and Aleksandra Spasova - dance
Todor Karastoianov - electronics
Installations by the L a n d S t a g e s collective project with Sabine Vogel, Emilio Gordoa, Biliana Voutchkova and Lena Czerniawska
Screened videos, sculptures made from natural materials collected in Bulgaria and small mechanical motors, wall applications and written texts alongside an aural multichannel composition played through a set of discreet small speakers.
Installations trailer Performance interventions trailer
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