Bulgaria / Canada

Vassya Vassileva, performer and lecturer, is cuurrently working on her PhD in Visual Semiotics at New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Her previous studies include MA in Philosophy and Intercultural Studies, BA in Art Pedagogy at St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia. Since October 2004 she has been searching for the artist Friedrich Nichtmargen. Areas of interest: visual discourse and culture, contextual analysis, empathic reason, discourse ethics, mental mapping, geography of time-space formations, friedrichology, gargarisma, art as experience…

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In Search of Friedrich Nichtmargen by Vassya Vassileva

Vassya Vassileva has been in search of the artist Friedrich Nichtmargen since Thursday, 4 Nov 2004 14:42:37 -0800 (PST). Upon losing him, Vassileva cancelled her engagements in order to search for all vestiges of evidence of his existence.

Writing

Artist’s Proposition: In Search of Friedrich Nichtmargen

Vassya Vassileva writes: “During my stay in Canada I shall search for the artist Friedrich Nichtmargen. In order to prefigure his local appearance I shall strictly follow his own rules of mathematical formalization while measuring the distance by my own.”

Writing

Searching for an Empty Signifier, or How to Read Vassya Vassileva’s Work?

Essay by Bojana Videkanic about the works of Vassya Vassileva.

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IDea

The concept of identity has been at the forefront of art discourse since the 1980s. Performance artists have been particularly concerned with how our various identities are constructed, how they mark us and how they influence self-understanding.

Vassya Vassileva

Artists

Documentation

Performance

In Search of Friedrich Nichtmargen by Vassya Vassileva

Writing

Artist’s Proposition: In Search of Friedrich Nichtmargen

Searching for an Empty Signifier, or How to Read Vassya Vassileva’s Work?

Engagements

Series

IDea

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Artist Orange

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