Summer school of land art, installations, and design performance: “Save Coral Beach 2022”

Discipline: Design

The aim of the summer school is to draw the attention of the public and national and local authorities. For the past 10 years students and lecturers from the Department of Design of NBU, with participation of a number of European universities, have supported the cause of protecting one of the last wild beaches in Bulgaria, Coral, from redevelopment. During their practical workshop, they organized various creative events and art installations aimed at focusing public attention on the Coral case. The private interests of investors and legal loopholes established over the last 30 years aim to turn Coral into yet another concrete oasis, destroying the region’s unique flora and fauna in the process. Students will create installations using the techniques of Land art and Site specific and the tools of the Readymade and Redesign approaches. Most of the installations will be created using waste materials from the construction activities, which are found all around Coral.

The aim is to show different points of view and concepts about the place as a fundamental generator of the artistic process, as well as to present to the public the works of photographers, visual artists and designers who participated in the project “Let’s Save Coral”. The participants are students, PhD students and lecturers from different university programs such as Interior design, Anthropology, Fashion, and other social sciences, humanities and creative bachelor, master and doctoral educational fields.

Participation in the summer school and final presentations provides each student 18 credits. 

The final part of the summer school is a presentation of the results in different forms – Land art, Site specific, Readymade, Redesign, as well as installations, articles, reports, presentations, creative projects, etc. depending on the study field and the university program of each student. Presentations will be in person with the option of online streaming.

Period

– 27 May – 03 June 2022 

Format: On site 

Language: Bulgarian and English

Student Level: All

Number of ECTS: 18

Prerequisites and registration procedures (i.e. language, fee, registration dates)

Students from different university programs such as Interior design, Anthropology, Fashion, and other social sciences, humanities and creative bachelor, master and doctoral educational fields.

Duration, Application Deadline and How to apply

Duration: 8 days

Application deadline: 20/05/2022

Ready to Get Involved? Apply below.

E-mail to Ms Slavena Nikolova snikolova@nbu.bg

Marcia Tiburi – TERRADORADA (paintings exhibition) – Auditorium MR002

Deavan Michelle La Tray – Chroma Depth (paintings exhibition) – Hall Auditorium MR002

Eva Dimitrova – Beauty without filters (photgraphy exhibition) – Hall Auditorium MR002

Michail Bakas – Equality in Life, Society and Education Human stories. Another road to the European Dream (photography exhibition) – University Entrance Hall

Indira Sofia Molina Caliz – Au sud du sud (dance performance) – Hall Auditorium MR002 – Closing session, cocktail time.

All performances will be available on November 8 except for the dance performance which will be held just before the cocktail.