Vladimir Karamazov presents his photos from the Belene Prison at the National Gallery
It includes 81 photographs, videos and audio installations, as well as authentic objects and objects from prison cells, who present people sentenced to imprisonment who serve in Belene prison one of the most severe sentences – life imprisonment without a pardon.
| Some of their personal stories have been told, moments from their daily lives are shown, which aims to introduce viewers into the atmosphere of a different human existence. |
The exhibition is a socially significant study by Vladimir Karamazov on the topic of freedom as a true human law that drives the world, and the idea is the individual interpretation of freedom and life situations that review the definition of the concept, the National Gallery notes.
« I decided to explore the » face of evil « with the opposite perspective – I, the free physical person who lives in the prison of my own freedom. I focused my creative efforts at places where freedom is definitely missing – prisons, » says Vladimir Karamazov for his project.
| He explains that he has obtained permission for one -year work on the little oh. Persin in the Danube, not far from Belene, where he was admitted to the convicted life. |
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« I met them face to face. I talked to people with difficult stories and fates. In this project, I give my eyes and through the photographs of the convicts expressing my position as a creator who denies prejudices. I tried to put in their place without being silly. In February, there was the premiere of the show « Tram wish » at the Youth Theater.
The project aims to engage the youth audience, so it is a planned and accompanying program with educational programs and studios. They will participate in both the author and specialists in various fields – sociologists, educators, journalists, experts from the Ministry of Justice and art critics from the National Gallery. The main topic of these events will be the prevention of the risks of violence in educational institutions and the social environment.
