Biography
ULTRAFUTURO group was founded in 2004 by artists Boryana Rossa and Oleg Mavromatti, together with Anton Terziev and Katia Damianova. Other members of the group were Miroslav Dimitrov and Stanislav Georgiev. The group addresses the issues arising from the application of technological and scientific advances, focusing on their social, political and ethical aspects.
The group makes performances, actions and public interventions as well as works in the spheres of biological and electronic arts and self-identifies its work as metaphysical hermetic actionism. The theme for the Other and the Alien is embodied in the image of the Robot, which is fundamental to the manifests and the performances of ULTRAFUTURO.
Archive records · BUNA vol. 4 / 2026
"Civil Position. Today", 2007-2026. Four channel video installation. Boryana Rossa and ULTRAFUTURO. Edition 1/3. Price: 4000Euro
Artists
In 2007, organized civil protests in Bulgaria were rare. ULTRAFUTURO made a performative intervention at the Eagles’ Bridge in Sofia to respond to this civic passivity. We were a “kneeling figure” for 3 hours.
Today citizens are encouraged to believe that protest can transform their reality. We are yet to see if this can happen. Today this kneeling person might be the image of the permanent ineffective protester. But civil engagement should not be seen only in the public protest. Resilience emerges in the decision to create, express, and sustain one’s sense of purpose. This attitude leads to victory.