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→Screening of the film "The Last Battle" and conversation with Mladen Miljanović

Mladen Miljanović

Event

ReBonkers | 4 Baruten Pogreb Street, Varna On the final day of the BUNA 4 exhibition at ReBonkers, join us for a screening of The Final Battle by Mladen Miljanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), winner of the Balkan Contemporary Art Prize at this year’s festival. The screening will be accompanied by commentary from the artist and a conversation with the audience, including an opportunity for questions. The event also marks the last chance to visit the BUNA exhibition at ReBonkers, curated by Luchezar Boyadjiev and Boyana Djikova. The exhibition features works by Selma Selman (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ivana Ivković (Serbia), Sam Durant (USA/Germany) and Quentin Alkaina (France/Bulgaria). Join us as we bring the exhibition to a close with a film and a conversation that invite reflection and dialogue. Free admission!

→Screening of the video selection at the Consulate

Event

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria BUNA vol. 4 invites you to a special screening of selected video works from this year’s edition. Under the theme “Native Resolution / Innate ИНАТ,” the works explore resistance, memory, identity, and the connections between the personal and the collective through moving images. Join us at the former General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Varna, 53 Makedonia Street. The screening is part of the festival’s accompanying programme, with the exhibition remaining open until October 31.

→Tour of the history of the former Russian consulate

Tour

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria Following the strong interest in the Night of Museums and Galleries tour, BUNA invites you on another walk through the history of the former Russian Consulate in Varna. Join us on Saturday, 31 October, at 11:00 to explore the Consulate’s history. Through the recollections of someone who worked in the building, we’ll learn more about how its rooms were used, as well as work and everyday life at the former diplomatic mission. We’ll discuss what makes the building distinctive, its place within socialist modernist architecture and how its spaces combine official functions with private life. And what about the basements and stories of secret corridors? We’ll explore the boundary between history and urban legend. The tour welcomes both those who missed the previous visit and those who would like to return with more questions. The event is part of the BUNA vol. 4 closing programme. The day also marks the last opportunity to visit the exhibition at the Consulate and discover the connections between contemporary art and the spaces hosting it.

→T-shirt printing with the work of Rirkrit Tiravaniya

Workshop

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria An emblematic work of the BUNA vol. 4 exhibition, the installation welcomes visitors with the message Say Yes to Everything. Set against a wall covered in pages from Bulgarian daily newspapers, these words raise questions about agreement, refusal and how we respond to the world around us. On the exhibition’s final day, the message will continue its journey beyond the Consulate — on the participants’ T-shirts. This is an invitation to take a part of the artwork with you and make it part of your everyday life. Bring your own T-shirt made from natural fabric to have the message transferred onto it. A limited number of T-shirts will also be available on site.

→Transport of Sense — A Performance by Minà Minov

Minà Minov

Performance

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria On the final day of BUNA vol. 4, Minà Minov will present Transport of Sense once again at the former Russian Consulate in Varna. In this performative installation, a suspended movable platform rotates along a wall, carrying a person. The movement places the body in a continually shifting perspective and explores how we perceive space.

→Tour of the Award-Winning Works at BUNA vol. 4

Tour

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria Join us for a tour of the exhibition focusing on the works recognised at the fourth edition of BUNA. The tour will introduce Martin Atanasov’s film A Score for a Bedsheet, recipient of the Emerging Artist Award; Borjana Ventzislavova’s video Hands One and Two, Let’s See What You Can Do!, which received the Poetics of Resistance Award; and Mila Panić’s installation Premise (I Part of the Joke): While Other Kids Played with Legos, awarded the Innate INAT Award. Also among the recognised works is Mladen Miljanović’s film The Final Battle, winner of the Second Balkan Contemporary Art Prize.

→Closing Conversation with the BUNA Team

Talk

53 Macedonia Street, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria What has the fourth edition of BUNA brought us? As the exhibition draws to a close, join the team for a conversation about the encounters, challenges and experiences of the past month. Visitors will have the opportunity to ask questions, share impressions of the exhibitions and events, and reflect together on this year’s edition. The conversation will also offer a chance to look ahead to BUNA’s future and the place of contemporary art in Varna’s cultural life.