Clothes for Transcendence’ is a series of photographs that document costumes made by Nicholas McArthur.

The artist’s unique clothing is a response to the hidden life of the city. 
A fashion of abandoned factories, swampy viaducts and landfill sites.
A style for the rejected and lonely. Outfits that unite their wearers with the remote spaces they inhabit.

Collaborating with photographer Geo Kalev the images record these strange outfits, contextualizing them within neglected locations.

The photographs
capture the characters in everyday poses, moments of reflection and mystical freedom.
For these people, we can imagine that their dress is more significant than simple stylishness.

A Jacket covered  with cheap jewellery, a ‘home-made’ gas mask and a patch-work dolphin head are part of their identity- offering them a means to transcend their broken surroundings.

Mini Art Festival
will present these photographs for the first time
accompanied by the models in full makeup and costume as featured in the work.

www.nicholasmcarthur.net

TRIGAIDA
is the newest music project from Georgi Marinov (Horhe), Ivan Shopov and Asya Pincheva,
combining traditional Bulgarian folklore with electronic styles such as drum and bass, dubstep and triphop.

Their debut album “ELATE” has a contemporary sound and reveals a new reading of the Bulgarian musical heritage.
The musicians use folklore motives and songs as the basis of their compositions. These are given new life through influences from popular electronic genres such as drum and bass, dubstep and trip hop.  

image: Encho Naydenov

Asya Pincheva (vocals)
Ivan Shopov (electronics and production)
Georgi Marinov – Jorge (bagpipe, didgeridoo)

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The TRIGAIDA project brings together the talent, creativity and experience of
three well-established musicians on the Bulgarian music scene,

(Oratnitza, Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria)        (Balkansky, Cooh)        (Oratnitza, Drums and Bagpipes, The Groovin ‘Pipers)

www.ivanshopov.com

Saturday 03. October 2020   at 11:00
FREE entrance

– original songs and improvisations together with the audience of Mini Art Festival –

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Zora, Slaveya, MIR and Kose-Bose

A group of creators singing their songs based on real stories happening everyday around us and improvising together with the audience.

Facebook:  zoraikosio

YouTube:  Зора & Косьо / channel

These are our hosts, partners and friends.
The magic of Mini Art Fest 10 will take place under their cozy tent.
But not only that, together with them we will build a bridge between the Traditional and the Modern circus.

Circus Ivanov will be with performances from 7 pm during the week days and 4.30 pm on Saturday and Sunday
Starting from 6. October until 18. October, at the parking lot of Universiada Hall 
Address: Boulevard “Shipchenski Prohod” 17-13, 1111 g.k. Yavorov, Sofia
Google direct navigation: https://goo.gl/maps/pUP4qD7hErWuddn86

Tickets on the spot or here at www.eventim.bg

Ivanov Circus was established in 2004 in Italy by Hristo Ivanov and his family, who have lived there for more than 20 years.
They gained great popularity on the Adriatic coast, and in 2010 the Ivanov family returned home to Bulgaria with very well experience gained from abroad.

The concept of them circus is to be chamber and representative, a real boutique circus of high class.

Ivanov Circus has one of the most beautiful mobile halls in Bulgaria with handmade sets with a unique design.
The richest and most modern stage sound in Bulgaria.
The special technical configuration provides excellent acoustics.

Here the Circus is not just a space-time, but a love experience

official website:  www.circusivanov.com

tickets on the spot or here at www.eventim.bg

A classic traditional circus for the whole family

with performances from 7 pm during the week days and 4.30 pm on Saturday and Sunday until October 18, in South Park2, Sofia.

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The Bedlam Club is an international instrumental cinematic punk jazz group, created in Sofia in 2012.

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“Expect an acoustic concert with a rich and original taste”

Website:   www.thebedlamclub.com

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image: Geo Kalev

She started as a puppet actress at the Vidin Puppet Theater,
but this continued until the day she made her first costume for a living statue
and went out to try it.

Today there are already 17 costumes, all favorite and special, and for the audience – fun. There are also many awards from festivals, but above all – relentless enthusiasm to make living statues and workshops for costumes, makeup effects and their presentation. Since 2015 it is part of the www.livingstatuesproject.com is a group of 10 statues from 5 countries. So far, 2 projects have been implemented along this international line.

These are 40-minute performances that have an exceptional vision and are of interest to events around the world, and since the beginning of this year she has participated in a street act of the Big Hat Company, which shows an absurd reality.
Her partners is an artist from England, and their characters are two housekeepers – Vincent and Pascal.

She is an artist who has participated in the first Mini Art Festival in the winter of 2011.

image: Geo Kalev

At the end of last year,
she acquired her own work space named  “Smallest Atelier” – in which, together with a group of Bulgarian artists,
Ashton Ka has already launched 6 new projects.

photo by T. Koryl

Facebook: Ashton Ka

Acrobatic  I  Hand-to-Hand  I  Contemporary dance  I  No words  I 
Duration 30 min.
For All ages

V.O.G.O.T is a spectacle for the 5 senses that intertwine.

The first moment when a person discovers himself and the world around him, like dancing and acrobatics.
This discovery makes us explore and preserve our feelings, which leave indelible marks on our journey through life.
Our present is the result of the nostalgic memory of every perception written in our memory.

The 5 senses,
expressed through the physical
and spiritual connection of
an archetypal couple man and woman
are at the heart of the performance

They are   Manuela Maria Gaona  and   Wanagi Valnei

The Italian-Argentinean company was established in 2013 to develop performances with a high visual and content level, mixing contemporary dance and circus – mainly acrobatics “hand in hand”.

In 2014 the show “Involucion” was created,   and in 2015/16  “V.O.G.O.T.”,
with which the duo participated in several international festivals in Europe and South America, and they did not stop at any time, they continued them professional training in order to optimally expand their technical and creative skills.

Facebook site:    Duo Masawa

Website:     www.duomasawa.wixsite.com

ОБРАТНО/  Handstand / All Levels
By: Mini Art Foundation

Sunday 4. October   (10:00-12:00)
5 lv entrance

All levels are welcome!
Whether this is your first time attempting a handstand, or if you are already holding the balance freestanding and want to work on pressing up or do one arm, this workshop has something for you.
The Handstand workshop is “success-oriented”, with emphasis on individual skill and balance building, small and large group activities, warm-up and stretch-out.

Galina is very passionate about the physical arts and the learning process in general,
so teaching is something she really enjoys.
She is a contemporary circus artist with a graduation from AFUK (the Academy For Untamed Creativity) in Copenhagen Denmark back in 2013.

Equipment needed:
Clothes for workout – tights or shorts,
1x water bottle, If you have handstand bricks bring them, perhaps refreshing wipes/towel for after. 

Crystal balance /Glass balancing
By: Duo “Sense”

Sunday 4. October  (13:00-14:00)
5 lv entrance

Duo “Sense”  Elena Kostadinova & Daniela Petrova

presents Crystal-Balance workshop and demonstration
In this workshop you will together with the duo learn how to balance first a wooden stick on your chin and from there continue to balance other objects over your head.

Crystal – Balance is a workshop where you will be introduced to how to balance glasses and other objects and in the end of the workshop the duo will present their demonstration,
their unique harmony, synchronicity and breathtaking beauty in the demonstration of
crystal balance – this is what you can expect from Duo Sense!

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CrystalGlassDuoSense/

Discover what our body is capable of
By:  Acro Yoga Sofia

Saturday  3. October  (13:00-15:00)
5 lv entrance

Acro Yoga Sofia  is a community of people who practice acro yoga for fun. Acro yoga is a practice that combines yoga and partner acrobatics and is performed by two or more people. Acro yoga unites people in the old-fashioned way – through human connection, touch and play.

The Acro Yoga Sofia community was established in 2016 by the certified acro yoga teacher Adelina Trencheva. The community develops on the principle of the cell school: the more experienced pass on their knowledge and skills to beginners.

At the acro yoga activity at the 10th Mini Art Fest, we will have fun together and discover what our body is capable of! The activity is suitable for everyone, young and old.

Facebook: AcroYogaSofia

Instagram: acroyoga.sofia