1,,*,,,263,,#susas,,,257,,104centquatre,,,164,,17 Cox,,,187,,20Eventi,,,99,,Aarhus,,,258,,Aberdeen,,,68,,Albany,,,201,,Almati,,,37,,Amsterdam,,,27,,Androphyne,,,215,,Antwerp,,,35,,ARCAM,,,123,,Arne Hendriks,,,9,,Arnsberg,,,22,,Ars Electronica,,,277,,art,,,102,,Artos Foundation,,,83,,Auckland,,,184,,Avignon,,,8,,Bamberg,,,17,,Barcelona,,,91,,Basel,,,203,,Batroun,,,71,,Beirut,,,242,,belgium,,,46,,Belgrade,,,6,,Berlin,,,163,,Beverly,,,89,,Bingen,,,110,,Birmingham,,,109,,Birmingham Weekender,,,5,,Bocchignano,,,138,,Bonnieux,,,183,,Boston,,,121,,Braila,,,195,,Bratislava,,,100,,British Council,,,152,,Bruno Giliberto,,,65,,Bucharest,,,18,,Budapest,,,186,,C-Mine,,,98,,Cabaret Voltaire,,,80,,Cape Town,,,20,,Caracas,,,275,,CasaPop,,,140,,Castel San Pietro Terme,,,231,,Charlotte,,,131,,Chido Collectif,,,297,,Chien Kung senior high school,,,234,,church,,,180,,Cities,,,58,,Collectivo Re-Public,,,236,,Colpach-Bas,,,82,,Columbus,,,135,,Conversano,,,69,,Copenhagen,,,40,,d-hub,,,51,,Darom Gallery,,,177,,Decomyplace,,,129,,Disentis/Muster,,,93,,dislocated,,,49,,DOMA Art Foundation,,,194,,Dublin,,,245,,duplo,,,66,,Durham,,,197,,Düsseldorf,,,149,,Eckenfest Görlitz,,,63,,Ecole de l'Arc-en-ciel,,,256,,Encore Heureux,,,56,,Europäische Oberschule,,,172,,Example.Pl,,,59,,Fano,,,230,,Fargo,,,41,,Festival de la Cité,,,214,,Figline Valdarno,,,208,,Föhren,,,235,,france,,,60,,Frankfurt am Main,,,113,,Fubon Art Foundation,,,104,,Gadekunstdage,,,202,,Gansu,,,31,,Ganz Novi Festival Zagreb,,,23,,Genk,,,128,,Georgetown,,,90,,Gerda und Kuno Pieroth Stiftung,,,251,,Gesves,,,153,,Gilles Racine,,,132,,Glenview,,,106,,Goethe Institut,,,29,,Görlitz,,,206,,GreatYarmouth,,,207,,GreatYarmouthPreservationTrust,,,64,,Guanajuato,,,94,,Henk Holsheimer,,,268,,Hong Kong,,,77,,Hongkong,,,267,,Horizon gardens,,,28,,Hossegor,,,162,,Hsinchu,,,111,,IKON Gallery Birmingham,,,33,,Imaginez Maintenant,,,200,,Incursiones,,,157,,International Art Summerschool,,,95,,Internationaler Kunstsommer Arnsberg,,,3,,Jan,,,39,,Jarmuschek+Partner,,,78,,Jinno Neko,,,250,,Join with Karl,,,87,,jojo,,,81,,Kallered,,,125,,Kaohsiung,,,190,,Karin Sander,,,191,,Kashgar,,,166,,Kaunas,,,209,,Kendal,,,171,,Kepno,,,72,,Kiev,,,79,,Kuala Lumpur,,,188,,Kunstverein Arnsberg,,,147,,La Cimade,,,52,,La Vega,,,178,,laboratorioofficinaidee,,,210,,Lakes Alive Festival,,,189,,Landesgartenschau Bamberg,,,216,,Las Palmas,,,43,,Lausanne,,,273,,Lego,,,278,,legoart,,,274,,LegoWall,,,21,,Linz,,,26,,Ljubljana,,,53,,LOCUS_Colectivo,,,154,,Loic Chaussin,,,116,,London,,,74,,Madrid,,,150,,Marrakech,,,70,,Martin Jakob,,,15,,Massy,,,75,,Matadero,,,196,,Melbourne,,,280,,Mexico,,,130,,Mexico City,,,255,,Milano,,,176,,Modena,,,170,,Mönchengladbach,,,279,,Monterrey,,,25,,MoTA - Museum of Transitory Art,,,281,,Munich,,,86,,Nabeul,,,238,,Nancy,,,240,,Nantes,,,148,,Negrepelisse,,,142,,Neoludica,,,14,,New York,,,232,,Newcastle upon Tyne,,,101,,Nicolai Juhler,,,24,,Nikosia,,,217,,NOMAMI,,,85,,NTNU,,,259,,Nuart,,,105,,Nuit Blanche,,,141,,Officina Estate,,,155,,Olivier Wavre,,,169,,Orvieto,,,139,,Palau Saverdera,,,10,,Paris,,,239,,Perigueux,,,103,,Perpignan,,,57,,Pesaro,,,246,,philadelphia,,,151,,Photographers,,,254,,Pietrapaola,,,36,,Platform21,,,269,,Playground,,,270,,Playground floor,,,265,,Playground patch,,,133,,Poitiers,,,276,,PopInvestments,,,211,,Prasat Beng Mealea,,,112,,Projet R,,,16,,Pucon,,,108,,Putty,,,45,,Quito,,,44,,Re:Re: Residence Revisited,,,136,,Reillon,,,119,,Repair Manifesto,,,241,,Revit,,,198,,Riga,,,233,,Rio de Janeiro,,,126,,Ropczyce,,,193,,San Francisco,,,174,,San Gimignano,,,175,,San Prospero,,,96,,Santiago,,,218,,Santo Domingo,,,34,,Sao Paulo,,,213,,seachange,,,61,,Seoul,,,48,,Sofia,,,185,,South Orange,,,47,,Sremski Karlovci,,,62,,St-Francois Xavier de Brompton,,,11,,St.Petersburg,,,67,,Stitch Community Art Project,,,107,,Student Center Zagreb,,,124,,Stuttgart,,,13,,Submitted,,,38,,SWAB,,,266,,Tai Koo Shing,,,165,,Tainan,,,114,,Taipei,,,179,,Tarragona,,,50,,Tel Aviv,,,76,,Tokyo,,,73,,Toronto,,,32,,Toulouse,,,243,,Tourinnes-La-Grosse,,,88,,Triennale Bingen,,,204,,Tripoli,,,84,,Trondheim,,,134,,Troy,,,192,,Turfan,,,143,,Venice,,,144,,Venice,,,145,,Venice Biennal,,,115,,Very Fun Parc,,,54,,Viareggio,,,120,,Video,,,167,,Vilnius,,,168,,ViVa,,,92,,Volta Basel,,,122,,Volta NY,,,55,,Waldenburg,,,252,,Wallonie,,,173,,Warsaw,,,264,,what can be seen here: http://www.bruehler-kunstverein.de/download/Kunstverein_DispatchWork_Bruehl_V1.mp4,,,137,,Wookagro,,,127,,Wuppertal,,,30,,Zagreb,,,19,,Zielona Gora,,,97,,Zürich,,,
We went to a neighbourhood called Fakultete. Here you find none of Sofia’s historical buildings but beautifully self-crafted homes. Like a different city, maybe a whole different country, and, with horse-carriages passing by, also a different time.
Within a couple of minutes after having started, all the kids of the neighbourhood took notice of us and joined.
The next day, back in the city center we fixed up a part of the broken staircase of the cinema which was screening movies as part of the festival program. Free Sofia is my small message to the Sofiotes. Interpret as you may.
A question I get asked frequently is if I know who takes the patches out. I have multiple of these people on tape, and you would probably be surprised on who these people would be. This security guard from across the street ISN’T one of them. When I left he crossed the street and took the patch out on curiosity. I approached him and took the picture because I was amused about his initiative to leave his post and check out my work.
The city now called Sofia was established in 5 BC or earlier, under the name of Serdica and gained much importance over the centuries due to its central positioning in the balkan region. Over the course of time it was under the reign of the Romans, the Ottomans, the Huns,… just to name a few.
This is the Church of St. George, build by the Romans in the 4th century. There had been some debate on social media about whether or not this was disrespectful towards the believers. The priest however just walked by us as we were in full action and didn’t mind.
I was thrilled about my invitation to Doma Art festival in Sofia. This patch is on the National Art Gallery and took me a half a day. Only a couple of hours later in the evening, it had disappeared, however, the next day, while passing by it miraculously resurface on its former position. Here you find the DOMA Artfest Website and their Facebook-page.