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Anne Leticia Nascimento da Silva

Audiovisual media and performance Art

Photo Credit: Sulamita Wiener

Name:
Anne Leticia Nascimento da Silva.

Where are you from?
Brazil – Amazonas.

Describe yourself in 1-3 sentences (1-3 Words):
kind, curious, energetic.

What is your favorite number?
23

Which number are you scared from?
9

What does “42” mean to you?
destiny.

What is the meaning of life?
loving and learning.

How do you feel about mistakes?
It gets better when looking at them with therapy.

Superpowers?
Being able to be vulnerable.

Who is “Artist”?
Those who are committed to the mission to assume this role.

What is art for?
To change society somehow.

I am a multidisciplinary artist from Amazonas, who seeks, in my artistic experiments, a dynamic balance to launch myself into migratory bodily processes of rebirth. I find in the universe of miniatures a world that welcomes my existence and narratives. I explore art as a social sculpture through encounters with people, objects, and elements of nature.

Emiliya Toncheva

Contemporary dance and performance

Name:
Emiliya Toncheva.

Where are you from?
Sofia, Bulgaria.

Describe yourself in 1-3 sentences (1-3 Words):
–

What is your favorite number?
5

Which number are you scared from?
All even numbers, to be honest.

What does “42” mean to you?
Something too right. Excessive perfectionism, maybe pedantry.

What is the meaning of life?
Life itself, existence itself.

Photo credit: Janeta Neykova

How do you feel about mistakes?
I can’t stand them, but I’m learning.

Superpowers?
To scan people and determine their character with great accuracy in minutes.

Who is “Artist”?
Anyone who can go all the way from the birth of an idea to creating a whole that enters into dialogue, communicates with an audience.

What is art for?
It is an integral part of everyday life, so in that sense it serves a meaningful existence.

Emiliya Toncheva is an actress and a dance artist. She graduated with a major in Acting on a full scholarship from one of the most prestigious theatre academies in Asia – the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, China. After returning to Bulgaria, she graduated from New Bulgarian University with a major in Dance Theatre as well. Emiliya participated in many theatre and dance performances, among which are “In C” by Sasha Waltz in “Toplocentrala”, “Peer Gynt” in Theatre “Sofia”, dir. Katya Petrova, “Stravinsky and Chanel”, dir. Margarita Gradechlieva and etc. In her artistic projects, Emiliya Toncheva explores one’s striving for perfection and the initially doomed attempts to create utopian societies, which inevitably turn into dystopia.

Jonas Harksen

Music, theatre, interdisciplinary forms

Name:
Jonas Xaver Harksen.

Where are you from?
Berlin.

Describe yourself in 1-3 sentences (1-3 Words):
Consequently undecided.

What is your favorite number?
13

Which number are you scared from?
96

What does “42” mean to you?
A nice memory from my teenage years. Also that you can find sense in the most absurd moments and places.

What is the meaning of life?
42, I guess.

How do you feel about mistakes?
I feel that mistakes happen and one usually can get something out of them. Also it’s one of my favorite aesthetics!

Superpowers?
–

Who is “Artist”?
Someone who does „Art“.

What is art for?
reflection,
intuition,
wonders,
coming together,
critique,
expression,
entertainment,
not a complete list and not necessarily in this order.

Photo Credit: Talisa Frenschkowski

Jonas Harksen studied piano at the music conservatories in Detmold and Cologne. During his studies, he was active in the field of contemporary music and is now continuing his studies at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Gießen. He works as a musician, sound designer, and composer for theater and performance works in Germany.

Mladen Yordanov

Multimedia and digital art

Name:
Mladen Yordanov.

Where are you from?
I am originally from Silistra, but I live in Sofia.

Describe yourself in 1-3 sentences (1-3 Words):
Avant-garde minimalist with an impulsive desire to create and destroy.

What is your favorite number?
1 (maybe because I was born on 01.01).

Which number are you scared from?
Sometimes 13, but 0 is scarier.

What does “42” mean to you?
Abstraction, mystery, universe.

Photo Credit: Mladen Yordanov

What is the meaning of life?
Seemingly none, but by living you make sense of it for yourself.

How do you feel about mistakes?
Without them, there is no authenticity. I love them!

Superpowers?
Too sensitive.

Who is “Artist”?
No one and everyone, but having a bright personality is definitely a sign of “ARTISTry”.

What is art for?
It’s useless, but like beauty – we’re doomed to look for it in everything.

Professionally, I work in advertising and design, and on the side I am a freelance artist practice, exploring different state and aesthetic realities through avant-garde art. I like and create in the directions – Art Brut, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and more specifically I would define my art as “avant-garde minimalism”. In 2019 I participated in Open Call – Leshten to Little Bird Place Gallery and a subsequent collective exhibition; I was also one of the participants in the Short Film Competition – 180° Festival in 2021.

StudentLab° Event

StudentLab
StudentLab°
19:30 | StudentLab° | Goethe-Institut Bulgaria

Art students from Germany and Bulgaria are meeting during the 180° festival in Sofia to collaborate and create an art experiment in the building of the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria. They will present the outcomes of their collaborative work, inspired by this year's festival theme: 42.

21.00 | 180° Summer Bar I 100 Chairs

Join us at the 180° Summer Bar, where the festival team, artists, and the audience gather. Enjoy drinks, dance to the beats, and celebrate the spirit of the 180° Festival. Reflect on the festival’s experiences and embrace the vibrant energy of the evening. 

27. July
Thursday

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