Bulgaria

Cities: Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna.

Video art

Artists

• 1970s: Marran Gosov
• 1990s: Krassimir Terziev, Petko Dourmana, Luchezar Boyadjiev

Literature

• Auszuege aus Rossen Milev, "Video in Osteuropa", Balkan Media, Sofia (Bulgarien) 1993, (German) [1]
• Rossen Milev, Video in Osteuropa, Balkanmedia, Sofia 1993
  • Review by Geert Lovink, "Video in Osteuropa, Rossen Milev", in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 # _, 1994, p. 342.

Electroacoustic music

Composers

• Simo Lazarov. Academy of Music in Prague (1974-78), Studio for Electronic Music in Bratislava (1977-79), IRCAM in Paris (1979-82). Composed over 300 pieces in a variety of genres and styles, mainly in the field of electronic and computer music. From 1980 to 2003 he gave 1,500 interviews, concerts, synthetic, audiovisual, multimedia performances and mega-performances with electronic and computer music in Bulgaria and abroad. Published 9 books on electronic and computer music. Edited over 300 radio and TV programmes about the electronic and computer music. [2] [3] [4]

Studio

• The Electronic music studio was founded at Sofia Radio in 1974 by Simo Lazarov and the first professional studio synthesizer "Synthi 100", one of the best for the time, was purchased. Existed until 1999.

Events

• Festival for Electroacoustic, Electronic and Computer Music (FEM) in Gotze Delchev (1989), co-initiated by Lazarov
• Computer Space, multimedia forum, 1993, organised by Lazarov
• The World of Computer Music, forum, created by Lazarov and Howard Wirshil, its recent editions were held simultaneously in Sofia and Atlanta and were launched on the Internet

Literature

• Simo Lazarov, "Bulgarian Electronic and Computer Music Electronic Studio - Radio Sofia", 1994. [5]
• Simo Lazarov, "Composing and Performing Computer Music By Using Personal Computers", PhD thesis, 1991. Technical University in Sofia.

New media art, Media culture

Media

• elektrik_bg (*1999)

Literature

• Iliyana Nedkova, "Inside Out. Curating the New Media Culture of Bulgaria", 2001. In: Communication Front 2000 Book, "Crossing Points East-West". [6]
• Rupert Francis, "A view of the growing Bulgarian electronic art scene by an outsider looking in", 2001, [7]

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