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    Аni Vaseva The Theatrical Institution That Persists

    The Possible Institution
    What is an institution? A structure that stays (or persists, as Boyan Manchev would put it). It is something stable, as its etymology suggests – from Latin instatuere “to set up”, from in- “in” and statuere “to establish, to cause, to stand”. What is the function of an institution of arts?
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    Viktoria Draganova Instituting as a box, a forest, a swimming pool

    The Possible Institution
    When I founded Swimming Pool a few years ago, the pool on the terrace gave it its name. Back then, I thought, first things first: after all, the swimming pool was the most prominent feature of this space’s architecture. It was, however, the emptiness that eventually turned out to be even more important than the pool itself – definitive, relentless, persistent.
  • VIKTORIA DRAGANOVA IMAGINE, SO CLOSE

    STATES OF FLUX
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