Elitsa Ganeva
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    • Elitsa's dream and the riverbed of memories 2024
    • Dream and Redeem 2023
    • Calyptra 2017
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  • Text
    • TEXTS IN ENGLISH
    • Накратко
    • Река
    • Над водата
    • Chronicles
      • Bulgarian Chronicles
      • Czech Chronicles
      • Germany Chronicles
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    • От мен до теб
    • Поход
    • 2013-2017
    • Сънища
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • The Double life of a House
    • Places of faith and memory
    • Found objects
    • non-basic instincts
    • Temporary Collection
    • Japan
    • Shima's Forgotten places
    • Worst TV program
    • Pursuing the True path
    • d e b r i s
    • Leopold
    • The Desert I chose
    • 30
    • Winters
    • Home
    • Liverpool
    • The poetry of Disappearing
    • Street Etudes
    • miles away
    • Back Home
    • blues
    • rhodium
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limpidity

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​'LIMPIDITY' IS AN ANALOG PHOTOGRAPH, SHOT ON 120 FILM.

IT IS THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF A SERIES CALLED 'NON-BASIC INSTINCTS'.

IN TODAY'S MODERN SOCIETY WE CONSTANTLY WITNESS THE PUBLIC PROJECTIONS OF 'HONESTY', THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE 'SPEAK UP' PHILOSOPHY.  WITHOUT A SURVIVAL KIT OF CERTAIN VALUES, THE INDIVIDUALS ARE FEELING UNDER PRESSURE TO SHOW THEMSELVES, TO TURN THEIR MIND, BODY, AND SOUL OUTWARDS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE IT.  

TO STAND ALONE AND TO STAND BEFORE THEM. TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF IN DETAIL, TO SHOW YOURSELF UNDER ALL LAYERS OF SELVES AND PROJECTED DARK WEBS AS IF YOU WERE MADE OF GLASS OR THIN AIR OR MIGHTY BLUE WATER.

AND FINALLY, ASTONISHED, TO UNDERSTAND, LIMPIDITY IS NOT GIVEN.                


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HUMANS WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THEIR OLD TRAUMAS - AFTER CENTURIES OF LEARNING HOW TO KEEP SECRETS, SPECULATE, HIDE AND REJECT, WE ARE FINALLY STANDING ON THE EDGE OF ALL THIS - IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO BECOME ONCE AND FOR ALL TRANSPARENT.

HERE COMES THE AGE OF THE NON-BASIC INSTINCTS


 LEARNING NEW WORDS

NEW INSTINCTS COMING UP TO SURFACE
SOME OF THEM TOO FAST
SOME OF THEM COMING TOO LATE.
STILL.
A FACE AS DIRTY AS COAL ASH IS YELLING AT ME:
'GRAB YOUR TOOLS! WORK, DIG DEEPER!' 
TOOLS FOR REACTIONS
TOOLS FOR REFLECTIONS
​ 'DILIGENCE, WORK, WORK, GO DEEPER.'
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DILIGENCE

BRING THE MAN BACK TO HIS DILIGENCE
DON'T DEPERSONALIZE
I THOUGHT I'M ERASING ONE FACE
IT WAS ONLY TO START WITH THE NEXT FOLLOWING LINES
THIS PICTURE OF US
THAT PICTURE OF THEM
 WE WON'T UNDERSTAND
NOR IN THE THE PRESENT
NOR IN THE FUTURE TENSE
BUT
BRING THE MAN BACK TO HIS DILIGENCE



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  • Visual Response
  • Video Installations
    • Elitsa's dream and the riverbed of memories 2024
    • Dream and Redeem 2023
    • Calyptra 2017
    • Calyptra 2016
  • Text
    • TEXTS IN ENGLISH
    • Накратко
    • Река
    • Над водата
    • Chronicles
      • Bulgarian Chronicles
      • Czech Chronicles
      • Germany Chronicles
      • Spain Chronicles
    • Момичета
    • Подземие
    • Кино
    • От мен до теб
    • Поход
    • 2013-2017
    • Сънища
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • The Double life of a House
    • Places of faith and memory
    • Found objects
    • non-basic instincts
    • Temporary Collection
    • Japan
    • Shima's Forgotten places
    • Worst TV program
    • Pursuing the True path
    • d e b r i s
    • Leopold
    • The Desert I chose
    • 30
    • Winters
    • Home
    • Liverpool
    • The poetry of Disappearing
    • Street Etudes
    • miles away
    • Back Home
    • blues
    • rhodium
  • Paintings
    • Squares 2019-2020
    • Paintings 2009-2019
    • Refugees
  • Videos
  • Workshops
    • Dear moss, what are you Workshop
    • FREEZE THE SUMMER AND CATCHING IT ON A SHOT
  • Bio
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  • Talk to me
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