Тhe 3rd
edition of VIDEOHOLICA International Video Art Festival
took place in Varna between August 10th and August 18th,
2010 accompanying AUGUST IN ART International Biennial
of Visual Arts.
The curatorial team of Videoholica 2010 composed by
Pavlina Mladenova and Neno Belchev selected
152 art pieces by 138 authors from the received
512
videos by 326 artists from 51 countries.
During the festival 9-day duration, according to the
VIDEOHOLICA 2010 motto 'KEEP THE ILLUSION ALIVE',
various video selections and projects describing diverse
concepts and interpretations of the term ‘illusion’ as a
phenomenon discovered and studied with the techniques of
video art were screened and presented.
VIDEOHOLICA 2010 main program, part of which
thematically divided into the selections 'East Asia',
'Dance' , 'BG', was presented in a series of evening
screenings in four different open-air places, such as
the inner yard of the Varna Archaeology Museum, the back
yard of the Varna Puppet Theatre, the Rakovina open-air
stage and the outside space of Music Cafe LOOK.
In parallel with the evening screenings of the festival,
daily presentations and screenings were hold at the
Conference Hall of the Varna Observatory.
VIDEOHOLICA 2010 was organized by VIDEOHOLICA
Association (Varna, Bulgaria) with the support of Varna
Municipality (Bulgaria),
Swiss Art Council Pro Helvetia (Zurich, Switzerland),
Swiss Embassy in Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria), Hamburg
Municipality (Germany), August in Art Foundation (Varna,
Bulgaria), Stalker Graphic Design Studio (Varna,
Bulgaria), Archaeological Museum (Varna, Bulgaria),
State Puppet Theater (Varna, Bulgaria), Observatory and
Planetarium (Varna, Bulgaria), Music cafe LOOK (Varna,
Bulgaria), Artin Vision (Varna, Bulgaria).
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