site.btaSynthesis Gallery Hosts Boryana Pandova's Exhibition "Dirty"

Photographer Boryana Pandova is presenting the exhibition "Dirty" at Sofia's Synthesis Gallery. The display, curated by Nadezhda Pavlova, will open on March 11 and will run until May 6, the organizers said on Thursday.

This is the last project in the Objects of Inattention Series on which the artist has been working for more than twenty years. "In "Dirty", Boryana maps the randomly formed compositions of objects rolling through the streets of Sofia. She, in the role of a forensic scientist without a crime, takes prints on a sticky film of the city streets, following the trajectory of her daily routes," the Synthesis team commented.

In their words, “Dirty” gravitates around the concept of objet trouvé (French for 'found object'), where everyday objects found in their natural environment are transformed into art through their subjective placement in the frame. "Objet trouvé, a concept associated with Dadaism and Surrealism, describes the practice of finding and aesthetically reimagining objects that were not originally created with an artistic purpose in mind - a random found object, street trash, or something mundane that takes on new meanings through a change of context and the intervention of the artist," the organizers added.

Boryana Pandova graduated in Fine Art and Applied Photography at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) and completed a Master's Programme in Photography at the National Academy of Art. She is currently a PhD student at NATFA, where she also teaches. Her interests cut across the spectrum from visual arts to literature, music and performing arts.