Manifesto of Happiness

December 31, 2021

Manifesto of Happiness, 2021 ULTRAFUTURO limited edition print

Available after 10 December, 2021 at the following locations: Sarieva, Plovdiv Goethe Institute and the galleries Arosita, Credo Bonum and Structura, Sofia Free distribution

Manifesto of Happiness, 2021 by ULTRAFUTURO was published in December 2021 by Open Arts Foundation as a part of the last Phase VI of the multi­genre visual art situation Future Unforgettable, curated by Vesselina Sarieva.

Boryana Rossa shares the following about the work:

The text “Manifesto of... More

DETOUR: Women in Bulgarian Film

February 5, 2021

Video installation, consisting of ten videos. 360 min. 

Video installation, consisting of ten videos. 360 min.

Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Commissioned by Bulgarian Fund for Women. Curator: Stefka Tsaneva. March 11-May 30.

The first stage of this project was shown in 2020 at the collective exhibition “Everything is fine” an exhibition dedicated to women issues in Bulgaria.

The full video installation will be premiered as a solo show at Goethe Institut, Sofia, July 2021.

Curator: Stefka Tsaneva.

Idea, directing and drawings: Boryana Rossa

Camera: Kalin Serapionov,... More

Sofia Queer Forum 2020: Bulgarian Drag History

January 12, 2021

“Bulgarian Drag History” is an archival project by Yasen Zgurovski and Boryana Rossa, which will be gradually built by the end of May, 2021. The full version of the archive, as well as the printed catalog of the project will be presented at an event in May, which we hope to be in person.

The project is dedicated to the history of the drag performance in Bulgaria with a focus on the 1990s and aims to create a widely... More

Feminist Vlog: In Social Isolation

April 12, 2020

The feminist perspective is irreplaceable. Therefore, the feminist vlog is irreplaceable. Everything from art to politics through the staring feminist eye and the stuck out tongue. Every week on Friday with Boryana Rossa, 8:30 pm, Sofia, Bulgaria time here:

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In this vlog we talk to artists, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, biologists, doctors – in other words people who work in humanities and sciences about any... More

Chimera Workshop

November 10, 2019

Let's Talk About Genetic Modification at Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY

On Nov 8th, 5-7 pm at Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY you are invited to participate in a workshop co-led by artist Boryana Rossa and biologist Heidi Hehnly.  Through the lens of an artist-scientist collaboration, this experimental hands-on workshop will stimulate conversations from the biological to the ethical — including discussion of genetic predisposition of behavior and policing, as well as scientific and media representations of the state of genetic research.

Rossa will also present her “Mirror of... More

Feminist Horizons

November 10, 2019

Premiere of Feminist Horizons: Violence, Labor, Mobilisation

I am really happy to have had the opportunity to make the illustrations for the first feminist collection of texts, published by LevFem collective.

“It is a great pleasure for us to present you with the first collection of texts published by the leftist feminist collective LevFem. The publication features first-person stories and analyzes of over thirty women and queer people whose daily lives and struggles are the result of specific power relations that arose with the restoration of... More

Ген Бога, биореликварий и свет из чашки Петри

July 5, 2019

БОРЯНА РОССА РАСПИСАЛА СТЕНУ НА НОВОЙ ВЫСТАВКЕ «ГАРАЖА»

текст: Надя Плунгян

28 июня «Гараж» открывает футуристическую выставку «Грядущий мир: экология как новая политика. 2030—2100» (организаторы проекта — Снежана Кръстева и Екатерина Лазарева), посвященную новым технологиям, цифровому миру, экологии и природе. Болгарская художница-перформансистка Боряна Росса, основательница группы «Ультрафутуро» и доктор наук в области цифрового искусства в Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, приехала в Москву для работы над одной из частей проекта, созданной совместно с Олегом Мавроматти. Это мультимедийная инсталляция, со всех сторон окруженная фреской. На... More