Bulgarian wrestler Dinko Valev became known internationally after uploading cell phone videos of himself hunting down refugees. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov publicly praised him for his »volunteer service«; national TV described him as a »superhero who fights off migrants with his bare hands«. Neda Sokolovska's performance explores the new territories of contemporary nationalism and their impact on a society‘s collective self-conception.
VOM PATRIOTISMUS ZUM NATIONALISMUS UND ZURÜCK
Panel discussion about artistic ways of dealing with the new european right-wing extremism
With Tzvetelina Iossifova (Red House Centre for Culture and Debate Sofia), Neda Sokolovska (Author and Director from Sofia), Alexander Andreev (Head of Bulgarische Redaktion Deutsche Welle), Kevin Rittberger (Author and Director)
A presentation in cooperation with Red House Centre for Culture and Debate (Sofia) being part of the international Theatre Network UNDERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. With kind support of Goethe-Institut Bulgaria.
