Burial
(1989)

Burial
1989
Group performance at the area of Dzhufara, near Sopot town, Middle Bulgaria,
Balkan mountain.
Conducted on 1.2.1989
Participants:
Bendji / Albena Mihaylova, Kolio Karamfilov, Dimitar Grozdanov, Vesko Velev,
Svetlozar Georgiev.
Audience: some friends
Bendji / Albena, Dimitar, Kolio and Svetlozar are visiting their colleagues Ivan Tomanov and Vesko Velev in their studios near Sopot. They celebrate Ivan’s burthday, but the mood is depressing.
The idea of a joint project emerges spontaneously. The group goes for a walk in the forest and reaches a rock-slide in the area of Dzhufara, near Sopot.
Kolio, Bendji, and Dimitar bury each other beneath a layer of jagged slates.
This group act is a clear refusal to be a part of reality. The political situation at that point has reached extreme, inhuman levels, the hope riched is negative, the life seems stripped of any value, we exist on a day-to-day basis.
Idee: The salvation of the spirit requires physical self-destruction. This unique performance remains under analyzed and poorly documented. It has not been promoted at all, as many other performances that have taken place during this period.
Archive:
19 color Slides