Fantomat, Dritëro Kasapi, Sweden & Venelin Shurelov, Bulgaria

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Fantomats

Sculpture - installations, formed by seven ‘soul and slot machines’ – humanoid sculptures with plasma eyes that show humorous glimpses of the Black Sea landscape. Situated in public places, the Fantomats mark the citizens’ paths and reflect on an over- commercialised public space.

Fantomat Monolog
TALK WITH ME !
(in English ! Please)

Artist : Venelin Surelov

Saturday 13-17 on (location)
Sunday 13-17 on Stortorget/Rådhuset

Co-producers: Via Pontica, Theatre Laboratory Sfumato and Intercult

Comissioned by Black/North SEAS

More about Fantomat
The idea for Fantomat came during a trip to Skegness where the artists experienced numerous people spending their entire day in front of the slot-machines – one person in front of one machine, carrying out repetitive motions, in silence, not communicating with other people.
The Fantomat is a machine that wants to be a human being. It offers a human experience meeting our need for contemplation and relaxation that contrasts the hectic urban life and commercialised public spaces.


Drïtero Kasapi
Drïtero Kasapi was born in 1975 in Macedonia. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts – Department of Stage Directing in Skopje, Macedonia.
Before moving to Sweden he was active as a founder and artistic director of the Children Theatre Centre in Skopje. He was also a freelance theatre director working and presenting in Macedonia, different countries in the Balkans, Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria, Italy and Sweden, as well as writer and director for TV series.
Presently Kasapi lives and works in Sweden. Since January 2005 he has been Artistic Director of Gottsunda Dance & Theatre and is involved in numerous cultural projects in Sweden and abroad: as participant at Dropping Knowledge – Table of Free Voices in Berlin September, 2006; as Board member at Assitej Sweden; as Member of the artistic board of the International Theatre Festival – MOT in Skopje, Macedonia 2003-2006; and Member of the reference group for theatre at the Cultural Department of Stockholm City.

Venelin Shurelov
Venelin Shurelov was born in 1977 in Bulgaria. He graduated with a B.A. in Set Design and an M.A. in Multimedia Set Design from the National Arts Academy in Bulgaria . He is currently working on a PHD project for the same Academy on the theme ‘The Actor as an Object, The Object as an Actor’.
Shurelov founded the art group Via Pontica in 2002, which evolved into the art group Subhuman Theatre in 2004. Besides his own projects he has participated in many other co-productions, such as theatre performances, as a set designer.