- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Austria
Ventzislavova Borjana
Fokus Pokus Euromatik
The film follows 11 workers of the famous Viennese amusement park. The Prater in the period of two years. How far does the metaphor of contemporary society goes if we take a Theme Park as the model?
Fokus Pokus €uromatik
The film follows 11 workers of the famous Viennese amusement park. The Prater in the period of two years. How far does the metaphor of contemporary society goes if we take a Theme Park as the model?
High Blue Mountains, Rivers and Golden Plains
Chalga is a Bulgarian version of turbo folk. Since the early 1990s, the driving, cheap Balkan sounds mixed with traditional drum rhythms and their aggressive obscene texts have been the mass market soundtrack for the post-socialist life in Bulgaria. Chalga lyrics channel desires for fast cars, nasty money, and sex. In ‘High Blue Mountains, Rivers, and Golden Plains’ Ventzislavova sets a minimalist, performative cinematic language opposite the chalga phenomenon and its visualizations, which are omnipresent in music videos, advertising and night clubs, and range from trash to the realm of pornography. Estimated is that at least 80 percent of all Bulgarians know at least one chalga text by heart. Director carries out a sober, poetic game with collective memory and pop culture, which serves as metaphor for Bulgaria’s transition from socialism to turbo capitalism.
The film follows 11 workers of the famous Viennese amusement park. The Prater in the period of two years. How far does the metaphor of contemporary society goes if we take a Theme Park as the model?
Fokus Pokus €uromatik
The film follows 11 workers of the famous Viennese amusement park. The Prater in the period of two years. How far does the metaphor of contemporary society goes if we take a Theme Park as the model?
High Blue Mountains, Rivers and Golden Plains
Chalga is a Bulgarian version of turbo folk. Since the early 1990s, the driving, cheap Balkan sounds mixed with traditional drum rhythms and their aggressive obscene texts have been the mass market soundtrack for the post-socialist life in Bulgaria. Chalga lyrics channel desires for fast cars, nasty money, and sex. In ‘High Blue Mountains, Rivers, and Golden Plains’ Ventzislavova sets a minimalist, performative cinematic language opposite the chalga phenomenon and its visualizations, which are omnipresent in music videos, advertising and night clubs, and range from trash to the realm of pornography. Estimated is that at least 80 percent of all Bulgarians know at least one chalga text by heart. Director carries out a sober, poetic game with collective memory and pop culture, which serves as metaphor for Bulgaria’s transition from socialism to turbo capitalism.
Born in 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Studied information technology at the Universities of Sofia and Vienna; studies visual media at the University for applied arts Vienna (prof. Peter Weibel, prof. Karel Dudesek, prof. Thomas Fuerstner). Member of the Dezentrale Medien Project (www.dezentrale.net, www.herein.at).