The exhibition “Hunger 2.0” interprets the fundamental topic of hunger in five different aspects – physical hunger, hunger for self-preservation, hunger for safety, hunger for truth and hunger for a future. Provoking the basis of our humaneness, these five themes interweave past and present, enabling us to trace hunger back to the present – a time of wars, conflicts, climate disasters and economic instability, when hunger is no longer just a crisis but a political and ideological weapon. Designed as a space for experiencing, the exhibition combines original museum exhibits and works by contemporary artists, drawing a parallel between past and present, seeking an answer to the question “Have we changed?”.
Four interactive applications will introduce visitors to the fate of people who lived more than a hundred years ago, and our contemporaries – children and adults, of different gender and religion, who experienced or are experiencing hunger for food, for self-preservation, for safety and for a future. Their stories are a cry for humaneness and empathy in a world torn by conflict, shaken by war, wracked by crises and disasters. The fifth application interprets the hunger for truth through the topic of the camps during the totalitarian regime – a symbol of the cleverly concealed communist repression; thanks to the partnership of Sofia Platform Foundation, it will give everyone the opportunity to “talk” to a survivor of the longest-existing such camp, “Belene”, and to find their place on the side of truth or propaganda myths.
An important place in the exhibition is held by the works of Adriana Hristova, Kalin Serapionov, Konstantin Zlatev, Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova, Nina Kovacheva, Petko Durmana, Pravdolyub Ivanov – notable figures of Bulgarian and European art. The messages behind their impactful work provide a contemporary interpretation of the presented themes.
The exhibition is realised in partnership with Art Gallery – Kazanlak, with participation from Regional History Museum – Sofia, Sofia Platform Foundation, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and with the support of UNICEF Bulgaria.
