Cvetan Krastev
20x40x10 cm, glass flasks, seeds, soil, salt, wine, bread crumbs, water, matches
A set of the 10 most important (in my opinion) things for physical and spiritual survival in post-apocalyptic conditions - the Ten Commandments of God, the 4 basic elements - air, earth, water, fire (matchstick with a scraper), salt, wheat seeds, grape seeds, bread and wine. A pictogram instruction on how to plant wheat and grapes, how to make bread and wine, how to light a fire, etc is attached. It is assumed that the future potential user of the package will have forgotten those skills, as well as the ability to read.
Cvetan Krastev was born in 1961 in Varna. He graduated from the High School of Art in Kazanlak. Since 1985 he has worked primarily in the spheres of land art, conceptual art and video art. He is experimenting with these forms which are a synthesis between varieties of genres. He is interested in the boundaries between art and real life, where the differences are subtle and blurred. His artistic works and projects have been shown in numerous festivals throughout Bulgaria and abroad, which include: Visual Immortality, Basel, Switzerland; Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Niš, Serbia; With Robert Musil – Helpless Europe, Ruse, Bulgaria and Vienna, Austria; Novohrad Museum and Gallery, Lučenec, Slovakia; International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt; International Triennial of Plastic Arts, Aalborg, Denmark; International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Prague, Czech Republic and many more.