project room
Stefan Nikolaev, invited into the CCC Project Room, takes it over for his own use, renaming it ‘My Room’ for a time. Bouncing humorously off the name now given to the ‘Project Room’ the artist turns this appropriation back upon himself by turning the exhibition back into a planned project. The exhibition called ‘My Room’ in a certain way becomes part of the life-sized model of his own project.
The Project Room space can be seen solely through a small hole in the wall. The true size of this space is replaced by a model which represents the space in 3D by computer-generated images. This is the ‘project’ itself, being literally represented by Stefan Nikolaev.
In this context, the peep hole functions as a clinical means of observation of a phenomenon under a laboratory microscope (an experimental connotation calling to mind the principal aim of the Project Room) and at the same time evoking the mechanics of desire.
So with our eye glued to the peep hole, in his virtual environment we can discover the rapidly circulating gilded balls which will progressively fill up the room, bouncing from the floor to the ceiling, following a similar path to the movement of atoms.
Excerpt from Press Release – 2004
stefan nikolaev
Born in 1970 in Bulgaria; living and working in Paris and Sofia (Bulgaria).
Stefan Nikolaev has invested a great deal in the French artistic scene. He was the founder and co-manager of the Parisian space called Glassbox which was created 1997. His work is particularly informed by the duality of his cultural affiliations, and is rooted in his experience of being caught between.
Stefan Nikolaev attentively observes the codes that govern our current environment, saturated with logos and signage, which are identical no matter where they may be placed. His art borrows from the codes of advertising and marketing, then transforms them into pop minimalism. Thus he develops an international vocabulary of objects and brands, an aesthetic which evokes the transitory atmosphere of duty-free areas, places where cultures and histories are mixed together in a place where time is suspended against a background of complete neutrality.
Exhibition at CCC : ” Powerful tips” in 2006, ” My Room” in 2004.
Stefan Nikolaev is represented by the Michel Rein Gallery, Paris.
Stefan Nikolaev, invited into the CCC Project Room, takes it over for his own use, renaming it ‘My Room’ for a time. Bouncing humorously off the name now given to the ‘Project Room’ the artist turns this appropriation back upon himself by turning the exhibition back into a planned project. The exhibition called ‘My Room’ in a certain way becomes part of the life-sized model of his own project.
The Project Room space can be seen solely through a small hole in the wall. The true size of this space is replaced by a model which represents the space in 3D by computer-generated images. This is the ‘project’ itself, being literally represented by Stefan Nikolaev.
In this context, the peep hole functions as a clinical means of observation of a phenomenon under a laboratory microscope (an experimental connotation calling to mind the principal aim of the Project Room) and at the same time evoking the mechanics of desire.
So with our eye glued to the peep hole, in his virtual environment we can discover the rapidly circulating gilded balls which will progressively fill up the room, bouncing from the floor to the ceiling, following a similar path to the movement of atoms.
Excerpt from Press Release – 2004
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