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Ruin Is the Destination Toward Which All Men Rush

Author

Kosta Tonev

Birth year

1980

Place of birth

Bulgaria
Plovdiv

Year of creation

2019

Information on media/technique

single-channel video

Section

Video

More information

https://kostatonev.com

Video link

https://vimeo.com/357801099

Biennale

25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art

Short description

In the early 1990s Bulgaria saw a proliferation of small shops and kiosks, as patches of pedestrian space were channelled into private hands. Today, many of these structures have been largely obliterated by subsequent transfers of ownership. Four mimes bring back to life the invisible shops by reenacting the rituals of market exchange that were once part of the everyday life of the place. The title "Ruin Is the Destination Toward Which All Men Rush" is a quote from the book "Tragedy of the Commons" by biologist Garrett Hardin, which over the past several decades has been used in defence of neoliberal policies aimed at privatizing state-owned assets.

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