Community Curated Exhibition
Opening: December 27
Time: 16:00
Hall 6, Museum of Humor and Satire
The exhibition runs until March 2024
The exhibition “Humor and Satire through the Eyes of Gabrovians” is an attempt to publicly share the views and values of a local community by creating a temporary exhibition with works from the collection of the Museum of Humor and Satire.
Here the participants, in the role of curators, express their understanding of the role of satire as a moral corrective of society and power.
The exhibition is based on the principles of working with communities and involving the public in the work process of cultural institutions. The purpose of this opening of the Museum towards its audience is to establish a dialogue with the local community. Through this communication we hope to make the space of the Museum more welcoming and accessible to our fellow citizens, and at the same time to enrich our program with ideas and creativity through which the local community presents itself and its commentary on the cultural heritage of Gabrovo humor and satire.
The rich experience of the Museum’s partners from the Norwegian University of Green Development Høgskulen for Grøn Utvikling provided a good basis for turning citizens from passive receivers of the museum narrative into “creators” through the art of different and community-inspired stories. The creation process of this exhibition is a good basis for developing a practical model for working with different groups of society, including disadvantaged communities – a process leading to their inclusion and transformation into direct participants in the activities of our museum institutions.
As a result of this joint work, an exhibition was born, whose curators are members of the Disability Club in Gabrovo – a new experience for the visitor, which winks with a slight irony to the values of our society, to what is important and whether our society is growing intellectually with the required speed.
During the cooperation between the Museum team and the community, we shared warm feelings and spent unforgettable moments. The participants showed us an indomitable spirit and proved that despite the difficulties of fate, the people of Gabrovo never lose their sense of humor – because it is the best medicine!
Active participants in community curation:
Vasil Grancharov
Dafina Berova
Krasiana Lubenova
Neiko Kamburov.
Nina Dimitrova
Penka Gateva
Stanka Angelova
Temenuga Tsoneva
Support by the Museum team:
Dimka Koleva
Dragomilla Doikin
Ivelina Angelova
Svetlana Mihailova
Consultant:
Tsvetelina Hristova
Digital researcher with experience in non-formal education and community work, lecturer in the Department of Arts, Media and Technology at the University of Southampton.
Methodologists:
Johan Barstad
Rhys Evans
Lecturers at the Norwegian University for Green Development Høgskulen for Grøn Utvikling, the Museum’s partner in the Project.
We are sharing photos from the opening on December 27, 2023.
Project No. BGCULTURE-1.001-0039 “The Address of Satire – creation of an exhibition from the fund of the Museum “House of Humor and Satire” – Gabrovo and an accompanying program on the role and limits of satire and its exhibition in renovated spaces in the Museum” is financed under Program RA14 “Cultural entrepreneurship, heritage and cooperation”, co-financed by the FM of the EEA 2014-2021.