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Cooltsalon is: curator, network, exposure platform, zinester. Born in Sofia, operating worldwide
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Cooltsalon was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014 with a series of “1-week-only” site-specific exhibitions. It's currently international, operating on 3 levels: curator, network and exposure platform. Over the years, Cooltsalon’s mission has grown into giving exposure to individual voices hidden behind the collective city life. These opportunities were presented through a variety of events – from gui

ded walks to meet local creative businesses to site-specific exhibitions with international artists. On 12 May 2018 Cooltsalon launched its very first “physical asset” – the ‘Cooltzine’ zine – a publication curated for international, visual dialogue between creative practitioners. The zine carries on the message of re-discovering the city, re-connecting to it and each other as urban dwellers, and is something tangible that can be collected, shared and referenced at any time. Details of our previous projects and current work, can be found at cooltsalon.com

13/06/2023

We have reached 800 followers! Thank you for your continued support. We don't exist without each of you as the Cooltsalon network. 🙏🤗🎉

30/04/2023

One more day left to watch Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind's work IN VITRO (Jarman Award winner 2020) online, courtesy of ArtReview 's Art Lovers Movie Club.
We had the pleasure of screening IN VITRO during the cooltXchange weekend 2021, which also saw the presentation of zine vol.4, .

Welcome to Art Lovers Movie Club, where you’ll find a selection of artists’ videos available exclusively online at artreview.com

24/11/2022

Dearest friends, collaborators, supporters and followers: Cooltsalon is on hiatus until further notice. The decision didn't come easy but it is a natural step in light of the personal (to the founders) impact of russia's brutal escalation of the war against Ukraine this year. Some of the founders' relatives had to flee, but thankfully are safe in another country, some are still there and not a day goes by without a worry for their lives. We delivered our planned projects for 2022 regardless the heavy psychological toll, including the collaborative zine Cooltzine vol.5 - and it was a respite to have those projects, believing in shared creativity for the good in this world - but we need to take a pause.

We hope to have this time to not only take care of the team's wellbeing, but also to assess and figure out what Cooltsalon could be going forward.
We always have and always will invest in collaboration and co-creation, and we want to continue making meaningful, shared projects, nurturing active urban dwellers participation and positive impact. At this point, however, we need to reevaluate available curatorial tools, topics and frameworks, to find those that we can all get behind.

We still want to programme events, produce works and lift up voices previously unheard. We still plan to do so, but in the meantime we hope the Cooltsalon network can use this space as a "social networking" hub - please continue to share your ideas and updates with us and amongst each other. We want to continue having the conversations, but we need some time to action something new.

While we're on pause, you can also reach out to us privately via [email protected]

This not a goodbye, but "until next time" ✊

09/10/2022

Днес ставаме на 8 🍾
Благодарности на всички, които случваха неща с нас през годините =)
Снимка: една от изложбите организирани от нас в Амаро барето, 2014-2015.

17/09/2022

New chapter in Luca Serasini & project for capturing the sound of the universe!
🗓️ 24 September - Exhibition Opening: “La geometria del tempo”, curated by Eleonora Raspi, will showcase new artworks about the geometrical construction of the land art, a multichannel video installation made with sound artist Massimo Magrini.
🗓️ 8 October - Reveal of land art installation in the outdoor space of EGO & the Virgo Collaboration observatory: "In ascolto del cosmo", curated by Eleonora Raspi, Vincenzo Napolano, Valerio Boschi. Based on last year's trials and prototypes, Luca & Massimo's installation is set to bring Virgo's gravitational waves to a visible and perceptible dimension.

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), situated in the countryside near Pisa in Italy, is the home of the Virgo detector - a large interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves predicted by the general theory of relativity. Luca's long-running project is inspired by Virgo's ability to "listen" to the faint cosmic signals generated millions of light years from the Earth and, at the same time, to monitor the signals coming from its immediate surroundings. The project culminates in a large-scale interactive installation which aims to recreate the figure of the "interference fringes", the signal of light through which gravitational waves reveal themselves and take a 'visible' form.

You can follow Luca's diary of the journey so far: http://www.lucaserasini.it/progettocostellazioni/index.php/diario-3

Our co-presentation of the first phase of the project in 2021:
https://cooltsalon.com/2021/06/04/frange-dinterferenza-project/

16/09/2022

Pages by Zsofi Kozma for 'Urban Diaries' (May 2022), the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. Collaborators were asked to work as a team to select the theme and then design the publication, 'remixing' the original imagery supplied by our team.
🔎 Find out more about Zsofi's work:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/_tigermamma/

To honour the project, we've looked back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, 2018-2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

14/09/2022

in May 2022 was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. These are the_lazyconverse Pramod Gupta's pages in 'Cooltzine' vol.5 'Urban Diaries'. The fifth zine was an experiment in collaboration and authorship, asking the contributors to work as a team to select the theme and then design the publication. 🔎 Explore more of Pramod's work:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/the_lazyconverse/

To honour the project, we've looked back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, 2018-2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

13/09/2022

Pages by Negar Ebrahimi for 'Urban Diaries' (May 2022), the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. The fifth zine was an experiment in collaboration and authorship, asking the contributors to work with existing imagery, as well as with each other to select the theme and the overall look of the publication. 🔎 Find out more about Negar's work:
🔗 http://www.linkedin.com/in/negar-ebrahimi
🔗 https://sgsahresearch.com/portfolio/negar-ebrahimi/

To honour the project, we've looked back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, 2018-2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

12/09/2022

in May 2022 was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. These are Lagidze's pages in 'Cooltzine' vol.5 'Urban Diaries'. The fifth zine was an experiment in collaboration and authorship, asking the contributors to work with existing imagery, as well as with each other to select the theme and the overall look of the publication. 🔎 Find out more about Ana's work:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/analagidze
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/alagidze/

To honour the project, we've looked back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, 2018-2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

05/09/2022

By now Tchapanova is our 'honorary collaborator' 🤩 She contributed with works and words for the pages (vol.2, 3 and 5), but also with videos for the screenings programme in the simultaneous online event in May 2020 and the on-site installation in in May 2021, as well as participated in the 'Creative Practitioners' panel discussion in the 2020 edition.
🔎 Find out more about Daria and her multifaceted body of work:
🔗 https://www.dat-art.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/datminusart/

in May 2022 is the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

Images:
1-2- Daria's pages in 'Shared Space' (May 2019)
3- Daria's page in 'Changes' (May 2020)
4- Daria's video work on display at Finch Cafe during (May 2021)
5-8- Part of Daria's pages in 'Urban Diaries' (May 2022)

04/09/2022

Yana Todorova's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Yana's work:
🔗 https://www.behance.net/todorovayana
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/yanatodorova__/

in May 2022 is the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

03/09/2022

Tina Ramos Ekongo Art Tina's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Find out more about Tina and her work:
🔗 https://tinaramosekongoart.wixsite.com/tinaramosekongo
🔗 https://www.curatorspace.com/artists/tinaramosekongoart
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/tinaramosekongoart/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles of all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

02/09/2022

Saffron Harpham's piece "The Creation of Adam but Hot" (2020) featured as a page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Saffon's work:
🔗 https://linktr.ee/Saf_art_af

in May 2022 is the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

01/09/2022

Radina Stoimenova's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Radina's work:
🔗 https://www.radinastoimenova.com
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/aymaraymar/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that. Profiles of all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

31/08/2022

Luca Serasini's pages for vol.1 (May 2018) and vol.4 (May 2021) We were also thrilled to follow his latest project and premiere a video teaser last September -- and awaiting the forthcoming new chapter with land art this October. 🔎 Find out more about Luca's work:
🔗 http://www.lucaserasini.it/
🔗 http://www.lucaserasini.it/progettocostellazioni
📖 Read the interview with Luca by our friends .studio 🔗https://obsolete.studio/blog/frange-dinterferenza/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

30/08/2022

Lorcan Cassidy's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Lorcan's work:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/areyoualright_lorcan_art/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

29/08/2022

Lea Jazbec Lea Jazbec's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Find out more about Lea and her work:
🔗 https://www.leajazbec.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/leajazbec/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work and contributor featured in the four zines before that. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

28/08/2022

Laurene Bm Laurene Bois-Mariage's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Laurene's work:
🔗 https://laureneboismariage.weebly.com/
🔗 https://www.tallinnphotodesign.com/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

27/08/2022

Kristina Mygul - art Kristina Mygul's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Kristina' work:
🔗 https://kristinamygul.art/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/kristinamygul/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that. Profiles of all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

26/08/2022

Julien Griffaud's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021) 🔎 Explore more of Julien's work:
🔗 https://www.juliengriffaud.fr/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

24/08/2022

Jon Park's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). 🔎 Find out more about Jon's work:
🔗 https://jon-p.weebly.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/jonparkart/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

23/08/2022

Johana Trayanova was the author of the cover of 'Future Now' (May 2021) - 'My Future in Now'. Vol.4 was presented simultaneously in Belgrade, and , and each city had its own version of the front cover, created by local contributors, along with a 'universal' cover, created by our team. We also had the pleasure of having Johana take part in the 'Zine co-creators' discussion, live-streamed on the day of the zine presentation - 👀 snippet in our Facebook videos.
🔎 Explore more of Johana's work:
🔗 https://johanatrayanova.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/johana.trayanova/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

22/08/2022

Hernando Urrutia's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). 🔎 Find out more about Hernando and his work:
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/hernando_urrutia/
🔗 https://www.transgression-art-technology.com.pt/copia-de-hernando-urrutia/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

21/08/2022

11Polaroids Georgia Korossi's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). We also had the pleasure of having Georgia take part in the 'Zine co-creators' online discussion, live-streamed on the day of the zine presentation + Georgia's words in the collective 'Urban Dwellers Manifesto' (read it on our website)
🔎 Find out more about Georgia and her work:
🔗 https://11polaroids.com/about/
🔗 https://whatdidiseeglobal.wordpress.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/gk_homeworks/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

20/08/2022

.r.a.wibisono Fazar Wibisono's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). 🔎 Explore more of Fazar's work:
🔗 https://fazarwibisono.simdif.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/fazar.r.a.wibisono/

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

19/08/2022

Charley Duffy's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). 🔎 Explore more of Charley's work:
🔗 https://www.charleyduffyart.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/charleyduffyart/

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

18/08/2022

Carmel Louise' page in 'Future Now' (May 2021). Carmel also joined the 'Zine co-creators' online discussion, live-streamed on the day of the zine presentation - video snippet available on our Facebook. 🔎 Explore more of Carmel's work:
🔗 https://www.carmellouise.com/
🔗 https://instagram.com/carmellouiseart

In honour of the final edition in May 2022 - a lookback at every single work and contributor featured in the four Cooltzines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

17/08/2022

Aurelie Crisetig's page in 'Future Now' (May 2021), with her work "This Belongs To Everyone, So Enjoy The View".
🔎 Explore more of Aurelie's work:
🔗 https://acrisetig.com/
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmw3359BSMkXdddy6w-OGBA

(May 2022) was the last 'Cooltzine' to exist. To honour the project, we're looking back at every single work featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. You can still read about all of the contributors on our website (link in bio)

16/08/2022

Ana Minerva's page in 'Future Now', May 2021. 🔎 Explore more of Ana Minerva's work:
🔗 https://ana-minerva.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/0anaminerva0/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/projectcatrina/

in May 2022 was the last edition of 'Cooltzine'. We're looking back at every single work and contributor featured in the four zines before that, from its "debut" in May 2018 to May 2021. Profiles all contributors are also available on our website - link in bio.

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#cooltzine5 "Градски дневници" ПОСЛЕДНИЯТ "Cooltzine" в историята на "Cooltzine"-овете /или, преведено, зинът на Cooltsalon/ 👉 дигитална версия -- cooltsalon.com/portfolio (до 27 май!) 👉 печатна версия -- със запитване в Хралупата на място или от https://popup.bg/27205 (до изчерпване на количествата, first come / first served) Започнахме да издаваме "Култзин" през 2018 г., като единствения материален обект на Култсалон - платформа и куратор без физическо пространство - и като физическо поле за изява (страниците) на творческо-скроени градски обитатели в различни точки на света ("зинът не знае граници" 😎) През годините, зинът се допълни и със едноименно събитие, случващо се едновременно в няколко часове пояси, при партньорски места-домакини, от София до Лондон, през Белград и Берлин. 2019-2021 самото събитие търпя няколко промени като вид и съдържание - от тип международна конференция с пряко включване между участващите градове (ПРЕДИ Covid-19 да "популяризира" подобни формати 🙃) до локално-международни прожекции на арт видеа и non-fiction филми тип "есе" (essay film) + тийзър за дизайн спринт. Общият знаменател оставаше идеята че географските граници не са факто

Cooltzine vol.5 Launch

#cooltzine5 премиера след 3 дни 🙌 Зинът "Култзин", бр.5 "Градски дневници" (май 2022) е колективно създаден от 5 съавтора, на базата на 50 оригинални файлове предоставени от нашия екип. Участниците в проекта имаха 3 месеца да селектират файловете, с които да работят, да оформят заедно темата на зина и да решат съдържанието му - от общата визия до обема страници. Насловът "Градски дневници" е колективен избор. Страниците са негови визуални интерпретации, така, както ги вижда всеки съавтор - без редакторска намеса от наша страна. Повече за тазгодишното издание: https://cooltsalon.com/2022/04/30/meet-the-cooltzine-vol-5-c#cooltzine5

#cooltzine5 Open Call is Closed! • Thank you everyone who have send in your applications! We'll be in touch with everyone this week • Updates to follow • #unitedwecreate

Остават 3 дни от отворената ни покана за "Култзин" бр.5! / Only 3 days left to apply in the current Open Call for "Cooltzine" vo.5! https://linktr.ee/cooltzine

Cooltzine 5 Open Call

Roxane and Oli, aka 2/3 of Cooltsalon, walk you through this year's #OpenCall for #cooltzine5 Apply by 30 January: https://tinyurl.com/cooltzine5

#designthinking for online events - "Not Another Online Event" workshop with Life Design Circle

On 23 October Life Design Circle helped us delve deeper into what makes #onlineevents relatable, engaging, productive and not, running a workshop where participants brainstormed on potential challenges and solutions. A "takeaway" from the "Not Another Online Event" session is also now up on our blog: https://cooltsalon.com/2021/11/10/not-another-online-event-workshop-outcome/

"Активно участие", "комуникация" и "споделеност" се откроиха като фактори в дискусията кои са предизвикателствата при онлайн събитията, в нашия уоркшоп с Life Design Circle, "Not Another Online Event", миналия месец. Как се осигуряват тези елементи? Ще се радваме да чуем и вашите идеи като коментари отдолу, докато ние ви приготвим блог пост с акценти "резултати" от проведената работилница - следете www.cooltsalon.com за новини. #unitedwecreate #lifedesign

📣 Отворена покана: куратор онлайн проект за Фейсбук страницата на Култсалон 📢 Open Call: curatorial "takeover" of this page Срокове за участие: подаване на предложения - 18:00 (EEST), 28 юли, "takeover" за 1 седмица през август. Deadlines and timeline: proposals submission - 18:00 (EEST), 28 July, each "takeover" lasts 1 week in August. Имаш идея за онлайн проект и/ли съдържание? Искаш ли тази страница да е твоето поле за игра и платформа, чрез която да представиш идеите си? Отваряме покана за предложения курирано съдържание aka page takeover - за 1 седмица през август, култсалонската Фейсбук страница може да е твоята "галерия", в която да "наредиш" виртуална изложба / "дневник", в който да документираш някакво конкретно проучване/дискусия / или пък комуникационен канал за интерактивен проект, въвличащ последователите в диалог и/ли игра. Пиши ни на [email protected] с тема "Cooltsalon Facebook takeover August". За повече подробности и често задавани въпроси: http://cooltsalon.com/?p=3542 Do you have an idea for online project and/or content? Do you want this page to be your playground and a platform through which to present your ideas? We're accepting proposals for curated content aka page takeover - managing Cooltsalon's Facebook for 1 week, during which it could serve as your "gallery" for an online exhibition / a "diary" documenting some specific research/topic / or a

Cooltsalon's design sprint workshop - September 2021

❗ НОВИ ДАТИ за How to engage audiences online? 2-day workshop формат дизайн спринт: 11 и 12 септември ❗ Каква е целта на работилницата, какво включва един дизайн спринт и за кого е - вижте във видеото / / Всички записали се за отложеното майско издание автоматично получават място в септемврийското (ще се свържем по мейл за подробности) За нови записвания - тук: https://tinyurl.com/4mw3yrd9

cooltXchange weekend ден 2, ОФЛАЙН + ОНЛАЙН 👇 ОФЛАЙН прожекции в КО-ОП, 14:30-15:30 (БГ) - акценти от цялата селекция: „Бъдещето“ реж. Алекс Годар, анимация, 2013, Великобритания, 2 мин Закачлива, минималистична анимация обещаваща да разкаже всичко, което е необходимо да се знае за бъдещето в рамките на само няколко минути. „Хроники от тук и никъде“ реж. Жереми Грифо, анимация, 2018, Франция, 4 мин 20 сек Анимационен пътепис от измислени пейзажи. Пътища, кръстовища, търговски центрове и пасища са представени като въплъщение на идеята за “Отвъд покрайнините на града”. Компот Колектив /Compote Collective – 3 заглавия от проекта „Щрих и Стих“: „100% Настроение“ реж. Дмитрий Ягодин, анимация, 2015, България, 4 мин, по едноименно стихотворение на Дилян Еленков Пътят на обикновения човек като една от безброй клетки, формиращи организма на огромно градско чудовище. „Над нещата“ реж. Ина Николова, анимация 2019, България, 5 мин, по едноименно стихотворение на Стефан Икога Иронично пътешествие през живота на човек, погълнат от собствените му меланхолия и апатия, проектиращ всичко в обозримото и невъобразимо бъдеще.

Cooltzine vol.4 co-creators roundtable discussion

A virtual roundtable discussion between Johana Trayanova, Amy Jackson, Carmel Louise, Yana Todorova and Georgia Korossi covering topics such as creative practice, sustainability and feminism as part of cooltXchange weekend (May 15-16th) moderated by Roxane Gotz (Cooltsalon).