May 16 \u2013 June 15, 2026<\/p>\n
Opening: May 16, 2026, 4:00 PM<\/p>\n
Ruse Art Gallery<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite River\u201d by Mia Momchilova is a site-specific installation composed of a sound collage and a textile object \u2014 a white flag that becomes an image of an inner boundary, vulnerability, and a desire for peace. The project unfolds space as a field for both personal and collective reflection, where an intimate voice encounters the noise of the world.<\/p>\n
The work exists simultaneously as a personal prayer and a public gesture. Within an interior setting, it creates a sense of inner space \u2014 a place of contemplation, uncertainty, and quiet resistance. Outside the gallery, the installation shifts its character: the sound blends with the urban environment, while the white flag becomes a signal that periodically interrupts the rhythm of everyday life. In this way, the personal voice gradually transforms into a collective chorus \u2014 an appeal for preserving the human and for the possibility of mutuality.<\/p>\n
In the context of Ruse \u2014 a city of borders, of the river, and of passage \u2014 \u201cWhite River\u201d acquires additional layers of meaning. The white flag, unfolding in space as a long textile line, simultaneously evokes surrender and hope, a refusal of violence and the necessity of a new beginning. The river here is both real and metaphorical \u2014 movement, memory, and transition.<\/p>\n
The sound environment includes the voice of the artist, processed by Sandy Daniel, as well as fragments from the performance \u201cOthello\u201d by Theater Zong, featuring collaged texts by Bertolt Brecht, Heiner M\u00fcller, and Sun Tzu. These different voices and layers overlap in a multi-layered sound composition that raises questions about war, fear, memory, and the possibility of peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite River\u201d does not offer a final answer, but rather a space for listening \u2014 to one\u2019s own voice, to the voice of the other, and to that fragile place between them where humanity is still possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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