DANCE LESSON #1

2010

Mixed-media object, 80x80x120 cm.

Ten years after the photo-series New Mythology, we came back to the topic of contemporary mass culture in Bulgaria. This time, it's a mechanical micro-theatre in a white cube for a single viewer, with a fake disco star dancing for its fake public.

Inspired by memories of countryside fairs, Finnish TV disco lessons, and starring one of our favorite characters - Valentin Valchev, a film director and a friend.

I cannot remember a more convincing and impressive visualization of the mechanical, hollow auto-referentiality of our contemporary pop culture. While making a respectful bow to see the contents of this gently ironic video-mechanical Laterna Magica, the viewer could be tempted to remember quotes from La Société du Spéctacle…

Borislav Borissov