Screens and Schemes: Sofia

Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia and Karpuchina Gallery, Prague
present:

Screens and Schemes

Participants: Anna-Maria Schönrock, Venelin Shurelov, Veneta Androva, Kalin Serapionov, Sabina Knotová, Tereza Tomanová
Curators: Vesela Nozharova and Alexandra Karpuchina

18 November 2025 – 4 January 2026
Opening: Tuesday, 18 November, 6:00 PM

The exhibition “Screens and Schemes” examines the pressing issues of media disinformation, fake news, and political propaganda. In a world in which people are immersed hourly in manipulated informational content, the need for critical thinking and informed awareness is of vital importance.

Although the primary tool of disinformation is often the image itself, the visual arts seldom address this problem directly. “Screens and Schemes” is initiated by two galleries — Credo Bonum in Sofia and Karpuchina Gallery in Prague — and presents the perspectives of six contemporary Bulgarian and Czech artists on the subject.

With works created especially for the project and employing diverse media — painting, sculpture, and video — the artists explore the mechanisms through which reality is distorted and how human perception is involved in this process. During the preparation of the exhibition, the artists met with media experts and examined data and research developed over many years by specialists from both Bulgaria and the Czech Republic — two countries that have been similarly exposed to media manipulation in recent years. Remaining within their artistic practice, the authors create works that provoke reflection on the situation in which our societies find themselves today.

Project No.: BG-RRP-11.020-0159 “Screens and Schemes – an artistic study of disinformation”
The project is funded under Component 11 “Social Inclusion,” Investment 6 “Development of the Cultural and Creative Sectors,” Measure 2.1 “Grant Scheme for the Creation of Bulgarian Productions and Co-productions in the CCS and their Promotion on the European and International Art Markets,” as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Project Team:

Alexandra Karpuchina, Curator, Karpuchina Gallery
Vesela Nozharova, Curator, Credo Bonum Gallery
Nikola Tulechki, External Expert
Simeon Vasilev, Project Coordinator
Samuel Kailer, Assistant, Karpuchina Gallery
Paola Dimova, Assistant, Credo Bonum Gallery
Reneta Georgieva, Communications
Studio FRANK, Visual Identity