The Laser King
Leannej and My Name is Scot profile three Bulgarian artists and find a terrifying statue of King Samuel in this final edition of Off Site: Artists' Balkan Expedition.
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Big Heads & Ugly Fountains
Leannej and My Name is Scot encounter poorly-proportioned statues, pirate ships and chanting Turks in Macedonia. Read more
Dog Days of Summer
Leannej and My Name is Scot find quail eggs, barking puppies and homemade wine at a Bulgarian market in this week's installment of "Off Site: Artists' Balkan Expedition." Read more
Super Fantastico
Leannej and My Name is Scot meet Petko Dourmana, Bulgarian artist and social activist, and visit a beach town on the coast of the Black Sea. Read more
The Lake, The Mountain
Leannej and My Name is Scot travel to Borisova Gradina Park, Mount Vitosha and an antiquated amusement park in this first installment of their Balkan artists' expedition. Read more
Off Site: Artists' Balkan Expedition is a collaboration between Leannej and My Name is Scot and the artists and writers they encounter during their summer in the Balkans.
Leannej is a text-based artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries, public spaces and on the web, and published in books, magazines and anthologies. She won a Western Magazine Award for her Flow Chart column in FRONT magazine. Her latest work is Monument, published by Publication Studio Vancouver in 2014. Visit her at leannej.ca.
My Name Is Scot 's installation, video, performance and text based work has been shown in Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the United States, Africa and Latin America. Recent work includes Public Address at The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria, Malefactor at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Sink or Swim @ One Minute Volume 7, Contemporary Art Ruhr, Berlin. See more at mynameisscot.blogspot.com.