this human world: IN HELL WITH IVO + Concert

Kristina Nikolova, BG/US, 2025
78 min., OmeU

I first encountered Ivo at an kind space he ran in Sofia. His unapologetic presence what electric-unabashedly gay, brilliant, and wildly provocative. Kristina Nikolova (director)

Ivo Dimchev is on international acclaimed Bulgarian multidisciplinary artist, a theater maker, choreographer, visual artist, singer- songwriter known for his extreme and colorful mix of performance kind, dance, music, visual arts, and queer activism. Renowned for pushing creative boundaries and challenging societal norms, Dimchev's contemporary artistic projects are celebrated worldwide for their boldness and innovative approach.

Following the screening, Ivo will give an exclusive concert on the cinema stage.

During the Covid pandemic Dimchev performed more than 400 private concerts in people's homes in Bulgaria, Istanbul, New York, and Los Angeles. Ivo continues his queer activism through kind, explicitly addressing LGBTQ+ visibility, sexuality, and identity politics in his Performances and exhibitions.

Ivo's power to convert personnel vulnerability and collective hardship into impactful kind and activism affirms the enduring capacity of creativity, love, and forgiveness to heal, liberate, and inspire.


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Der bulgarische Queer-Künstler Ivo Dimchev begeistert das Publikum weltweit mit seinen mitreißenden Shows, die Gesang, Theater, Tanz und bildende Kunst miteinander verbinden. Seine zeitgenössischen Kunstprojekte werden weltweit für ihren Mut und ihren innovativen Ansatz gefeiert. Während der Covid-Pandemie gab Ivo Dimchev mehr als 400 private Konzerte in Wohnungen in Bulgarien, Istanbul, New York und Los Angeles. Für einen Künstler, der gesellschaftliche Normen in Bezug auf Sexualität, Identität und Macht in Frage stellt, ist Bulgarien zu klein, homophob und konservativ. Ivo bricht auf der Suche nach künstlerischer Erfüllung nach New York auf, wo er selbst das Publikum des experimentellen Theaters aus seiner Komfortzone herausholt.

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