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Luchezar Boyadjiev (born in 1957 in Sofia, Bulgaria) lives and works in Sofia. His contribution to SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial Lucky Number Seven, is entitled Off-SITE(s). The purpose of Off-SITE(s) is to connect Lucky Number Seven with the City of Santa Fe. Off-SITE(s) consists of three parts: 77 $10 bills, on display in the SITE Santa Fe building; a trained group of young people (the Art Squad) who travel to different cultural institutions in Santa Fe and speak to visitors about subjects ranging from contemporary art to the environment; and “Hot-Spot” boards at off-site locations such as the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. The Hot-Spot boards are meant to be used by the visitors for feedback on the works in the Biennial and the issues raised by Luchezar Boyadjiev. In this video we have a look at the board at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum a week after the opening of the Biennial. Santa Fe, July 6, 2008.
Tip: Luchezar Boyadjev participated in a discussion at SITE Santa Fe, TALK AS TALK CAN. A full length version of this conversation between SITE Santa Fe Biennal Lucky Number Seven artists Luchezar Boyadjiev, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Nora Naranjo Morse, and Rose B. Simpson is available on our HD page (56 min., mp4).
PS: Luchezar Boyadjiev will talk part in the Singapore Biennale 2008 (from November 2008) and in the Jerusalem Show, edition 0.1 (2009).
PPS: Aritst’s statement after the jump.

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SITE Santa Fe was founded in 1995 to provide the general public, and in particular the extensive group of artists in Santa Fe, with access to global contemporary art. Some of the most known artists live here in New Mexico such as Bruce Nauman, Richard Tuttle and Susan Rothenberg. The idea to hold a biennial exhibition was there from the beginning. SITE Santa Fe’s biennials were conceived by now renowned curators like Bruce Ferguson, Francesco Bonami or Robert Storr (the curator of 2007 Venice Biennial). This year’s biennial has been curated by Lance M. Fung and is called “Lucky Number Seven“. In this episode, SITE Santa Fe’s director Laura Heon talks about the mission of SITE Santa Fe, the opening weekend, and why she chose Lance M. Fung as the curator for the 2008 edition of the biennial. The video also provides an exhibition walkthrough that has a look at the work of the artists Ahmet Ögüt, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Luchezar Boyadijev, Mandla Reuter, Michal Budny, Nadine Robinson, Nora Naranjo Morse, Ricarda Denzer, Rose B. Simpson, Wael Shawky, and Zbigniew Rogalski. SITE Sante Fe Lucky Number Seven, July 8/9, 2008. Part 1/2.
PS: Lucky Number Seven has been very well documented by the Santa Fe Lucky 7 Documentary Team. Click here!
Update (August 20, 2008): SITE Sante Fe Feature at Artkrush.

> Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.
> Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.
> DVD available.

Related Articles:

• Luchezar Boyadjiev: Off-SITE(s) / SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial, Lucky Number Seven
• Talk as Talk can: A conversation at SITE Santa Fe / Excerpt: Rose B. Simpson
• Hiroshi Fuji: Kaeru / SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial, Lucky Number Seven
• SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial, Lucky Number Seven / Interview with Laura Heon / part 2/2
• Nick Mangan: A1 Southwest Stone / SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial, Lucky Number Seven
• Martí Anson: Martí and the Flour Factory / SITE Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial, Lucky Number Seven