After their journey around Bulgaria, the UnBulgarians  will meet their audience in Sofia. Welcome on 20 October, from 6.30 pm, at VIVACOM Art Hall, on 4 General Gurko St. You can see the exhibition until 24 October.

The UnBulgarians project , conducted by the Free Speech International Foundation, in partnership with the Multi Kulti Collective and supported by the NGO Programme in Bulgaria under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014, aims to address these issues through the images and life stories of ordinary non-Bulgarians who live here.

Who are the real people to whom clichés are so eagerly attached? How does an American entrepreneur or a Russian artist living in Sofia feel about their second home? Is a Muslim refugee from the Middle East secure enough in the Bulgarian streets? Is it easy to have your small business here if your face is a few shades lighter – or a few shades darker?

The UnBulgarians project identifies a wide range of people from New Zealand to Washington State and from Pakistan to the UK, people living in luxury gated communities on the outskirts of Sofia and in refugee camps, and asks questions about identity, both their identity at birth and their current identity as people living in Bulgaria. The answers they provide paint a multicoloured picture of what their lives, jobs, joys and woes in Bulgaria are.