I can't imagine the world without me

I can't imagine the world without me is a proposal for a walk into the future - mine, yours and the one of the planet we inhabit. A story about tomorrow which always depends on today.

Idea, voice and realization: Svetlozara Hristova

Musical environment: Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Eric Satie

Duration: 40 min.

Route: starting point at City Art Gallery, end of the walk at Cubo Ribarski

More about the process:

My curiosity about the act of walking dates back to my high school years. For me, walking holds potential for training not only the body, but also the mind. While walking, one has the opportunity to concentrate in a particularly beautiful way, somehow to "come together as a vessel", to think and reflect on existential topics or, on the contrary, to free oneself from them and become even more present into the surroundings. 

Sometimes I walk in the company of music from a favorite artist (at first with the help of a walkman, subsequently with an mp3 player and in recent years with a smartphone), other times in the company of a dear friend, relative or colleague, quite often alone in the company of my thoughts, and more recently in the company of familiar and unknown persons in the form of an organized audio-walk.

The theme of the walk is the future - mine, yours and the one of our dear planet we inhabit. A story about tomorrow which always depends on today. This is a topic that I am very passionate about because I believe that we are all responsible for what we leave behind. We all live on small planet Earth, and whether we realize it or not, it is our home, our common shared space. With the audio walk, I try to set a direction for the conversation about climate change and the imprint we leave on nature. In addition to my voice, several classical works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Eric Satie sound in it. The text was "born" under their accompaniment and helped me to convey my thoughts and feelings in an extremely intimate and personal way.

The project is implemented with the financial support of the National Fund "Culture" under the "Creative Scholarships" program.