The Pavilion – Ivan Moudov

Automatic / 19.02.2026 – 31.03.2026

The Pavilion is a sound installation composed of 23 loudspeakers. The project gives voice to 23 proposals rejected from the selection process for the Bulgarian Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Each loudspeaker transmits a recorded voice reading the concept of one unrealized project. Installed throughout the gallery space, the loudspeakers form a multichannel sound environment in which all recordings are played simultaneously. The overlapping voices produce a controlled cacophony that reflects the mechanisms of institutional selection and exclusion. By approaching individual sound sources, visitors can isolate and listen to each project separately, momentarily suspending the collective noise of the selection process.