Margreta Anastasova
Email: <ohginnovations AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
Born in 1984, lives in Burgas, green city on the bulgarian seacoast. Co-founder, Creative director and Project manager of Contemporary art association OHG since 2008.
OHG is association that deals with contemporary art, exploring the interaction between arts, culture and market with the means of creation and distribution of art pieces. Built in 2008 OHG is divided in three divisions: OHG creative lab, OHG design lab and OHG video lab, that represent the ideas and talents of its members: Creative direction and project management. Print design. Motion and animation. ourhousegroup.wordpress.com (in Bulgarian)
October 2011 (preproduction) Turn On the City Festival for digital arts in urban sites Created by OHG, Turn On the City is a three years platform for three days festival presenting the work of contemporary Bulgarian artist working in the field of digital arts - interactive installations, outdoor and indoor 3D mapping, video installations and workshops. The festival will be realized with the Municipality of Burgas and is funded by the Operational Programme 'Regional Development' of the European Commission
3 – 10 August 2011 Short Circuit 2011 short film festival Happening since 2008, Short Circuit is a short film festival presenting mainly European movies with social and environmental commitment. Franchised in Burgas by OHG since 2010.
1, 29 May 2011 INSPIRED creative meetings, Burgas, Bulgaria Created by OHG, INSPIRED are monthly creative meetings for education and communication by presentation of contemporary Bulgarian artists and their work. So far there were two meetings – with Dimo Trifonov – multidisciplinary designer and Nikola Mihov – Paris based photographer. inspiredburgas.com
25 April – 4 May 2011 Northern lights Nordic film days Film festival for North European cinema from Scandinavia and the Baltic, realised with the support of the embassies in Bulgaria of: Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway and Finland. Franchised in Burgas by OHG shiningfestival.org
26 – 27 March 2011 Memory Post Created by OHG, Memory Post was part of the grand opening of Cultural center Sea Casino in Burgas. The project turned a room in the Casino into a postal service with p.o. box and custom made post cards for the audience, a workshop area for handcrafting and creating memories and a memory wall, to celebrate the old fashioned ways of archiving and communication. Realized with the financial support from the Municipality of Burgas.
August – September 2010 Short Circuit 2010 short film festival Happening since 2008, Short Circuit is a short film festival presenting mainly European movies with social and environmental commitment. Franchised in Burgas by OHG since 2010.
23 – 15 April 2010 Big names Short films short film festival The festival is presenting short films by some of the greatest names in the film and music videos industry. Happening since 2008, franchised in Burgas by OHG in 2010.
June 2008 – December 2010 Future Shorts International Short Film Label Future Shorts is the largest short film network in the world, developing a platform for filmmakers that allows millions of people worldwide to engage with their work. Spread around more than 20 countries, the festival aims to bring short film to the masses and develop its true commercial potential. Franchised in Burgas by OHG www.futureshorts.com/bulgaria
6-9 May 2008 Puzzle Festival, Burgas, Bulgaria Created by OHG, Puzzle is a festival for Contemporary art that gathered artists from the fields of contemporary dance and theatre, design, photography, graffiti, film and animation. Curated around the Anti Copy/Paste theme, the festival explores usability of art spaces and replace their functions, ending showing exhibitions in dance studios, dance in galleries, movies in libraries. Special guest was the Slovenian choreographer Yurij Konjar, who held contemporary dance discussion and workshop with Bulgarian and Macedonian dancers as a three day Off program. The festival was realized with the financial support from the Municipality of Burgas. Facebook: PUZZLE FESTIVAL
OHG has been a partner of various festivals and events, has been working with volunteers and has realized some projects involving children.