България очаква неизбежен просперитет и изобилие след влизането си в еврозоната.

Новият стенопис е вдъхновен от сюрреалистичните пищни вечери на Салвадор Дали, наречени „Les dîners de Gala“.

WELCOME TO THE EURO PARADISE!

Bulgaria awaits inevitable prosperity and abundance after joining the Eurozone.

The new mural is inspired by Salvador Dali surreal lavish dinner parties called "Les diners de Gala".

„Бъдещето е тук“ – Старо Железаре рисува утрешния ден

В българското село Старо Железаре времето тече по различен начин. Тук миналото и бъдещето се срещат по стените на къщите, в лицата на жителите и в погледите на посетителите. Фестивалът на стенописа, който от години превръща това малко село в открита галерия под открито небе, тази година се провежда под мотото: „Бъдещето е тук“ / „The Future is Now“.

Това не е просто артистичен слоган – това е манифест. Бъдещето не се случва някъде другаде. То не е запазено за големите градове, корпорации или научни лаборатории. То започва тук – в ежедневието на хората, в грижата за съседите, в погледа на дете, което за първи път вижда роботизиран трактор върху стенописа на собствената си баба.

Тазгодишното издание на фестивала е смела стъпка към свързване на локалното с глобалното – и с бъдещето. По стените ще се появят визии на утрешния ден, в които технологиите не изместват човека, а му помагат. Баба полива холографски мушката, децата учат с помощта на изкуствен интелект, а дронове носят кафе в двора, където все още звучи традиционна музика.

Изкуството в Старо Железаре, както винаги, остава дълбоко свързано с местните жители – техните лица, истории и мечти оформят стенописите. Тази година, с помощта на художници от България и света, селото се превръща в сцена за футуристичното ежедневие, екологична визия за живот и утопични мечти за хармония между човека, природата и технологиите.

В този контекст, както всяка година, се появяват и полски елементи. Този път в плановете са Олга Божнанска, първите полски царе и препратки към „Селяни“ на Реймонт.

Очаква се нещо наистина вълнуващо!

В свят, изпълнен с тревоги, фестивалът носи позитивно послание: бъдещето може да бъде добро, общо и красиво. То може да започне на най-неочакваните места – дори на кръстопътя на две селски улици, между хамбара и магазина, върху стената на къща, която помни времето на прадядовците.

Защото бъдещето не чака.
Бъдещето е тук.

“THE FUTURE IS HERE” – THE MAIN SUBJECT - Staro Zhelezare Paints Tomorrow.

We paint again, with a group of young Polish artists!

In the Bulgarian village of Staro Zhelezare, time flows differently. Here, the past and the future meet on the walls of houses, in the faces of the locals, and in the eyes of visitors. The Mural Festival, which has for years transformed this small village into an open-air gallery, takes place this year under the motto: “The Future is Here” / “The Future is Now.”

It’s not just an artistic slogan – it’s a manifesto. The future isn’t happening somewhere else. It’s not reserved for big cities, corporations, or research labs. It begins here – in the everyday lives of people, in the care for neighbors, in the eyes of a child seeing a robotic tractor painted on a mural of their grandmother.

This year’s edition is a bold attempt to blend the local with the global – and the futuristic. The walls will feature visions of tomorrow in which technology doesn’t replace humanity but accompanies it. A grandmother waters holographic geraniums, children learn with the help of artificial intelligence, and drones deliver coffee to a backyard where the sound of traditional music still lingers.

As always, art in Staro Zhelezare remains deeply connected to the villagers – their faces, stories, and dreams shape the murals. This year, under the brushes of artists from Bulgaria and around the world, the village becomes a stage for futuristic daily life, an ecological vision of living, and utopian dreams of harmony between humans, nature, and technology.

And as every year, Polish elements also appear. This time, the plans include Olga Boznańska, the first kings of Poland, and references to Reymont’s The Peasants.

It promises to be a fascinating edition!

In a world full of uncertainty, the festival carries a hopeful message: the future can be good, shared, and beautiful. It can begin in the most unexpected places – even at the crossroads of two country roads, between a barn and a village shop, on the wall of a house that remembers the times of great-grandparents.

Because the future doesn’t wait.

The future is here.

NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Staro Zhelezare 2024

 This year the StreetArt Festival in Staro Zhelezare is exceptional.

NATO summit in Staro Zhelezare on the 75th anniversary of the birth of the alliance.

This summer, the official NATO celebration take place in the village of Staro Zhelezare!

The year 2024 is unique, it will go down in history as the triple anniversary of NATO - NATURAL AUTHENTIC TOMATOES ORGANISATION - 75 years of the establishment of the Alliance, 25 years of Poland's accession to NATO, 20 years of Bulgaria's accession, 10 years of the Staro Zhelezare StreetArt Festival!

Katarzyna and Ventzislav Piriankov together with their students, young artists from Poland create murals on village walls showing the theme of the great NATO summit, referring to the great NATO summit in Washington, which took place just before the summit in Staro Zhelezare. Both after the summit in Washington and after the summit in Staro Zhelezare, Declarations are created. The Staro Zhelezare Declaration is an important complement and commentary to the official NATO declaration from Washington.

 

To celebrate these anniversaries, we decided to name this year's festival in honor of NATO, but in a way that would also refer to the rural reality, to the current geopolitical context - Natural Authentic Tomatoes Organization. The theme is also emphasized by a paraphrased iconic Beatles song - "TOMATOES FIELDS FOREVER".

The poetic, dream-like atmosphere, reflecting the native Bulgarian beauty of nature and the local soul associated with it, is mixed with a dose of nostalgia, longing for unfulfilled personal dreams, and difficult social and economic conditions.

The solution that remains, as always, is the invaluable ability to enjoy the moment, small things, symbolic values, and available local wealth, such as beautiful, sweet, rose tomatoes, wonderful sunny weather, neighbors whom you can meet every morning in the center of the village, or in the afternoons on the benches in front of their houses.

This wealth, in the literal and direct sense, deserves protection, the professional defense of NATO, i.e. NATURAL AUTHENTIC TOMATOES ORGANISATION. Especially since, as everyone knows and experiences first-hand, Bulgaria, as a relatively economically weak country and dependent on foreign economic giants, is losing its tomatoes! It is a fact that in the country of tomatoes, growing tomatoes is less and less possible, and the possibility of finding this miracle of nature on the market or in a store is becoming even less real!

 

So we submit a petition to NATO - your members are in great danger!

We are already talking to NATO representatives in Poznań.

Let the Bulgarian tomato continue to be present on every table

Let it be real, juicy, sweet, melting in your mouth,

And not only as a memory accompanied by nostalgic sounds in tomato fields.

 

Thus!

This summer we paint the best locally! We are still painting the inhabitants, those who are not yet placed on the village walls. They will appear in the visual atmosphere of the famous Beatles video, but also, what is very important, in the company of important world personalities. Our festival is always current, so important people from this world will appear. Who knows who it will be, as always, improvising and acting on the fly is our best tip.  There are already heads of this world like Biden, Trump, Putin, Duda, Radev, Zhelensky and Netanjahu at the Hippie party, proclaiming peaceful slogans MAKE LOVE NOT WAR, signing FLOWER POWER. Khrushchev with corn and Truman with turkey, after signing NATO and the Warsaw Pact, are greeted by village children with tomatoes. The presidents who were shot have red marks not from blood but from tomatoes thrown at them.

Certainly, the issue of security in the current world system is a priority.

We will see what the inhabitants of Staro Zhelezare and artists from Poland think about it.