Martin Koenig: Voices and Images from Bulgaria, 1966–1979

Listed on the Chicago Cultural Center website:

Martin Koenig: Voices and Images from Bulgaria, 1966-1979

through September 28, 2008
Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries
78 E. Washington St., Chicago
Free

There's also a talk about the exhibition on Aug. 7, at 12:15pm.

And this related event is mentioned, though I couldn't find a link with the details:

Saturday, September 20, 1pm: Film Screening and Lecture with the artist as part of the World Music Festival in Claudia Cassidy Theater.

Over 40 years ago, famed dance ethnographer and cultural specialist Martin Koenig embarked on a trip to Bulgaria armed with a letter of introduction from Margaret Mead. In this initial trip and on several subsequent visits, he worked in villages throughout the country filming, recording and photographing the lively yet endangered aspects of the traditional culture he observed. These historic, black and white photographs portray villagers, especially musicians and dancers, and document a traditional way of life that has since been transformed by modernization and globalization.


Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs: 312-744-6630