Lyra Ritual Art

L.Y.R.A. is a project by Darina Palova /Rina/ and Dimitar Palov /Nigor Pilnatsa/ aimed to create Ritual art. They are artists and lawyers who live and work in Bulgaria. Darina and Dimitar are also the organizers of the Old School Residency – Gorna Lipnitsa, Bulgaria – . They have been organizing various art events since 2010.


In 2012 L.Y.R.A. started their work on creation and development of Ritual art /RA/ as a form of art. The idea for its creation is a result of continuous search for a modern and conceptual vision of art that integrates the principles of rituals and ancient knowledge. At the heart of Ritual art are the ideas of the Manifest 2012 of the Old School Circle for the Beginning of the New World.


Ritual art follows a clear goal of public significance that goes beyond the familiar and known, and at the same time is understandable outside the limits of planet Earth. In 2014 L.Y.R.A. developed the idea for Star Ritual art /STAR RA/.


The main principles of the Ritual art are the following:


/1/The artist uses the methods of ritual in creation of the work, its exhibiting /presentation to the audience/ and its future movement in time and space.


/2/The particular work is only the outer expression of a ...

2015
Closing exhibition Ritual art – Time and Space – The Old School residency, Gorna Lipnitsa – 22.08.2015

Ritual art – Time and Space exhibition in Cosmos cinema, Plovdiv – 03.10 -14.10.2015

Ritual art – Time and Space exhibition in the House of arch. Dimov, Stara Zagora – 16.10 -10.11.2015

Ritual art – Time and Space exhibition in Art salon Radio Varna, Varna – 13.11 -26.11.2015


2014
Closing exhibition “Star Rituals”- The Old School residency, Gorna Lipnitsa – 23.08.2014

Exhibition “Star Rituals” – Club for cultural initiatives “Taralej”, Veliko Tarnovo – 19.09-09.10.2014


2013
Exhibition “The Еnd as a Beginning: Gorna Lipnitsa and the Beginning of the World, 2012” – Club for cultural initiatives “Taralej”, Veliko Tarnovo – 12-26.04.2013

Exhibition “The Еnd as a Beginning: Gorna Lipnitsa and the Beginning of the World, 2012” – Rafael Mihailov Exhibition centre, Veliko Tarnovo – 09-20.05.2013

Closing exhibition “Ritual Art”- The Old School residency, Gorna Lipnitsa – 24.08.2013


2012
Closing exhibition “The Еnd as a Beginning: Gorna Lipnitsa and the Beginning of the World, 2012” – The Old school residency, Gorna Lipnitsa – 25.08.2012 г.