This year, we’re kicking off 180° in a completely different way. 💥 For the first time, we’re presenting shum° – a format dedicated to experimental music, free improvisation, and sound art. 🌀

Two nights, two spaces – on October 9 and 10, shum° will come alive at Club Mesmeric and Bobbina with composition and improvisation, acoustic sound and electronics, music and audio-visual performance.

Artists from different musical backgrounds and generations will meet on one stage. The format will spark new musical collaborations between them – encounters where they can experiment, exchange ideas, and create music together. 🙌

The third day, October 11, will be dedicated to workshops, networking, and sharing experiences. 🗣️

shum° is a format without predetermined boundaries. Music happening here and now.

🙌 We’re looking forward to seeing you. Let’s make some noise!

Тази година започваме 180° по различен начин. 💥 За първи път представяме shum° – формат, посветен на експерименталната музика, свободната импровизация и звуковото изкуство. 🌀

Две вечери, две пространства – на 9 и 10 октомври shum° ще оживи Club Mesmeric и Bobbina с композиция и импровизация, акустичен звук и електроника, музика и аудио-визуален пърформанс.

На една сцена ще се срещнат артисти от различни музикални среди и поколения. Форматът ще провокира нови музикални колаборации между тях – срещи, в които да експериментират, да обменят идеи и да създават музика заедно. 🙌

Третият ден, 11 октомври, ще бъде посветен на уъркшопи, нетуъркинг и обмен на опит. 🗣️

shum° е формат без предварително начертани граници. Музика, която се случва тук и сега.

📍 @mesmeric_sofia & @bobbina_cs
📅 9–11 октомври 2026
🙌 Очакваме ви. Нека вдигнем малко shum°!
🙏 С финансовата подкрепа на Столична Община - Столична Програма “Култура” @sofia.municipality и @prohelvetia
🖌️ Илюстрация SHUM°: Ива Иванова // @ivaisdrawing

shum ° (180 °)

At 16, Alaa Hadid began cycling from Tryavna to Veliko Tarnovo and back — almost 100k through the Balkan forests, with more than 800m of climbing. Every Saturday.

A few months earlier, he had never ridden a bicycle.

For the first time ever in Alaa’s life, movement was not necessary.

The Syrian Civil War had begun when he was one. It took both of his parents. For most of his life, he moved because he had to. Now, he gets to discover what it means to move because he wants to.

A year after arriving in Bulgaria, Alaa came to live with Lily and Mladen Nedyalkovi, the first Bulgarian foster family to care for refugee children. In their home, he learned to ride a bike.

The forest he first encountered as a place of fear while crossing the border became a place he chose to return to.

This summer, I got to photograph this family’s joys and trials, as they await the final decision on Alaa’s humanitarian status. Join me in witnessing what they’re building together.

“No Man’s Woodland,” my first solo exhibition, opens in Sofia at @bobbina_cs on October 11 at 17:00.

“No Man’s Woodland” was realized with the support of the International Organization for Migration @iombulgaria’s project “Increasing the Awareness and Tolerance of the Society and Integration Support.”

The project is funded by the National Program of Bulgaria under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 with the financial support of the European Union.