What artists are doing now. Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov in Sofia

Are you working on any projects right now in your studio? If so, could you briefly describe them?

I left my Sofia studios 26 days ago because we – the citizens of Bulgaria – must stay at home, unless one has to go to work in a not-yet-closed business. Of course, I can go every day to my studios, but when I imagine the disinfection procedures entering our home again, I would rather stay home.

Of course, I work at home too, making a drawing a day (already 26 on my table); I call the series Useless Drawings. For many people, working remotely and staying in one place is a total disaster. But we, as artists, have finally come to some advantage in comparison with ‘ordinary’ citizens. All of our lives, basically, we work alone. Well, there are colleagues who used to employ many, many assistants, but I am not one of them. Even though for some previous projects of mine there were almost a hundred people involved in the productions, I prefer to work alone in my studio. I can’t stand other people in it.