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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">Public Events in the frame of SPACES ON THE RUN</span></span></p>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Dushanbe Art Ground announces a series of public
events in Dushanbe in the frame of: “SPACES ON THE RUN - Mapping, activating, rethinking
the status of public spaces in Central Asian context” project. </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Period: 21 - 26 of October 2014</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Project organizer: Dushanbe Art Ground (Public
Foundation “Sanati Muosir”)</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Project partners: Prince Claus Fund/NL, Arts
Collaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN Foundation programme/NL, Goethe Institute
Tashkent/Uzbekistan, Goethe Institute Almaty/Kazakhstan.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Project partners in Tajikistan: The State
University of Visual Art and Design of Tajikistan, The Union of Artists of
Tajikistan, The Union of Designers-TJ, The Union of Architects-TJ/Dushanbe. </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Regional partners: Studio-ADDress, Almaty/Kazakhstan,
Saken Narinov/studioVDNH/Almaty, </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">A series of public events conceived as part of
Final Presentation section of the project will activate a number of spots in
Dushanbe. This locations where previously selected by participants during the
research and documentation section of the project that deals with the changing
status of public space and its shifted function after the country become
independent and following the period of civil war in Tajikistan. A series of
public events comprises: activation of Mobile Unit developed by Ewa
Rudnitska/Poland, guided-tour conceived by Sulaymon Sharifi/ Tajikistan, an
exhibition designed by Alexei Rumyantsev/ Tajikistan along with the lectures,
presentations of a number of projects presentations realized by project
participants and contributors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan. </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">PROGRAM:</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">21 October (Tuesday)<br>Guided tour: “Lost Mosaic” – Sulaymon Sharifi, visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Time: 14.00-15.00<br>Location: Textile Factory Guliston<br>Address: Bukhoro Str.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">22 October (Wednesday)<br>Location: Children’s Park (Mobile Platform)<br>Address: 54 Shohtemur Str.<br>1. Launch of<font><span lang="EN-US"> Mobile Platform - Ewa Rudnicka, architect,
Poland.</span></font><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time: 15.00-15.30</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">2. Presentation of Children-Youth Center, Dushanbe </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time: 15.30-16.15</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">3. Presentation “ Activation of public space in
Poland” – Ewa Rudnicka-architect, Poland.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time:<span>
</span>16.30-17.15</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">4. Lecture “Projects in public space” – Saken
Narynov-architect, Kazakhstan.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time:<span>
</span>17.30-18.15</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">5. Presentation “Vanishing city. Parks of Dushanbe”
– Gafur Shermatov-writer, urban activist, Tajikistan </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time:<span>
</span>18.15-19.00</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">23 October (Thursday) </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Project “</span><span lang="EN-US">Youth Lake Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow</span><span lang="EN-US">”, </span><span lang="EN-US">Omorova
Gulbara</span><span lang="EN-US">-visual
artist, Kyrgyzstan</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Location: </span><span lang="EN-US">Youth Lake,</span><span lang="EN-US"> Dushanbe</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">Time: 16.00-16.30</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font>24 October (Friday)<br>Location: Cinema 8 March<br>Address: Rudaki Bul.<br>1. Presentation of media project “On the streets of Bukhara”- Alexandr Nicolaev-visual artist, Uzbekistan<br>Time: 15.00-15.45<br>2. Lecture-presentation “Transformation of public space in Almaty” – Saken Narynov-architect, Kazakhstan.<br>Time: 15.45-16.30<br>3. Project presentation: “My City. Choice” – Alexandr Nicolaev-visual artist, Uzbekistan<br>Time: 16.30-17.15<br>4. Project presentation: “Dushanbe-selfie” - Tuychieva Surayo-visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Time: 17.30-18.15<br>5. Lecture-presentation: “Dushanbe Mosaics” – Sulaymon Sharifi-visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Time: 18.15-19.15<font><span lang="EN-US"></span></font><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">25
October (Saturday)</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US">1. Project
presentation: “Top citizens"- </span><span lang="EN-US">Bakytzhan Salikhov</span><span lang="EN-US">-designer/visual artist,
Kazakhstan</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Time: 14.00-15.00<br>Location: Central Store<br>Address: Rudaki Bul.2. Public action “Absence”- Alexei Rumyantsev- visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Time: 17.00-19.00<br>Location: Chaihona (located on the territory of a former museum Behzod)<br>Address: Corner of 31Ainy Str. And Lahuti Str. </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></span></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">"SPACES ON THE RUN - Mapping,
activating, rethinking the status of public spaces in Central Asian context</span><span lang="EN-US">" project aims is to
understand/analyze the processes behind recent transformations of the public
spaces in post-socialist context and investigate the status of public spaces in
Central Asia challenging the hegemonic narratives, consumerist and private
interests by re-appropriating/re-thinking and re-activating the public space
trough contemporary art and social practices. The project consist in the
following components: Mobile Workshop organized in Dushanbe,
research-documentation lab, theoretical seminars, a number of art
projects/creative interventions in the public space will be realized by invited
participants from Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan). </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">This project is supported by Prince Claus Fund, The
Netherlands, Arts Collaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN Foundation programme, The
Netherlands, Goethe Institute Almaty/Kazakhstan, Goethe Institute Tashkent/Uzbekistan
and by Adam Mickewicz Institute, Poland. </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Project team:</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">project curator - Stefan Rusu, project manager -
Jamshed Kholikov, coordinator of educational section - Surayo Tuychieva</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Address:</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dushanbe Art Ground, </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">State University of Visual Arts and Design of
Tajikistan, </span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="RU">Str. Aini 31, Dushanbe,
Tajikistan. Post code: 734012</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><i><span lang="EN-US">FB page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dushanbe.artground?fref=ts"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.facebook.com/dushanbe.artground?fref=ts</span></a></span></i></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dushanbe
Art Ground (Public Foundation “Sanati Muosir”)– is a non-profit organization
registered in 2012 in Dushanbe. DAG mission is to advocate for the development
of contemporary art practices in Tajikistan, to redefine the role of the artist
in contemporary society and shift the function of the artist from mere producer
to engaged researcher and critic. DAG strategy is to achieve long-term
sustainable development for new media arts and new platforms where creative and
civic communities could collaboratively invent alternative avenues for social
development and change. Dushanbe Art Ground activity is supported by Open
Society Institute–Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan and Swiss Cooperation
Office, Tajikistan.</span></span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
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email: <a href="http://compose/?mailto=mailto%3asuhebator@gmail.com" target="_blank">suhebator@gmail.com</a><br>
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