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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">============================================================</span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">=========</span></font></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div><b><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2">Public Events in the frame of SPACES ON THE RUN</font></b></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">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. </font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Period: <b>2 - 3 JUNE</b></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;display:inline"><font size="2"><b></b></font></div><font size="2"><b> 2015</b></font><p></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Project organizer: Dushanbe Art Ground (Public
Foundation “Sanati Muosir”)</font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Project partners: Prince Claus Fund/NL, Arts
Colaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN Foundation programme/NL, Goethe Institute
Tashkent/Uzbekistan, Goethe Institute Almaty/Kazakhstan.</font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">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. </font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Regional partners: Urban Initiatives "Ctrl+S
Almaty", ICOMOS Fund Kazakhstan, Saken Narinov/studio-VDNH/Almaty, “Urban initiatives”- Public
Foundation (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)</font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">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. This series of
public events comprises: lecture “Bus stops along the Silk Road” along with
project presentation – “Wandering BusStop” by Jamshed Kholikov- visual artist,
Tajikistan, an intervention in Pаrк Poytaht (Bogy Poitaht) titled “Top
citizens" designed by Bakytzhan Salikhov - designer/artist, Kazakhstan and intervention
titled “Wish them luck!” by Murod Sharifov - visual artist, Tajikistan. </font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font><br><font size="2">Program:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br></font></p><font size="2"><b>2 JUNE</b><br>Lecture “Bus stops along the Silk Road” and project presentation - “Wandering Bus Stop” by Jamshed Kholikov - visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Location: Dushanbe Bus station<br>Time: 19.00-20.001. <br>1.<b> Lecture-presentation "Bus Stops along the Silk Road"</b> by Jamshed Kholikov - visual artist, Tajikistan between 2003-2014.<br>A research project about bus stops was launched more than ten years ago in
Central Asia - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan The research in
Caucasus was developed in the frame of "Alanika” symposium in 2014 where
it had the opportunity to further study the stops in Georgia,
Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia. Now we can say that this photo research
covers all former Soviet part of the Silk Road, from the Pamir to the North
Caucasus. Soviet era itself, as a whole, can be regarded as a stop on the Silk
Road, which left a rich and significant cultural layer.
<br>2. <b>Project: "Wandering Bus Stop" </b>by Jamshed Kholikov - visual artist, Tajikistan.<br>"Wandering Bus Stop" is a mobile structure that can be transformed into an art platform that can be placed in various locations around the city, town or village...<br>"Wandering Bus Stop " is a format that moves away from the established classic forms of conventional, fixed gallery or exhibition spaces, where the viewer comes to the event.<br>This mobile platform can be transformed/modified depending on the needs of art event or cultural activity into an exhibition space, space for film screenings, music/sound performances and small theater productions. In this format, the space itself comes directly to the public to present a venue, and create a direct interaction.<br>BIO<br>Kholikov Jamshed - visual artist and curator, was born in 1962, lives and works in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He graduated from MHAT school (Institute) named by Nemirovich-Danchenko (Moscow, Russia), production faculty, specialty "artist-engineer" (1986), previously studied in Republican Art College named by M. Olimova (Dushanbe, Tajikistan). Since 2003 working in visual art and works with such media as photography and video. Participated in many exhibitions of contemporary art in Central Asia, Russia, Turkey, USA, France, Taiwan. Participated in the framework of the Central Asian Pavilion on the 52-nd and 53-ed Venice Biennale, Italy.</font><font size="2"><br><br><b>3 JUNE</b><br>Location: Pаrк Poytaht (Bogy Poitaht)<br>Address: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan<br>Time: 18.00-20.00<br><br>1.<b>Project presentation: “The Best Citizens”</b>- Bakytzhan Salikhov-designer/artist, Kazakhstan.<br>Location: Pаrк Poytaht ( Bogy Poitaht)<br>Address: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan<br>Time: 18.00-19.00<br>In today's world social stratification takes a new shape. Classic divisions of tops and bottoms, rich and poor, migrated into virtual space of social networks and turned into popular and unpopular, readable and unreadable, etc. etc. But in the recent past we have had our "faces” (Facebook) and that was a "Board of Honor".<br>Persons presented on that surface where proud, respected, all of us listened to their opinions, but sometimes they where also criticized. In this project we intended to create similar “Board of Honor" for the residents of Dushanbe. This Hall of Fame is to introduce publicly their best citizens. But none of these people will be chosen, and people will not look at the pictures in the framework... they will look at their own reflection. The project involves the placement of the mirror boards of honor on the streets. Above the mirrors will be placed the title "Board of Honor -The best citizens" The purpose of the project is to show to the citizens their value in today's society, regardless of their social status or social networks.<br>BIO<br>Bakhytzhan Salikhov, was born in 1976, lives and works in Almaty, studied at the National University named after Al-Farabi, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, where he got a diploma at the Department of Philosophy in 2001.<br>Participated in a number of seminars - "Art as a tool for social change", organized by SCCA Almaty in 2003, "How to make video art" Almaty, organized by the Center for Contemporary Art in Almaty in 2004, and "Sacred Places of Central Asia" Dushanbe, organized by SCCA Almaty in 2004. Took part in summer art school of art criticism, Almaty, organized by the Soros Fund, Kazakhstan in 2002.<br><br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">2. <b>Public intervention “Wish them luck!”</b> - Murod Sharifov- visual artist, Tajikistan<br>Location: Pаrк Poytaht (Bogy Poitaht)<br>Аddress: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan<br>Time: 19.00-20.00<br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Most
of the post-Soviet countries develop laws and create social and environmental
actions, but creating it all, they do not provide solutions to solve these
problems, do not contribute to and does not consult citizens concerning
certain important public issues.</font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">But
the main problem lies in the fact that when one authority decides to solve a
particular problem, the other authority does not give permission, or creates
obstacles in solving the issue. For such cases there is always a person who
solves these problems through corruption.The project aims to identify the
mechanism of bureaucratic corruption activities through interventions in urban
space. </font></p><font size="2"> In this project, there is a problem and there is a
solution, though not everyone is able to solve it. In this case, instead of
list of tasks we have a number of watering cans filled with sand / gravel signifying the task/problem, and only one watering can is empty and one person who
was elected (corrupt person) can use a watering can, fill it with water and
watering green spaces, but some others who wish to follow his example (to use watering
can) will face the problem that they can not solve.<br>BIO<br>MurodjonSharifov was born in 1984, lives and works
in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. In 2001 Murodjon graduated from the Tajik State Art
College named after M. Olimov, majoring in Fine Arts.<span> </span>Several years later, in 2006, he graduated
from the Tajik State Institute of Arts named after M. Tursunzade, Department of
Theater and Painting, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts.<span> </span>Murodjon’s professional experience began in
2005 and today Murodjon works as instructor of computer graphics design at the
State Institute of Visual Arts and Design, as well as the leading designer at
the International film festival «Didor», which is held annually in Dushanbe,
Tajikistan.<span> </span>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><b>“SPACES
ON THE RUN - Mapping, activating, rethinking the status of public spaces in
Central Asian context”</b> 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 will consist in the following
components: - Mobile Workshops to be organized in Dushanbe, Almaty and Bishkek,
- 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). In order understand the dynamic of transformation of public spaces
in the region a series of Mobile Workshops will be organized in
Dushanbe/Tajikistan, Almaty/Kazakhstan and Bishkek/Kyrgyzstan to undertake a
comparative analysis and investigate the processes behind recent
transformations, mapping, planning, use, and commercialization of public space
in the context of Central Asia.</font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">This project is supported by Prince Claus
Fund, The Netherlands, Arts Colaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN Foundation
programme, The Netherlands and also by Goethe Institute Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
Goethe Institute Almaty, Kazakhstan and Open Society Institute – Assistance
Foundation in Tajikistan.</font></p><font size="2">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2">Organizer:</font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><b>Dushanbe Art Ground (Public
Foundation “Sanati Muosir”)</b> – 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.</font></p><font size="2"></font><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font size="2"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">============================================================</span></font><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US">=========</span></font></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2"> <br></font></span><font size="1"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><br><font size="2">+++++++++++++++++++++<br><br>stefan rusu - curator<br><br>dushanbe art ground<br>tel: <a value="+992935036903">+ 992 935036903</a><br>
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