dear friends, Dushanbe Art Ground invites you to a publication (along with DVD) launch of “Reimagining the new man. Practicing civic duties through social and visual media” project accompanied by screening of the films realized by project participants.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Publication launch & Screening at Kino House Location: “Zebuniso” Cinema («House of Кino») Address: 131 Ayni Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Period: 16 MAY 2015 Time: 14.00 This small format publication titled – “Reimagining the New Man / Practicing civic duties through social and visual media” comprises written contributions by: Zebiniso Iskandarova, Kuntuvdy Natalia, Faizulloev Muhidinjon, John Davis, Mark Boswell and Stefan Rusu and works developed during the film workshop by Marifat Davlatova, Aytegin Muratbek uulu, Syrlybek Bekbotayev, Alexandr Nicolaev, Murodzhon Sharipov, Rumyantseva Alla, Sulaymon Sharifi together with the new works and contributions by project team: Surayo Tuichieva, John Davis, Mark Boswell, Jamshed Kholikov. *Project description:* “Reimagining the new man. Practicing civic duties through social and visual media” project was designed to investigate post-socialist context and the condition of Tajik society, which was formed during the soviet period and shifted after the collapse of Soviet Union to open market realities and capitalist principles. In these circumstances the project aims at understanding, analyzing and questioning civic engagement, participatory practices in community development and transfer of knowledge by means of social and visual media in contemporary Tajikistan. Practical section - film workshop “Reimagining the new man” took place between17 - 29 March at Dushanbe art Ground and was an in-depth exploration of the use of archival material, the aesthetics of appropriation, re-enactment, sampling and detournement, and the transfer of cinematic language to digital forms. It consisted in a series of lectures, seminars, film screenings, and assisted hands-on labs (selection of archival sources, analogue-digital transfers, writing of film scenarios and editing of final films). Each participant produced a film based on the re-use of archival sources (propaganda films archive from the socialist era, fragments of new films, home movies or private archives, television and internet). The Film Workshop provided an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange between artists and students from Tajikistan, regional artists from Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan), and the international guests tutors (John Davis (San Francisco, USA) and Mark Boswell (New York, USA) who have been invited to lead the workshop. *Film program:* 1. “WELCOME TO THE NEW COUNTRY”- a film by Aytegin MURATBEK UULU - visual artist/sound artist, Bishkek/Kyrgyzstan 2. “BACK TO THE PAST” – a film by Marifat DAVLATOVA - visual artist, Dushanbe/Tajikistan. 3. “PASSAGES” – a film by Syrlybek BEKBOTAYEV - visual artist, Almaty/Kazakhstan, 4. “HUMANITY” – a film by Alexandr NICOLAEV - visual artist, Tashkent/Uzbekistan, 5. “FROM CIRCLE TO CIRCLE”- a film by Murodzhon SHARIPOV - visual artist/ designer, Dushanbe/Tajikistan, 6.“I MET A GIRL”- a film by Alla RUMEANTZEV - visual artist, Dushanbe/Tajikistan, 7. “DAY OF GROUNDHOG” – a film by Sulaymon SHARIFI & Ozar SHARIFI – visual artists, Dushanbe/Tajikistan. *Project partners:* Dom KINO/Dushanbe, The University of Art and Design/Dushanbe, The Union of Artists of Tajikistan, Tojikkinoprokat/Dushanbe, Angor studio/Dushanbe, ArtAREA /Dushanbe. This project is supported by U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan and U.S. Democracy Commission Small Grants Program; and co-financed by Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan and Swiss Cooperation Office, Tajikistan. Technical support: Angor studio/Dushanbe, ArtArea studio/Dushanbe. *Organizers:* Dushanbe Art Ground/ Sanati Muosir in collaboration with « Кino House», Dushanbe *Dushanbe Art Ground/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. *« Кino House» of the Union of Cinematographers of Tajikistan* - a place for conferences, plenums, congresses of members of creative Union; celebration of anniversaries of national cinema; screenings and film premiers; meetings of filmmakers with the public and exhibitions of set designers and artists. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// best regards, +++++++++++++++++++++ stefan rusu - curator dushanbe art ground tel: + 992 935036903 email: [email protected] <http://compose/?mailto=mailto%[email protected]> skype: suhebator1
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