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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Izbor video radova umjetnika iz Centralne Azije </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Galerija Otok; Srijeda 20. prosinca u 19:00 sati </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Uvodno predavanje i prezentacija kustosa Stefana Rusua</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Izložba ostaje otvorena do 15. siječnja 2007. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Kao imperativ se nameće pregled trenutne situacije suvremene umjetnosti u Centralnoj Aziji od strane nekog izvanjskog posmatrača; a ova kompilacija video radova kustosa Stefana Rusua pruža retrospektivan pogled prema unutarnjim procesima socijalno-političkog razvoja i kulturološkim temeljima upravo toga konteksta. Iznimno je korisno i nužno istražiti trenutačnu problematiku i trendove u kulturi, kao i budućnost islamskoga svijeta nakon raspada Sovjetskog saveza. Osnovna ideja ove kompilacije jest preklapanje, mreže i odnosi, između dvaju tradicija - one arhaične, nomadske i one suvremene, postindustrijske - što omogućuje sintezu i slaže neobičan kulturološki materijal kojim se Stefan Rusu bavi od 2000. Kustoski je cilj produbiti i otvoriti te procese izborom umjetnika iz Centralne Azije, s posebnim usredotočenjem na na video produkciju Uzbekistana, Kazahstana i Kyrgystana.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Umjetnici </span><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Abilsait Atabekov, Erbolsin Meldibekov</span></strong><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</span></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">iz<b> Kazahstana, Veaceslav Ahunov, Serghei Ticina </b>iz <b>Uzbekistana, Ulan Djaparov, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev </b>
iz<b> Kyrgystana. </b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stefan Rusu</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> je umjetnik i nezavisni kustos. Živi u Chisinau (Moldavija) i Bukureštu (Rumunjska). Trenutno radi kao glavni urednik Alte Arte, televizijskog projekta u produkciji Centra za suvremenu umjetnost iz Chisnau u suradnji sa Relations iz Berlina. Alte Arte je jedini televizijski projekt u Jugoistočnoj Europi koji promovira poziciju umjetnosti u društvu i nove trendove u suvremenoj umjetnosti
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Haettenschweiler; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Art Workshop Lazarety present: curator's talk anticipating the exhibition of Video Art from Central Asia
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">A selection of Video Art from Central Asia</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">An overview of the present situation of the Central Asian context by an external viewer becomes imperative; this compiled visual material by guest curator Stefan Rusu create a retrospective look at the internal processes of the social-political evolution and cultural background. It is extremely useful and necessary to examine the current problematic and trends in culture, as well as of further developments of Islamic states after the collapse of Soviet era. The main sense behind present compilation is overlapping networks and the relationship between two traditions—the archaic-nomad one and the present-day post-industrial culture—that provides a synthetic equation and cumulates an extraordinary cultural load researched by curator since 2000.
<span style="COLOR: black">The curatorial goal is to deepen and open the process up with a selection artist positions from Central Asia, with a special focus on video production from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Presented artists: Abilsait Atabekov, Erbolsin Meldibekov from Kazakhstan, Veaceslav Ahunov, Serghei Ticina from Uzbekistan, Ulan Djaparov, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev from Kyrgyzstan
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stefan Rusu</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
is artist and freelance curator based in Chisinau, Moldova and Bucharest, Romania, currently he is working as chief-editor of AlteArte TV project produced by Center for Contemporary Art/Chisinau in collaboration with Relations/Berlin.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AlteArte TV project is the only TV program in the South-East of Europe which promotes artist positions in the society and contemporary art trends.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: FFDINLightW; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In 2005/2006 he attended the Curatorial Training Program at Shtichting De Appel from Amsterdam where he co-curated Mercury in Retrograde (
<a href="http://www.mercuryinretrograde.com">www.mercuryinretrograde.com</a>)</span></p>
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