[oberlist] 2-3 JUNE : : Public Events in the frame of SPACES ON THE RUN

[stefan rusu]

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*Public Events in the frame of SPACES ON THE RUN*

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.



Period: *2 - 3 JUNE*
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* 2015*

Project organizer: Dushanbe Art Ground (Public Foundation “Sanati Muosir”)

Project partners: Prince Claus Fund/NL, Arts Colaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN
Foundation programme/NL, Goethe Institute Tashkent/Uzbekistan, Goethe
Institute Almaty/Kazakhstan.



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.

Regional partners: Urban Initiatives "Ctrl+S Almaty", ICOMOS Fund
Kazakhstan, Saken Narinov/studio-VDNH/Almaty, “Urban initiatives”- Public
Foundation (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)



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.


Program:


*2 JUNE*
Lecture “Bus stops along the Silk Road” and project presentation -
“Wandering Bus Stop” by Jamshed Kholikov - visual artist, Tajikistan
Location: Dushanbe Bus station
Time: 19.00-20.001.
1.* Lecture-presentation "Bus Stops along the Silk Road"* by Jamshed
Kholikov - visual artist, Tajikistan between 2003-2014.
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.
2. *Project: "Wandering Bus Stop" *by Jamshed Kholikov - visual artist,
Tajikistan.
"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...
"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.
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.
BIO
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.

*3 JUNE*
Location: Pаrк Poytaht (Bogy Poitaht)
Address: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Time: 18.00-20.00

1.*Project presentation: “The Best Citizens”*- Bakytzhan
Salikhov-designer/artist, Kazakhstan.
Location: Pаrк Poytaht ( Bogy Poitaht)
Address: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Time: 18.00-19.00
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".
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.
BIO
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.
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.

2. *Public intervention “Wish them luck!”* - Murod Sharifov- visual artist,
Tajikistan
Location: Pаrк Poytaht (Bogy Poitaht)
Аddress: 114, Karamov str. (Sino district), Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Time: 19.00-20.00

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.

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.
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.
BIO
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.  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.  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.



*“SPACES ON THE RUN - Mapping, activating, rethinking the status of public
spaces in Central Asian context”* 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.



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.



Organizer:

*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.



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stefan rusu - curator

dushanbe art ground
tel: + 992 935036903
email: suhebator at gmail.com
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