[oberlist] : : Publication Launch and Screening at Kino House, Dushanbe, Tajikistan : :

[stefan rusu]

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.


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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
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designers and artists.


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​best regards,
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stefan rusu - curator

dushanbe art ground
tel: + 992 935036903
email: suhebator at gmail.com
<http://compose/?mailto=mailto%3asuhebator@gmail.com>
skype: suhebator1
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