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Press-release

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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: 21 - 26 of October 2014

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

Project partners: Prince Claus Fund/NL, Arts Collaboratory - 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: Studio-ADDress, Almaty/Kazakhstan, Saken
Narinov/studioVDNH/Almaty,



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. A series of public
events comprises: activation of Mobile Unit developed by Ewa
Rudnitska/Poland, guided-tour conceived by Sulaymon Sharifi/ Tajikistan, an
exhibition designed by Alexei Rumyantsev/ Tajikistan along with the
lectures, presentations of a number of projects presentations realized by
project participants and contributors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.



PROGRAM:


21 October (Tuesday)
Guided tour: "Lost Mosaic" - Sulaymon Sharifi, visual artist, Tajikistan
Time: 14.00-15.00
Location: Textile Factory Guliston
Address: Bukhoro Str.


22 October (Wednesday)
Location: Children's Park (Mobile Platform)
Address: 54 Shohtemur Str.
1. Launch of Mobile Platform - Ewa Rudnicka, architect, Poland.

Time: 15.00-15.30

2. Presentation of Children-Youth Center, Dushanbe

Time: 15.30-16.15

3. Presentation " Activation of public space in Poland" - Ewa
Rudnicka-architect, Poland.

Time:  16.30-17.15

4. Lecture "Projects in public space" - Saken Narynov-architect, Kazakhstan.

Time:  17.30-18.15

5. Presentation "Vanishing city. Parks of Dushanbe" - Gafur
Shermatov-writer, urban activist, Tajikistan

Time:  18.15-19.00



23 October (Thursday)

Project "Youth Lake Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", Omorova Gulbara-visual
artist, Kyrgyzstan

Location: Youth Lake, Dushanbe

Time: 16.00-16.30


24 October (Friday)
Location: Cinema 8 March
Address: Rudaki Bul.
1. Presentation of media project "On the streets of Bukhara"- Alexandr
Nicolaev-visual artist, Uzbekistan
Time: 15.00-15.45
2. Lecture-presentation "Transformation of public space in Almaty" - Saken
Narynov-architect, Kazakhstan.
Time: 15.45-16.30
3. Project presentation: "My City. Choice" - Alexandr Nicolaev-visual
artist, Uzbekistan
Time: 16.30-17.15
4. Project presentation: "Dushanbe-selfie" - Tuychieva Surayo-visual
artist, Tajikistan
Time: 17.30-18.15
5. Lecture-presentation: "Dushanbe Mosaics" - Sulaymon Sharifi-visual
artist, Tajikistan
Time: 18.15-19.15


25 October (Saturday)

1. Project presentation: "Top citizens"- Bakytzhan Salikhov-designer/visual
artist, Kazakhstan
Time: 14.00-15.00
Location: Central Store
Address: Rudaki Bul.2. Public action "Absence"- Alexei Rumyantsev- visual
artist, Tajikistan
Time: 17.00-19.00
Location: Chaihona (located on the territory of a former museum Behzod)
Address: Corner of 31Ainy Str. And Lahuti Str.





"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 consist in
the following components: Mobile Workshop organized in Dushanbe,
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).



This project is supported by Prince Claus Fund, The Netherlands, Arts
Collaboratory - a Hivos&DOEN Foundation programme, The Netherlands, Goethe
Institute Almaty/Kazakhstan, Goethe Institute Tashkent/Uzbekistan and by
Adam Mickewicz Institute, Poland.



Project team:

project curator - Stefan Rusu, project manager - Jamshed Kholikov,
coordinator of educational section - Surayo Tuychieva



Address:

Dushanbe Art Ground,

State University of Visual Arts and Design of Tajikistan,

Str. Aini 31, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Post code: 734012



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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@gmail.com
<http://compose/?mailto=mailto%3asuhebator@gmail.com>
skype: suhebator1
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