5-15 October, 2006
3rd Bishkek Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Dates: October 5-15, 2006
Place: Underground Spaces in Ala Too Central Square, Bishkek
Curators: Muratbek Djumaliev, Gulnara Kasmalieva
"Zone of Risk - Transition"
"Zone of Risk - Transition" features artwork reflecting cultural
and societal transformations and the risks generated by such changes - revolutions,
local conflicts, rise in crime, and economic crises. The instability produced
by social and economic shocks reveal the duality of these shifts: if for some
this period is the catalyst for a deep depression, for others it holds a myriad
of opportunity. In an environment where there is a strengthening of criminal
discourse, migratory moods, and militarization of consciousness, risks multiply
and become a permanent feature of daily life. more...
7-23 October, 2005 An Exhibition of Contemporary Art
In the Shadow of “Heroes”
“In the Shadow of ‘Heroes’” is an international project in contemporary art scheduled for October 2005. It has two components, an exhibition of contemporary art and a conference. Artists from Afghanistan, Armenia, China, France, Germany, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Netherlands, the U.S., and Uzbekistan will be invited to take part in the project.
Focusing on the state of contemporary art in Central Asia and the world as a whole, the goal of the project is to encourage international and intercultural dialogue among artists, art critics, and curators. The project’s organizer is ArtEast.
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June, 8 - november, 6, 2005 Biennial in Venice
Artists and artist groups from 55 countries will take part in 51st Venetian Biennial. It is remarkable, that in the list of participants, there will also be representatives from Kyrgyzstan. The following Bishkek art institutions will take part in festival: " Art Connection ", "ArtEast", "Museum" studio .
Within the framework of the Central - Asian pavilion two works - Videoinstallation "Trans-Siberian Amazons" by Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Jumaliev and videoart project "Paris" by Maxim Boronilov and Roman Maskalev will present Kyrghyzstan. The "Kurama art" gallery will represent the artists.
June, 8 - July, 18, 2005 Art symposium devoted to the 200 anniversary of H. Andersen. Odense. Denmark.
Theme of symposium will be a fairy tale since this year the world celebrates the 200-anniversary of fantastic story-teller H.K.Andersen. Participants of the summer symposium will formulate the program and create a "fairy-tale" exhibition on the territory around of workshops of Hollufgard. Artists from Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Estonia, and Kyrghyzstan are invited to participate in the exhibition.
Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Jumaliev will represent our country on the exhibition.
June, 23 - October, 2, 2005 26-th graphic biennial in Ljubljana
The Ljubljana Biennial is the oldest graphic biennial in the world and the largest Slovenian arts event, taking place since the year 1955 and celebrating its 50th anniversary jubilee. Under the title "Sunek" (Jolt), the 26th Graphic biennial will take place on the premises of Tobacna (Tobacco Company) Ljubljana and the International Graphic Art Centre in Ljubljana.
The title speaks of the biennial's power, which has been moving the Slovenian cultural scene for 50 years. But mostly SUNEK (JOLT) expresses the power of art, which triggers a variety of responses, thoughts, and feelings.
Eighteen international graphic institutions from India, France, Great Britain, USA, Spain, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Taiwan, Austria, Argentina, Estonia, Japan, Puerto Rico and Slovenia are invited to participate at the biennial. The participating institutions represent different perspectives and activities in the field of contemporary graphic art; with their choice of artists and their works they will answer the question of what graphic art is today.
Artists from Kyrgyzstan Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Jumaliev will be presented by Novosibirsk Biennial of Graphic Art
Place of event : Ljubljana
Event starts : 23.6.2005
Event ends : 2.10.2005
September, 16 - October, 30, 2005 Istanbul biennial
The Istanbul biennial for today is one of the major exhibitions of contemporary art.
Kyrghyzstan got in the list of the participating countries thanks to video trilogy "Grieving" by Roman Maskalev (Kyrghyzstan) and Alexander U (Kazakhstan).
The film has been awarded the third prize in Almaty on international video art festival "Videoidentity: Sacrad places of the Central Asia".
16.05.05 Spectators about "Standing socks"
The organizer and the curator of the exhibition - Ulan Japarov (studio " Museum "), known for his projects on the contemporary art. Art-group " Tumar" has acted as a partner on the project, and Central Asian Academy of arts and "ArtEast" NGO rendered technical assistance.
Because of revolutionary events opening of the exhibition had been postponed. Nevertheless not a single visitor had been left indifferent: some were swearing loudly, some were delighted with originality of the artist's plan, some were surprised... Here is what spectators think of " standing socks "
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26.03.05 What is going on in Kyrgyzstan.
24 марта все началось с того, что группа парней в гражданском с синими повязками на головах c деревянными дубинками и щитами попытались разогнать многотысячный мирный митинг на площади Ала Тоо.
On March 24, everything started when a group of young guys wearing civil clothes with blue bands on their heads and wooden cudgels and boards tried to disperse a multi thousand peaceful meeting on the Ala Too square. People did not like it very much and then it was already impossible to stop them. As a result: beaten Police, grasped and ruined Government, burnt down service cars. Even the leaders of opposition have not expected this. Neither did the people themselves expect it. That is why the excited youth vented the rage on computers, furniture, and other property. The Akaev’s chair and two governmental cars got the most of it. The chair was bent, broken and thrown out the window and the cars were crushed and burned. No one was ready for such a quick turn and, of course, no one now had a chance to stop the robbery in the white house.
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06.02.05 "Video Art Workshop"
As a result of an inquiry sent to European art institutions with a proposal to conduct training on Video Art, responses were gotten from two France Fray, Swiss Bureau of Collaboration (Cooperation) and Barbara Borchich, Center of Contemporary Arts in Ljubljana.
On recommendation of the latter Miha Vpotnik, an artist from Slovenia has been invited for conducting a seminar. Seminar "Video Art Workshop", planned for a 10-day period, started on January 25th, 2005.
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22.12.04 Videoidentity: The Sacred Places of Central Asia.
The Video Art Festival that was held in Almaty in October 2004 became a significant event in the cultural life of countries-participants (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan). Local regional newspapers wrote about the festival, articles had been placed on a number of websites. It had been very interesting to watch the people's reaction during the festival. Ones would confessed about their love and endless gratitude to the organizers, others expressed their discontent or tried to give at least some evaluation to the Central-Asian Video Art, and some were showing their erudition and knowledge of art's history.
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