RUBEZH: LIBERTY
Instant exhibition of émigré art
The third Instant exhibition of émigré art RUBEZH: LIBERTY will take place on August 25−26 in Bishkek. Thе event will start on Friday evening and last until Sunday morning. The venue: within the industrial walls of the PLUR cultural workshop, our key partner.
Jury
- Alsu GarapovaCurator
- Zhandos AlibaevPainting Expert
- Daria VlasovaCinema and Visual Art Expert
- Lev ShusharichevArt Expert
- Yulia PogodaevaPerformative Action Expert
- OPIUMMusic Selectivity Experts
- Georgy SeleznevElectronic Music Expert
- Valentin FedorovArt Director, Photography Expert
Curator's appeal
That’s it. We can no longer bear this. We are leaving our home in search of a new place that we can call our own. What will we choose?
Freedom or rootlessness?
Belonging or dependence?
Catharsis or hysteria?
Self-control or emotional inhibition?
Right to choose or permissiveness?
Safety or authoritarianism?
Autonomy or isolation?
Sociability or oppression?
Openness to new or recklessness?
Traditions or conservatism?
Conviction or obstinacy?
Tolerance or conformity?
Liberty.
Freedom or rootlessness?
Belonging or dependence?
Catharsis or hysteria?
Self-control or emotional inhibition?
Right to choose or permissiveness?
Safety or authoritarianism?
Autonomy or isolation?
Sociability or oppression?
Openness to new or recklessness?
Traditions or conservatism?
Conviction or obstinacy?
Tolerance or conformity?
Liberty.
The absolute that we strive for. Is it possible to achieve it?
Artworks: installation
Artworks: painting
Artworks: performance
Artworks: narrative
Arina Kovshevaya — Ten Phenomena of Freedom
I used to think that freedom was a choice. But after I started making forced decisions for political, emotional and moral reasons, I stopped feeling free. In these verses, I reflect on how a person reveals his freedom to the world, what he does with it.
Maria Makarova — My Naked Freedom
This is my first desperate, sincere text statement. I recorded it on the plane from Moscow to Istanbul. I needed somewhere to vent the feelings that had been tearing me apart for several months, some of them went into sculpture, but it wasn’t enough.
Zanré Reed — In the Backseat
The Bishkek Diaries | Episode One: Buckling up in Bishkek | Audio/Podcast Series. | Step into my inner world as a South African citizen relocating to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Artworks: photo
Artworks: digital
Artworks: video / audio
Remembrance
Ek Blom (eng. I Bloom)
Into the Dark of My Skin
Trust Fall
We Shall Overcome
(scape)Goat
Sounds of Streets
In transit: Migration of Body and Home
Album Dzielna Wspinaczka
(eng. Brave Climb album)
(eng. Brave Climb album)
Artworks: music — live
Artworks: music — selectors
The RUBEZH project is a platform supporting emigrant artists, helping them adapt and realize their creative potential, regardless of citizenship or place of residence.
The RUBEZH Instant exhibition series is a pop-up event where we discuss current migration issues without censorship. The events are held in Bishkek and online at rubeeeeeeezh.io. Since its launch in 2022, we have held two exhibitions submitting 75 projects of participants from 11 countries of the world.