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Boris Chukhovich. STILLS and visualization of concepts: "...Maybe we deal with a “different conceptual art”? Less scholastic, less abstract but oriented on existence, local topics, social themes, cultural links and zones of tensions, and no less mystic than conceptual orthodoxy?.." read more
Texts for the exhibition "STILLS-Enthusiasm: Resume": Boris Chukhovich, Oksana Shatalova. Bishkek Constructivism: "...Summarizing our experiments of visualizations of concepts, “Summary” became logical reason for conceptualization of visuality..." read more Oksana Shatalova. Laziness as an avant-garde technique (The group “…graphy”): "...Group members are actively manipulating with technological aspect of photography, by highlighting and hypertrophying analogue (endless, non-discrete, non-digital) generating of the photographs..." read more
Oksana Shatalova. To be recognized: “...STILLS-Locality: To be recognized” is the second part of the project STILLS and a dynamic development of conceptual impulse of the first project phase..." read more
Texts for the exhibition "STILLS-Attraction: to be seen": Oksana Shatalova. Photo as a violence: "...According to what psychologists say, “psychological” or “sensory” present lasts 3-4 seconds. In a video film made of photos (slideshow) a frame lasts around the same 4 seconds..." read more Oksana Shatalova. To be seen: "...It is proposed to understand the term attraction is a capability of being an efficient irritant, attracting and holding an audience, provoke emotional reactions i.e. attraction is an attractivity rather than simple attractiveness..." read more
Oksana Shatalova. Central Asia Antology of Images: "...We all believe that artist’s mission is to reflect a context, 'represent'. In fact there are no other missions but to ‘reflect’ and ‘represent’. An artist is a mirror randomly reflecting gleams of reality, dreaming up on random things, meditating random images. This sounds less romantic, but an artist can also be a weathercock that immediately reacts on every social wind..." read more ARTIST'S ANSWER: Katya Nikonorova, Almaty: "...I personally believe that the way out of this situation is in symbioses of an artist and an culture expert, when an artist lists down words and pieces of notions, which he or she tries to shaman out of his or her unconscious and the humanitarian scholar using his or her tools describes this situation..." read more CURATOR'S ANSWER: Gamal Bokonbaev, Bishkek: "...We are USSR – the winners and the winners never develop..." read more ART HISTORIAN’S ANSWER: Alexei Ulko, Samarkand: "...Anti-intellectualism, refutation of pluralism and subconscious urge to “reflect the context” are not a favorable environment for ideas, conceptions and methods, especial for arts..." read more
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