ARTBAT FEST is a public art event in the most literal meaning possible. The fifth edition of the festival once again brings a dazzling array of Kazakh and international public art and urban culture to the streets of the Arbat area of Kazakhstan’s most happening city of Almaty.
“SmartCity is an art project exploring the potential impact of art on social behaviour favorable to the environment and society and also studying the aesthetic impact on the development of infrastructure of the city. The project, based on the principle of using art and design to improve the public space, focuses on the role of creative disciplines in programs of urban development. The project offers an ambitious plan to develop the city as a space for life, balancing social, economic and environmental issues with infrastructure needs.” Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt, curator 5th International Contemporary Art Festival ARTBAT FEST – Smart City.
ARTBAT FEST – 28.08.2014 – 29.09.2014 – Almaty Kazakhstan – Main Projects:
Public Art Project – Arbat area and adjacent venues – 28.08 till 29.09 – Sam Adams and Mohammed Jan (UK), Aleksander Lysov (RU), Martin Denker and Friedermann Banz (DE), EVOL (DE), Pavel Kiselov (RU), Rashad Alakbarov (AZ), Société Réaliste (FR), Pierre Laurent (FR), Refund (NL). Kazakh artists are: Said Atabekov, Sarlibek Bekbotaev, Saul Suleimanov, Georgi Triakin-Bucharov and Smail Bailiev.
Street Art Project – Samal district – 28.08 till 29.09 – Sickboy (UK)
On Love and Other Teachers… – Almaly Shopping Centre – 28.08 till 20.09 – Alexandra Ali, Srylybek Bekbotayev, Kamilla Kadyrkhanova, Aigerim Mazhitkhankyzy, Gulnar Mukazhanova, Sholpan Sharbakova, Anastasiya Silkina, Suinbike Suleimanova and Ada Yu (all participants from Kazakhstan) – curated by Dina Baitassova (KZ-FR) and Emilie Trice (USA)
Non – Central City Project – Koktem microdistrict – 30.08 till 29.09 – REFUNK (NL) – curated by Gaisha Madanova (KZ)
Communication Youth Playground Project – Abylai Khan Street – 30-08 till 29.09 – REFUNK (NL) – curated by Gaisha Madanova (KZ)
Visual Library – Esentai Mall, Serik Booxikov Workshop – 30.08 till 20.09 Ivars Gravlejs (LV), Misha Most (RU) and Andrey Syaylev (RU) – Works part of the collection of the Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation
Solo Exhibition Oksana Mas – Kasteyev State Museum of Art – 04.09 – 20.09 – Oksana Mas (UA) – Presented by Artwin Gallery, Moscow, (RU)
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