"Modern Mondays: Muratbek Djumaliev and Gulnara Kasmalieva" Screening and Discussion
The Museum of Modern Art
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A screening and discussion of selected videos by Kyrgyz artists Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Djumaliev, including their recent five-channel video "A New Silk Road," a nearly hypnotic panorama of exquisitely edited scenes juxtaposing the dilapidated Soviet trucks (that continuously break down as they haul carriages of scrap metal from Central Asia into China) against the caravan of shiny, behemoth Chinese 18-wheelers barreling through the narrow passes filled with cheaply manufactured good destined for European markets. Along the way, the residents of the Kyrgyz farms and tiny towns exhibit stunning entrepreneurial ingenuity in finding ways to bond with and benefit from the drivers of both sets of trucks.
[Image: Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev "Racing" (2006)]
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May 18, 2009 from 19:00 to 21:30