In 2019, the British Council announced an open-call among Uzbekistan residents to search for novice art and creative managers with limited experience in organising cultural events in the urban environment. Based on the results, six participants were selected and invited to the study tour to the Manchester International Festival and Supersonic (Birmingham) festivals in July 2019. One of the goals of this trip was to inspire the participants with British culture and get introduced to the format of these festivals to create their own small events. The result of the UK trip was a week-long master class in September 2019 in Tashkent for an entended group of participants including those who could not take part in the trip to these festivals. The main idea of ​​the master class was the creation of an independent project from several selected from the British Council grant, which was awarded to a group of winners.

Participants' projects

Anna Vedeneeva - The Festival of Creative Ideas

The idea of the festival is to promote creative thinking and present new approaches to visual art in Tashkent The event will give the creatives an opportunity to learn how to think outside of the box, how to find inspiration for their creative undertakings and develop their own individual style as artists. It is planned to develop a series of masterclasses and the presentation of the work of a number of visual artists from Uzbekistan and abroad who have developed their own style and found their own voice in the creative industry.

Kamola Ikramova – ‘Oriental Miniature’ Digital Exhibition

The idea of the project is to arrange a digital exhibition, presented in the form of multimedia reproductions and which will demonstrate multi-figured compositions, thereby creating the whole macroworld of miniatures. A familiar miniature increased to incredible sizes will be turned into a semantic sign. The project will use 3D-graphics, the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan and pictures of the miniature from the East region with the effect of total immersion. Pictures will be projected in motion on the walls and on the floor in order to enhance the effect of being accompanied by a sound design that will be organically combined with the presented works. The National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan will prepare a special musical programme for the XIV-XVI century, the period when the miniature reached its highest peak in the Central Asia. The concept of a digital exhibition is to go beyond the standard exhibition spaces towards the residents of the city: plants and empty factories will be used as exhibition sites.

Maksim Fadeev - streamTheatre

The idea of the project is to organise the streamTheatre which will be a constantly functioning online platform based on several social media networks, such as YouTube, Facebook and VK. The platform will broadcast real-time streams created specifically for it. It is planned to involve stream performances, theatre teams, artistic collaborations, individual representatives of various types of art - artists, composers, choreographers, etc. from around the world for the main content production.

Vladislav Dostavalov, Interstell.art

The idea of the project is to organize a festival of a "cosmic" electronic ambient music and the sound of live ethno / psychedelic rock merge with vivid video projections, decorations, installations, light, smoke and other effects. And the visitors of the event will find themselves in the centre of this atmospheric space. The festival will consist of three parts:

  • the exhibition of thematic installations, paintings, etc.
  • a party with the participation of invited DJs with a hologram of a cosmic nebula, where visitors will have a feeling of being inside the unfolding cosmic action;
  • the performance of musical groups within the framework of the festival subject accompanied by a rich video series.

Odil Mukhammedov - Men of culture festival

The idea of the project is to organize a free arts festival where everyone worthy will be able to take part. Painting, photo art, graphics, contemporary art and music will become an integral part of the festival with an emphasis on short film competition. It is planned to run such educational events as lectures, seminars, master classes and meetings with distinguished representatives of various fields of the creative industry within the festival. The venue of the festival should function from morning till night. Festivals, spaces and platforms, thanks to which creative people can express themselves, are extremely important in the environment that wants to grow and move forward. That is why the main goal of the whole project is to unite people from different creative spheres into one common movement and platform.

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