Saodat Ismailova - Zukhra / Stains of Oxus
27 May 2019 - 28 May 2019
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Palais des Beaux-Arts - BOZAR - 23 Rue Ravenstein 1000
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The cinema of Saodat Ismailova – born in 1981 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan – brings to surface Central Asia’s soul, by creating modern myths that continuously reflect the recent past of the region. The festival presents her work for the first time in Brussels, in a singular diptych. In Uzbek, Zukhra is the planet Venus, the morning star that appears in the twilight. In Zukhra we follow a young woman sleeping, while hearing the sound of her heart beating, her dreams, even her memories. We can come to know her by the sounds of her past. Stains of Oxus evokes an oneiric journey through the greatest Central Asian river, Amu Dariya – known in Greek times as Oxus, portraying the transformation of landscape and witnessing people who inhabit its riverbanks, beginning from the high plateau of Tajikistan to the lowland deserts in Uzbekistan where the river finds its end in the Aral Sea. A collection of dreams that is by local tradition shared with flowing water, and practiced as a first morning ritual, is now captured and revealed on the screen.
Credits
Zukhra (2013)
Directed by: Saodat Ismailova
Editing and sound: Saodat Ismailova
Photography: Carlos Casas
Zukhra: Dildora Pirmapasova
Stains of Oxus (2016)
Directed by: Saodat Ismailova
Editing and image: Saodat Ismailova, Carlos Casas
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, BOZAR
Production: Map Productions
Zukhra: produced by the Central Asian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale
Stains of Oxus: produced by Fresnoy, National School of Contemporary Art, France
Picture
© Saodat Ismailova, Zukhra (still)
Credits
Zukhra (2013)
Directed by: Saodat Ismailova
Editing and sound: Saodat Ismailova
Photography: Carlos Casas
Zukhra: Dildora Pirmapasova
Stains of Oxus (2016)
Directed by: Saodat Ismailova
Editing and image: Saodat Ismailova, Carlos Casas
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, BOZAR
Production: Map Productions
Zukhra: produced by the Central Asian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale
Stains of Oxus: produced by Fresnoy, National School of Contemporary Art, France
Picture
© Saodat Ismailova, Zukhra (still)
Palais des Beaux-Arts - BOZAR
23 Rue Ravenstein 1000
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