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Friday, March 06, 2015 8 THE MONGOL MESSENGER Ar ts Co unc il of Mo ngo lia , Del ta Fou nda tio n Cent er, IV f loo r, Tour ist s Str eet -38 , Chin gel tei D ist ric t Tel/ Fax: 9 76- 11 -31 901 5 E-ma il: ma rke tin g@a rt sco unc il. mn Web: w ww. ar tsc oun cil .mn A RT S C O U N C I L O F M O N G O L I A ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA ARTS & CULTURE The Mongol Messenger is operated by the government news agency MONTSAME and is printed by the MONTSAME. Home Page: www.mongolmessenger.mn; E-mail: [email protected] ( ISSN 1684-1883) Arts Council of Mongolia’s Red Ger gallery and Urban Nomads present the audio performance I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol, following the I am Hamlet project of S.Molor-Erdene, R. Enkhbat, and others in 2013 for our UB Crossing Identitiesfestival. I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol will be re-staged together withhighlights of the current Mongolian University of Arts and Culture (MUCA) student exhibition curated by Uranchimegin Red Ger gallery from March 14-31. After the rst staging during the Crossing Identities festival in Berlin in June 2014, the audio performance I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol was staged in November 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia, during the World Congress of International Theatre Institut (ITI)/ UNESCO. After the stagings in the ACM Red Ger gallery in March 2015,the performance will participate in the 8th Shanghai Experimental Theatre Festival from April 19-26, 2015. To be or not to be of nomadic identity?I am Hamlet, a 20-minute installation for around 10-30listeners,isa collective journey through the Mongolian past, present and future as a performative radio play. Who is Mongol? What is Mongolian identity? What is Mongolian subj ectivity? And how do these change in a city like Ulan Bator with its huge gerdistricts of former nomads? A group of Mongolian and German artists, philosophers, and journalists were looking for answers to these questions in September 2013 in the streets of Ulan Bator. A short lm will show impressions of therst part of the project, with20 Mongolian students chanting Hamle t’s famous monologue in a new Mongolian translation by S.Molor-Erdene, a Mongolian philosopher. The chorus opened up public space for a discussion about everyday challenges, social injustice, and individual courage. For the Crossing Identities festivalin Berlin and for the World Congress of the International Theatre Institute in Armenia, audiences connected via wireless headphones to the radio play where they shared a common experience of imagined travel to Mongolia. The audio installation and performance is available in Mongolian, German, and English at Red Ger gallery. A rts Council of Mongolia has joined forces with Today Newspaper, ‘News’ Agency,Gereg Journal, and Edutainment TV for a new multimedia project called Art See Talk, using the arts to raise the proleof various social issues. Art See Talkwillutilize writing, television, and discussion as a platform for sharing information on the arts and developing community art education, with a focus on societal issues.Ultimately, the multimedia project means to advance development of the cultural sector from both a human and social perspective. For the project, ACM is delighted to work with many bright and talented writersin the journalism industry, including poets G.Ayurzana and Mend-Ooyo(known as“Goodali”),journaleditors A.Amarmend and Ts. Amgalan,Today and Daily Post newspaper journalists R.Oyunjargal, N.Sarangerel, a nd J.Solongo,Gereg magazine writerJ.Tegshjargal, producer and writer D.Turmunkh, and young journali st G.Delgermaa.Through a series of artic les, these journalists will share opinions and ACM’sperspectives on the topics of Art See Talk. On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8,the inaugural Art See Talk articlewill examine the intersection of art, women, and society in Mongolia and beyond, raising questions and initiating a dialogue with you, the reader.The article will be published on the partners’ network. ACM would like to thank its partnersToday newspaper, ‘News’ Agency,Gereg Journal,and Edutainment Television for their collaboration on this exciting project. If you have any questions or thoughts on our topics, we welcome your participation! Please visit our website www.artscouncil.mn. We look forward to a revelatory and artsy discussion on March 8! The Arts Council of Mongolia The Arts Council of Mongolia presents Membership Night featuring Arga Bileg Ethno Ja zz Ba nd’ s al bu m AG ULA The Arts Council of Mongolia(ACM) invites you to the Mongolian launch of AGULA, a unique joint music project by Mongolia’s very own ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band and the Heinrich Kaenzig Quintet of Switzerland. The album launch will be held as part of ACM’s annual Membership Night on March 24 at Ancore Conference and Event Hall, and will include a special live show by ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band. Through the support of its members, ACM plays a vital role in supporting the arts in Mongolia. You can help Mongolia’s arts and culture sector ourish by becoming a member in 2015. As a valued member of ACM,you’llgain access to special members-only events and to a network of likeminded individuals and organizations. Different levels of membership offer unique benets, including invitations to ACM’s JOIN US!andBringing the Arts to You! creative series.These special events take place throughout the year and offer members the chance to see performances, meet arti sts, visit museums, and attend creative art lectures. Last year, members were offered passes to exclusive performances such asReection, a solo recitalby dancer Sodgerel T. of Tumen Ekh Dance Ensemble with the support of ARD Financial Group. For this year’s Membership Night, ACM isproud to co-present AGULA, the rst Swiss-Mongolian joint music album,in cooperation with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Mongolia and Musiques Suisses. The name “AGULA” is derived from the old Mongolian word for mountain. The “A” stands for the Alps of Switzerland and the Altai Mountain Range of Mongolia. AGULAis part of a larger music project that celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Mongolia and the 10th anniversary of the Swiss Cooperation Ofce in Ulaanbaatar. The project aims to promote cultural exchange, cross-cultural understanding, and greater partnership between the two countries, their people, and artists, and to continue the half-century tradition of cooperation and bilateral relations. The Swiss and Mongolian music groups joined forces to create the new musical production and held two nights of con certs at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre on May 29 and 30, 2014. The lead artists then jointly recorded AGULAat the White Arch Studios in Ulaanbaatar. The album was released in partnership with a Swiss label, Musiques Suisses, and was recently launched at a joint concert at Moods Jazz Club in Zurich in February, 2015. The launch wasfollowed by a tour of ve cities in Swit zerland.The artistic exchange celebrates ve decades of cooperationbetween the two countries in development, economics, education, and culture. Arts Council of Mongolia hopes to see you at our Membership Night, where you can enjoy the sounds of the ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band and AGULA. ACM believestheiralbum will greatly contribute to the promotion of our cultures and our music throughout the world. We hope you will enjoy these musical masterpieces that have been inspired by our mountains, our cultures, our people, and our traditions. We look forward to seeing you atthe event! 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Friday, March 06, 20158 THE MONGOL MESSENGER
Arts Council of Mongolia, Delta Foundation Center, IV floor, Tourists Street-38, Chingeltei District Tel/Fax: 976-11-319015 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.artscouncil.mn
ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA artscounciloF mongoliaaRTS & CuLTuRE
The Mongol Messenger is operated by the government news agency MONTSAME and is printed by the MONTSAME. Home Page: www.mongolmessenger.mn; E-mail: [email protected] (ISSN 1684-1883)
Arts Council of Mongolias Red Ger gallery and Urban Nomads present the audio performance I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol, following the I am Hamlet project of S.Molor-Erdene, R. Enkhbat, and others in 2013 for our UB Crossing Identitiesfestival.
I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol will be re-staged together withhighlights of the current Mongolian University of Arts and Culture (MUCA) student exhibition curated by Uranchimegin Red Ger gallery from March 14-31.
After the first staging during the Crossing Identities festival in Berlin in June 2014, the audio performance I am Hamlet/ I am Mongol was staged in November 2014 in Yerevan, Armenia, during the World Congress of International Theatre Institut (ITI)/ UNESCO. After the stagings in the ACM Red Ger gallery in March 2015,the performance will participate in the 8th Shanghai Experimental Theatre Festival from April 19-26, 2015.
To be or not to be of nomadic identity?I am Hamlet, a 20-minute installation for around 10-30listeners,isa collective journey through the Mongolian past, present and future as a performative radio play. Who is Mongol? What is Mongolian identity? What is Mongolian subjectivity? And how do these change in a city like Ulan Bator with its huge gerdistricts of former nomads? A group of Mongolian and German artists, philosophers, and journalists were looking for answers to these questions in September 2013 in the streets of Ulan Bator.
A short film will show impressions of thefirst part of the project, with20 Mongolian students chanting Hamlets famous monologue in a new Mongolian translation by S.Molor-Erdene, a Mongolian philosopher. The chorus opened up public space for a discussion about everyday challenges, social injustice, and individual courage. For the Crossing Identities festivalin Berlin and for the World Congress of the International Theatre Institute in Armenia, audiences connected via wireless headphones to the radio play where they shared a common experience of imagined travel to Mongolia.
The audio installation and performance is available in Mongolian, German, and English at Red Ger gallery.
Arts Council of Mongolia has joined forces with Today Newspaper, News Agency,Gereg Journal, and Edutainment TV for a new multimedia project called Art See Talk, using the arts to raise the profileof various social issues.Art See Talkwillutilize writing, television, and discussion as a platform for sharing
information on the arts and developing community art education, with a focus on societal issues.Ultimately, the multimedia project means to advance development of the cultural sector from both a human and social perspective.
For the project, ACM is delighted to work with many bright and talented writersin the journalism industry, including poets G.Ayurzana and Mend-Ooyo(known
asGoodali),journaleditors A.Amarmend and Ts. Amgalan,Today and Daily Post newspaper journalists R.Oyunjargal, N.Sarangerel, and J.Solongo,Gereg magazine writerJ.Tegshjargal,
producer and writer D.Turmunkh, and young journalist G.Delgermaa.Through a series of articles, these journalists will share opinions and ACMsperspectives on the topics of Art See Talk.
On the occasion of International Womens Day on March 8,the inaugural Art See Talk articlewill examine the intersection of art, women, and society in Mongolia and beyond, raising
questions and initiating a dialogue with you, the reader.The article will be published on the partners network.
ACM would like to thank its partnersToday newspaper, News Agency,Gereg Journal,and Edutainment Television for their collaboration on this exciting project. If you have any questions or thoughts on our topics, we welcome your participation! Please visit our website www.artscouncil.mn.
We look forward to a revelatory and artsy discussion on March 8!The Arts Council of Mongolia
The Arts Council of Mongolia presents Membership Night featuring Arga Bileg Ethno Jazz Bands album AGULA
The Arts Council of Mongolia(ACM) invites you to the Mongolian launch of AGULA, a unique joint music project by Mongolias very own ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band and the Heinrich Kaenzig Quintet of Switzerland. The album launch will be held as part of ACMs annual Membership Night on March 24 at Ancore Conference and Event Hall, and will include a special live show by ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band.
Through the support of its members, ACM plays a vital role in supporting the arts in Mongolia. You can help Mongolias arts and culture sector flourish by becoming a member in 2015.
As a valued member of ACM,youllgain access to special members-only events and to a network of likeminded individuals and organizations.
Different levels of membership offer unique benefits, including invitations to ACMs JOIN US!andBringing the Arts to You! creative series.These special events take place throughout the year and offer members the chance to see performances, meet artists, visit museums, and attend creative art lectures. Last year,
members were offered passes to exclusive performances such asReflection, a solo recitalby dancer Sodgerel T. of Tumen Ekh Dance Ensemble with the support of ARD Financial Group.
For this years Membership Night, ACM isproud to co-present AGULA, the first Swiss-Mongolian joint music album,in cooperation with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Mongolia and Musiques Suisses.
The name AGULA is derived from the old Mongolian word for mountain. The A stands for the Alps of Switzerland and the Altai Mountain Range of Mongolia. AGULAis part of a larger music project that celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Mongolia and the 10th anniversary of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Ulaanbaatar. The project aims to promote cultural exchange, cross-cultural understanding, and greater partnership between the two countries, their people, and artists, and to continue the half-century tradition of cooperation and bilateral relations.
The Swiss and Mongolian music groups joined forces to create the new musical production and held two nights of concerts at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre on May 29 and 30, 2014.
The lead artists then jointly recorded AGULAat the White Arch Studios in Ulaanbaatar. The album was released in partnership with a Swiss label, Musiques Suisses, and was recently launched at a joint concert at Moods Jazz Club in Zurich in February, 2015. The launch wasfollowed by a tour of five cities in Switzerland.The artistic exchange celebrates five decades of cooperationbetween the two countries in development, economics, education, and culture.
Arts Council of Mongolia hopes to see you at our Membership Night, where you can enjoy the sounds of the ArgaBileg Ethno Jazz Band and AGULA. ACM believestheiralbum will greatly contribute to the promotion of our cultures and our music throughout the world. We hope you will enjoy these musical masterpieces that have been inspired by our mountains, our cultures, our people, and our traditions. We look forward to seeing you atthe event!
I am HamletI am Mongol
Arga Bileg Ethno Jazz Band
Twenty students perform Hamlets famous monologue in Mongolian language
