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International
Festival Of Russian Art And Culture
America And Russian Nonconformist Art*
November
19, 2000
Introduction.
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
to Festival Participants
James H. Frey, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, UNLV
Opening
Statement
Dmitri Shalin, Festival Director
Session
1. 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The Apophatics
of Courage: Art, Crime, and Creative Nonbeing
Marietta Chudakova, Fred Starr, Lev Losev, Vitaly Komar,
Mikhail Epstein, Alexander Melamid
Luncheon.
12 noon B 1:00 p.m.
Session
2. 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Geography
of Envy: Emigration, the New World, and Old Truths
Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Natalia Ivanova, Zinovy Zinnik,
Lev Rubinstein, Leonid Lamm
Session
3. 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The Organs
and Potency: KGB and Soviet Art
John Bowlt, Alexander Kushner, Alexander Zholkovsky,
Marina Adamovich, Timur Kibirov, Vladimir Tarasov
Session
4. 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Russian
Rock
Yuri Shevchuk
November
20, 2000
Session
5. 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
The Crack
in the Ice: 1959 U.S. Exhibit in Moscow
Jack Macey, Mark Lipovetsky, Vladimir Paperny,
Edward Beliaev, Natalia Kolozei
Luncheon.
12 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Session
6. 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
1988 Sotheby
Auction: Art, Business, and the Lost Innocence
Tina Bauermeister, Dmitri Prigov, Joseph Backstein,
Alexander Kosolapov, Grisha Bruskin
Session
7. 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The Marriage
of Inconvenience: Soviet Art and American Art Collectors
Leonid Pinchevsky, Alla Rosenfeld, Leonid Sokov,
Alexander Borovsky, Nina Gruen
Session
8. 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Russian
Jazz and Performance Art
Vladimir Tarasov, Vladimir Volkov, Dmitri Prigov,
Grisha Bruskin, Fred Starr
November
21, 2000
Session
9. 9:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
America
As the Ultimate Other: A View From Afar and Up Close
Ekaterina Dyogot, Svetlana Boym, Mikhail Cherbnyshev,
Irina Muravyova, Dmitri Shalin
Luncheon.
12 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Session
10. 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Movie Screening:
Images of America in Soviet Cinema
Oksana Bulgakova
Session
11. 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Poetry
Reading
Timur Kibirov, Lev Rubinstein, Dmitri Prigov,
Alexander Kushner, Aleksey Losev
Closing
Statement
Dmitri Shalin, Festival Director
Reception
for Festival Participants
7:00 p.m.
November
22, 2000
Day Trip
to Grand Canyon
8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
*International
Festival of Russian Art and Culture is sponsored by the Trust for
Mutual Understanding, Nevada Humanities Committee, Nevada Arts Council,
Longford Homes, Inc., The Vista Group, University of Nevada at Las
Vegas, and literary magazines Znamia and Zvezda. The November 19-22
Festival takes place at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Las Vegas,
tel., 800-311-8999, reservation group code XISRAC. The November 21
festival events are held at the UNLV Barrick Museum. Festival attendance
is free. An optional $130 fee covers breakfasts, luncheons, a reception,
and a day trip to the Grand Canyon. For information, contact Dr.
Dmitri Shalin, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, NV 89154. Tel. 702-895-0259, fax. 702-895-4800. |