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 - 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 Chernyshev,
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.
Web
Links
Video Interviews
Announcement
Visual
Art Show
Cold War Art
Festival
Concerts
Poetry
Readings
Video Materials
Festival Report
Media
Coverage
Festival Photos