Public Delivery goes East: Golden balloons in Central Asia & beyond
Intro
We are closing off 2018 with a selection of recent performances from our Silence Was Golden project. These golden balloons were blown up loosely around the Silk Road, including some of the most remote locations in Central Asia, such as the desert of Turkmenistan and other rugged and sparsely populated spots in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Up until now, Silence Was Golden was performed 382 times in 288 cities in 95 countries.
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See you in 2019!
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Sea (#348), Astana International Airport, Astana
Walk (#370), Zenkov Cathedral in Panfilov Park, Almaty
Fan (#373), Bayterek Tower, Astana
After Soviet & US invasions: Creation of beautiful war rugs
War Rug in Afghanistan
Photo: AFP-JIJI
The War Rugs of Afghanistan
Every time there is war in a region, the locals look for ways to ease their frustration in an effort to remain hopeful. Afghanistan has been at war for a long time and while most people are aware of the United States invasion in 2001, the Soviet Union occupied the region in 1979. The Middle East region is renowned for its creative rug art, and this trade was popular among women. Up until the dawn of the 1980s, Afghanistan rug makers would dramatically alter the designs of the rugs. Instead of flowers, tanks, airplanes and rocket launchers would comprise the basic design of the rugs. Even though these new-age rug designs would be symbolic of hard and trying times, they would be among the richest art forms as a result of war.
The world under water: powerful photos taken after floods – Gideon Mendel
Gideon Mendel – Drowning World – Chinta and Samundri Davi, Salempur village near Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, August 2007
About ‘Drowning World
For a couple of years now, photographer Gideon Mendel has taken it upon himself to show the world what it is like in other parts of the world where the climate is very unfavorable to them. Mendel has not minded the dangers and lengths he has to go through to make sure he delivers the pictures in the clearest form possible. In his most recent project, Drowning World, he takes us round the world through his camera lenses and shows us calm portraits of flood victims in areas we would not expect. Drowning World shows the real picture of climate change around the world, the real picture behind the statistics and with real people the floods affect directly.
Most visited arts non-profit online. Established in 2011 in Seoul, South Korea. Projects in 96 countries.
