Documentary on Nomad Spirit 2024 international art program is finally out.
The international art program Nomad Spirit took place in Deren Soum of Dundgovi Province from September 21 to October 2, 2024. Initiated by the EUNIC Mongolia, with aim to raise public awareness of climate change through contemporary artistic practices, the program brought together over 260 participants, including 8 artists from 5 different countries, as well as local schoolchildren, residents, administrators, and visitors from Ulaanbaatar.
The artistic team included Amarsaikhan Namsraijav (Mongolia), Cornelia Konrads (Germany), elparo (France), Elena Kristofor (Austria), Laura Merz (Finland), Munkhdorj Batdelger (Mongolia), Tuvshinjargal Lhaasuren (Mongolia), and Zultsetseg Narantsogt (Mongolia). The initiative served as a medium for cultural exchange and collaboration, led by curator Gantuya Badamgarav (Founding director of the Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association and Red Corner International Residency), Khongorzul Enkhtuvshin as assistant to curator and filmmaker Chinbold Lkhagvasuren documenting the experience.
Funded by EUNIC, the Nomad Spirit – International Program was initiated by EUNIC Mongolia and its implementing members, the Alliance Française Oulan-Bator, the Austrian Embassy in Beijing, the Finnish Embassy in Beijing, and the Goethe-Institut Mongolia with the support of the EU Delegation to Mongolia and implemented by the Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association and its affiliate Nomadic Red Corner International Residency and Deren Soum administration and secondary school.
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