Friday, September 6, 201312 THE MONGOL MESSENGER

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The Red Ger Gallery of the Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM ) was established in 2003 to promote Mongolian fine arts domestically and internationally

and support long term sustainability of the culture sector by providing a market platform for artists. Over its ten years of operation, the Gallery has showcased

‘Story of Norov’ by Ch. Tuvshin

September 4-6 at 3:40 pmThe ‘Story of Norov’ is a children’s

comic musical based on the short composition named ‘Story of Norov’ by D.Sodnomdorj. The main idea, or the

message of the story is to tell parents about the harmful effects of video games on children. The story shows how the title role ‘Norov’ plays violent video games for hours with his friends and becomes addicted. However, he does not see the fact that his academic performance is decreased and aggressive behavior is increased because of his favorite video game. At the end of the story his family, friends, backpack, pencil, and notebooks try to help him realize how important it is to be a good boy.

‘Move over Mrs. Markham’ by Ray Cooney

September15-29 at 8:30 pmThe action revolves around a small

London Flat owned by Children’s books publisher, Phillip Markham and his wife

Joanna. Mr. and Mrs. Markham prepare to go out for the evening, unaware that while they make their arrangements, their interior designer Alistair Spenlow and their maid Syvlie Hauser are planning to spend the night in, testing out the Markham’s new oval bed. Trouble soon begins to brew when Phillip is accosted by his business partner Henry Lodge who wants to borrow the Markham’s flat that evening to entertain his latest lady friend, Miss Wilkinson, a GPO Phone Operator with whom Mr. Lodge plans to have his wicked way. Phillip reluctantly agrees to allow Henry to use the flat, completely unaware that Henry’s wife Linda has had an identical conversation with Joanna, also wanting to borrow the flat to use with her bit on the side.

As Henry pesters Phillip about the flat, Phillip finds part of a love letter written

by Linda’s lover Walter Pangbourne. Mistakenly believing that the letter was written to his own wife, Phillip begins to grow obsessed with learning the truth, demanding that they will no longer be going out tonight, hoping to find an answer. When Alastair accidently quotes a line from the letter, Phillip is convinced that it is he who is having an affair with his wife. Phillip confronts Alastair, claiming that he knows what is going on and believing that Phillip is talking about his affair with Sylvie, Alastair confesses. The act ends with Phillip telling Spenlow he is welcome to his wife and storming out of the flat looking for a young girl for himself. Completely confused, Spenlow prepares to leave, but Joanna stops him, claiming that if her husband wants them to have an affair they will. With that, she drags him into the bedroom.

At 7 pm on September 5 and 6, Ger Mongolian Marketing Agency is presenting the ‘Best of Hollywood’ soundtrack performance at Independence Palace. Participating are the symphony orchestra of the State Philharmonic, Military Song and Dance Ensemble, pianist Ch.Munkh-Erdene, guitarist D.Ulzii-Orskikh, violinist Ch.Delgertsetseg, Morin Khuur player N.Jigjiddorj and singer D.Otgontsetseg. The performance was composed by B.Anar and conducted by D.Nyamdash and B.Batbaatar.

The music showcases highlight soundtracks of the best films known, such as the 20th Century Fox theme, Indiana Jones, Cinema Paradiso, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Universal Pictures, The Godfather, The Legend of 1900, Schindler’s list, James Bond 007, Warner Bros Pictures, Once Upon a Time in America, Pearl Harbor, Mission Impossible, Malena, Walt Disney, Pictures, Pirates of the Caribbean, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Star Wars, Batman The Dark knight, American Soundtrack Highlights Harry Potter, Artificial Intelligence and The Patriot.

For ticket sales, the price is Tgs20,000-30,000 at the State Philharmonic Hall and Independence palace. For more information please call 9888-6565.

Red Ger Art Gallery presents Dorjderem’s ‘Non Existence’

Autumn plays open at the State Academic Theatre of Drama

First ‘Ulaanbaatar’ International Film Festival organized

Live performance from ‘Best of Hollywood’ soundtracks

several famous and emerging artists exhibitions. Now, ACM is proudly presents Mongolian emerging artist D.Dorjderem’s solo exhibition ‘Non Existence’ from September 18 to 30 at our gallery generously hosted by Khan Bank.

He made a big horse from plastic when he was around 5-6 years old. He thinks it was his first effort to express himself artistically. He felt that he must be an artist. He graduated from the Fine Arts University and is now a board member of ‘The Blue Sun’ Mongolian Contemporary Art Center. He believes, the reason why he is still dedicated to art is that he always felt that he had a creative mind.

As one of Mongolia’s creative minds, artist D.Dorjderem is getting to be a well-known in the Mongolian art community. He organized 5 solo exhibitions in Mongolia and participated in 15 international exhibitions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Belgium, France and Switzerland. As Ian Findlay -Brown, Editor and Publisher of World Sculpture News (V19,#2) wrote in his ecce about artist: ”His ideas are fresh and they speak eloquently to the confusion of his own time and to the dignity of Mongolian ancient culture.”

The features of the ‘Non Existance’ exhibition are ‘Crossing the Final Threshold’ and ‘Waiting for the end’. These are life size sculptures and will play significant role in his solo exhibition. These works speak to the strength and fragility of life and its magic voyage through time and space. Dorjderem said: “My work is really about humanity, about being human about being related to our ancestors and their spirits. Nowadays, people seem to have lost their connection with the past and seem to live for today… as if yesterday never happened. I wanted to show the value of human beings through very strong sculptures. ‘Crossing the Final Threshold’ is the work of pregnant woman and it is about life-affirming birth where ‘Waiting for the End’ is about the specter of death. An old woman is crouched stoically waiting for the end of her life. Dorjderem uses traditional Mongolian materials such a horn, felt and goatskin mixing them with contemporary materials such as fiberglass.

‘Non Existence’ is all about us human beings. It is all about questions and answers, human and animal, life and death. You will witness Dorjderem’s devotion to art and you will never regret being a witness.

The Mongolian film industry is on the edge of transiting from total commercialization to a new development stage. The industry’s past and the present subsists from ‘left over’ ideological films dictated by the totalitarian regime of the past and new, fully commercial films that surfaced along with the free market economy post-1990. Until now, it existed without any state subsidy and survived solely on the enthusiasm of local filmmakers and entrepreneurs.

In 2013, with the government’s vision and priority, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) identified a number of strategic priorities to enhance the

sustainable development Mongolia’s film industry including presentation of the best international films and film filmmakers to Mongolia; support the presentation of Mongolian films on the international film industry scene; enhance partnership and exchanges through co-production grants and international film festivals and trainings.

Taking these priorities into account, the MCST together with the Arts and Culture Department of Implementing Agency of the Capital City Governor, Arts Council of Mongolia and Alliance Française are going to organize the first ‘Ulaanbaatar’ International Film Festival from October

3-10, 2013.The festival team invited Mr. Thibaut

Bracq, a French film expert/coordinator and the head of the Paris Project, Paris Cinema International Film Festival as the International Artistic Advisor of the festival. Based on the artistic consultancy and leadership of Mr. Bracq, the festival invited 9 internationally feature films that are selected for different sections and awards of Cannes, Berlin and Venice International Film Festival of 2013. In addition, more than 10 international film professionals presenting world renowned film festivals, distributors and funds like the Istanbul International Film Festival,

Memento Films International, and World Cinema Fund are invited.

France will be the ‘Focus Country’ of the festival and three French feature and documentary films will be presented along with French stars by the Alliance Française and UniFrance. For the local Mongolian film makers and professionals, the festival is offering different networking and professional exchange events such as the ‘Ulaanbaatar’ Film Forum, World Cinema Fund Presentation, and ‘Access to Success’ program.

The festival will open with a newly produced Mongolian feature film in 2013.

By Nomintuya Baasankhuu

D.Dorjderem