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AMANDA EICHER

Amanda Eicher, a poet and artist, has lived and worked in San Francisco for the past four years, with intermittent stints in New York and Philadelphia. She primarily makes works based on line, time and geometry, which often take the form of sculptures and drawings. For the past eight years, she has been developing social practice art projects in El Salvador together with students from San Francisco State University.

As part of the Global Art Lab, Eicher will be working with children of Bishkek at B'Art: Bishkek Art Center to make a series of short animations with video, focusing on the ideas of "here" and "there." Using everyday objects, chalk drawings and other simple props as well as storytelling and performing, they will elaborate stories about Here (Bishkek and B'Art) and There (other towns along the silk road, neighboring countries, far-away countries, outer space, etc.) The children will learn how to frame shots and use a video camera to record stories, and the final presentation will take the form of a journey - from here to there.

Eicher will be hosted by Shaarbek Amankulov, Director of B’Art: Bishkek Art Center (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

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