Dina Karaman
DINA KARAMAN(b. 1986) – filmmaker, video artist, archive researcher and exhibition scenographer. She makes experimental films intertwining found footage, documentary and fictional narratives. A member of the filmmaking duo, together with Vladimir Nadein. How Dina is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
EDUCATION
Institute of Design and Applied Arts, 2004 – 2010
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2011 – 2012
MediaArtLab school, 2011 – 2012
Moscow School of New Cinema, 2012 – 2014
Moscow Studio of Experimental Sound (SoundArtist), 2015
RESIDENCIES, LABS
VT art salon, artist-in-residence, Taipei, 2022
East West Talent Lab, goEast, Wiesbaden, 2021
Unidee in Progress, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy, 2012
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Antisexus
France, Taiwan / short / In development
Main prize of the pitching session, II New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival
Demorgan
co-directed with Vladimir Nadein
Russia / feature length / In development
ArtDocFest, pitching session, Riga, Latvia, 2021
91
26 min / Russia / 2021
XXXI Message to Man International Film Festival, competition
Letters About The End of The World
29 min / Russia / 2021
17th Venice Architecture Biennale
Sadie Coles HQ, London
VI Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, competition
II New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, non-competition program
Pushkin House, London
Another Zone
co-directed with Vladimir Nadein
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Italy / feature length / In development
East West Talent Lab, goEast Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2021
Dacha
co-directed with Vladimir Nadein
15 min / Abkhazia / 2021
HSE art gallery
Daily News — A Chronicle of Our Days
62 min / Russia / 2019
IV Moscow International Experimental Film Festival
XXIX Message to Man International Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg, non-competition program
Republic
35 min / Russia / 2017
II Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, closing film
What Sound Reminds You of Home
26 min / Russia / 2017
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
II Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, competition
Dominic Wants to Tell Stories
41 min / Italy / 2012
Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival Zerkalo, Ivanovo, non-competition program
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2021
film program of 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Russian Pavilion.
The view from there, group exhibition, Sadie Coles HQ, London.
Hauntology of Post-Soviet Spaces, HSE art gallery, Moscow.
2017
Expanded cinema performance Concert in a dark hall, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
Republic, expanded cinema performance, II Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, Moscow.
2016
Trees In The Golitsyn Manor Square, site-specific audio-video installation, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
2014
Cinema to a Romantic, personal exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
2013
5th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, cinema section.
XIV Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, MOMMA, Moscow.
2012
Groupe exhibition, Unidee in progress, Biella, Italy.
Memory and Place Disclosed, FRAC, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy.
XIII Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow.
Towards the Unknown, ICA group showcase, Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia.
TEACHING
2022
Revealing the reel, (with Vladimir Nadein), Found Footage workshop at the Taiwan Pitch educational program, Taipei, Taiwan
Found Footage workshop (with Vladimir Nadein), as a part of an independent educational course.
2021
Found Footage workshop, Extracurricular practices, Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
2020
Found Footage workshop, Extracurricular practices, Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art.
EXHIBITION DESIGN AND SCENOGRAPHY
2021
Electrification, The Museum of Moscow.
2018
The Deserted, VR-film by Tsai Ming-liang, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
2016
Cinema’s Arrival to Russia, Seance magazine, The Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
House of Impressions. Classic and Contemporary Media Art, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
2015
bIRds and figIRes, (Celebrating the 130th anniversary of Velimir Khlebnikov’s birthday), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, The State Mayakovsky Museum, and AVC Charity Foundation.
House of voices, Seance magazine, The Museum of Moscow.
Lithuanian Nocturne (devoted to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky), ARKA gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
XV Media Forum of the 35rd Moscow International Film Festival, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
2014
Avant-Garde and Aviation, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow.
Digital Dreams, MediaArtLab, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
Best of Russia, Winzavod contemporary art center, Moscow.
2013
Grobman: 4 exhibitions, MOMMA, Moscow.
Igor Vuloh, MOMMA, Moscow.
XIV Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, MOMMA, Moscow.
2012
Videoholes, opening exhibition of Museum of Screen Culture. Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
Memory and place disclosed, FRAC. Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy.
XIII Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2021
film program of 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Russian Pavilion. The view from there, group exhibition, Sadie Coles HQ, London. Hauntology of Post-Soviet Spaces, HSE art gallery, Moscow.
2017
Expanded cinema performance Concert in a dark hall, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
Republic, expanded cinema performance, II Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, Moscow.
2016
Trees In The Golitsyn Manor Square, site-specific audio-video installation, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
2014
Cinema to a Romantic, personal exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
2013
5th Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, cinema section.
XIV Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, MOMMA, Moscow.
2012
Groupe exhibition, Unidee in progress, Biella, Italy.
Memory and Place Disclosed, FRAC, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy.
XIII Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow.
Towards the Unknown, ICA group showcase, Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia.
TEACHING
2020 / 2021
Found Footage workshop, Extracurricular practices, Moscow International Experimental Film Festival
EXHIBITION DESIGN AND SCENOGRAPHY
2021
Electrification, The Museum of Moscow.
2018
The Deserted, VR-film by Tsai Ming-liang, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow. 2016
Cinema’s Arrival to Russia, Seance magazine, The Fabergé Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. House of Impressions. Classic and Contemporary Media Art, The Pushkin State Museum of
Fine Arts, Moscow.
2015
bIRds and figIRes, (Celebrating the 130th anniversary of Velimir Khlebnikov’s birthday), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, The State Mayakovsky Museum, and AVC Charity Foundation.
House of voices, Seance magazine, The Museum of Moscow.
Lithuanian Nocturne (devoted to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky), ARKA gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
XV Media Forum of the 35rd Moscow International Film Festival, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
2014
Avant-Garde and Aviation, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow. Digital Dreams, MediaArtLab, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow. Best of Russia, Winzavod contemporary art center, Moscow.
2013
Grobman: 4 exhibitions, MOMMA, Moscow.
Igor Vuloh, MOMMA, Moscow.
XIV Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, MOMMA, Moscow.
2012
Videoholes, opening exhibition of Museum of Screen Culture. Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow.
Memory and place disclosed, FRAC. Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy.
XIII Media Forum of 34rd Moscow International Film Festival, The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow.
Dina Karaman