Theme

The general theme of the RestArt festival emphasizes the ambiguity of interpretation. This is also a direct translation from English as "renewal", "restart". That is, participants and spectators are invited to restart their vision, or maybe take a fresh look at contemporary art. Other meanings consist  in direct translations of the words that make up its name: "rest + Art" - "rest + art".

Weekends are often spent in the city center. At the end of the week, from Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, it will be possible to observe the modern cultural life of Tashkent and “relax in art”. Moving from one location to another, the viewer becomes an accomplice of the event, involved in the life of the city. Holding the festival in different locations in the format of a continuous event for 48 hours, as a kind of tour of the places where the viewer meets art, will provide an opportunity not only to get acquainted with the work of artists, but also to take a fresh look at familiar places through the  prism of contemporary art.

Thus, the festival asks questions of renewal, renewal, possibly rethinking views on contemporary art. These questions are quite general, but at the same time they are always deeply personal. In this regard, first of all, the individual reflection of both the participants of the festival and the audience on the restart of the modern art process is of interest.