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‘Waste does not exist; it is our modern consumer culture that creates it’. Trash Festival, ecology and social justice
By Bermet Borubaeva and Lucia Direnberger. Together with artists, activists, scientists, citizens, and thinkers, the Trash Festival wants to be a platform that explores methodologies for addressing political ecology through…
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“Central Asia is the Community we want to strengthen from within”
By Alina Kamalova, Darika Risbaeva, Denize Usupova and Karim Hammou Groove Republic is a solid team composed of Alina Kamalova, founder, Denize Usupova, executive director, and Darika Risbaeva, community director.…
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Traveling Colors – Viktor Tsoy’s Path toward U.N.I.T.Y.
By Viktor Tsoy and Karim Hammou. Viktor Tsoy, born and raised in Kyrgyzstan, is a graffiti artist under the name Chase and a hip-hop practitioner since almost 30 years. He…
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Canceled memory, censored art: on Kazakhstan pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale
By Dilda Ramazan. On May 5, 2026, on the eve of the opening of Kazakhstan’s third national pavilion at the Venice Biennale—and on the birthday of artist Äsel Kadyrkhanova, one…
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Curating Queer Exhibitions in Bishkek. Love, Joy and Resistance
By Aizhamal Biigazieva and Lucia Direnberger. In 2024, Kyrgyzstan adopted amendments to its “child protection law,” restricting the dissemination of information about diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. This measure…
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MUSEUM MUSES – Exhibition e-catalogue
This e-catalogue features a selection of artworks displayed in the Museum Muses exhibition, curated by Altynai Kudaibergenova, Meerim Emil kyzy, Alima Tokmergenova in May 2026. In 2025, the curators presented…
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Co-construire des savoirs minoritaires. Des pratiques académiques aux productions artistiques
Par Lucia Direnberger et Altyn Kapalova. La résidence artistique et l’exposition intitulées « Woven into the Soil. Women’s work in Opium fields » [« Mémoires tissées dans le sol. Le travail des femmes…
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Can Museums Be Feminist? Practices from Kyrgyzstan
By Lucia Direnberger. Initiatives which aim to bring women’s history and experiences into museums with feminist perspectives are becoming increasingly visible in Kyrgyzstan. These initiatives are diverse and deploy different…
