Eurasian Cultural Alliance Public Association
Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty
Nurmakov str, 79
For all inquires please contact vladislavsludskiy@gmail.com
Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty
Nurmakov str, 79
For all inquires please contact vladislavsludskiy@gmail.com
Anthropocene and its critique
ARTBAT Fest 11
Event Calendar
September 8
1. Public Discussion about Space at Esentai Mall
Start: 15:00
Location: Esentai Mall
Audience: Open to all
2. Opening of the Special Project by Vargas-Suarez Universal for Esentai Mall
Start: 17:00
Closing Date: October 15
Location: Esentai Mall
Audience: Open to all
Start: 15:00
Location: Esentai Mall
Audience: Open to all
2. Opening of the Special Project by Vargas-Suarez Universal for Esentai Mall
Start: 17:00
Closing Date: October 15
Location: Esentai Mall
Audience: Open to all
The ceremonial opening of the sculpture will take place on Thursday, September 8, at 19:00 in Esentai Gallery. It will be followed by an open conversation with the artist about his career and artistic exploration. The event will be conducted in English.
September 14
1. Opening of Christopher Herwig's Photo Exhibitions
Start: 16:00
Closing Date of the Exhibition: October 30
Location: Park between Nedelka and GATOB
Audience: Journalists + partners
Start: 16:00
Closing Date of the Exhibition: October 30
Location: Park between Nedelka and GATOB
Audience: Journalists + partners
Christopher Herwig presents two photo projects: one series explores old Soviet bus stops, while the other showcases his journey through Central Asia, including Kazakhstan.
September 16
1. Open Curatorial Tour of Public Art Objects
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
During the tour, all interested individuals can explore unique installations in the urban environment and gain detailed information about the artists and their creative concepts.
September 23
1. Open Curatorial Tour of Public Art Objects
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
During the tour, all interested individuals can explore unique installations in the urban environment and gain detailed information about the artists and their creative concepts.
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
During the tour, all interested individuals can explore unique installations in the urban environment and gain detailed information about the artists and their creative concepts.
September 25
1. Presentation of the Library at Egin Art Space
Start: 19:00
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:00
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
September 27
1. Opening of Anna Kin's Project
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 9
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
The recent video art project by Almaty artist Anna Kin titled "ღ". The project represents the state of various ethno-linguistic groups after imperial disintegration and political transition. For this art piece, people from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia are asked to name their alphabets.
2. Opening of Aigerim Tumenbay's Project
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 9
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 9
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
The recent video art project by Almaty artist Anna Kin titled "ღ". The project represents the state of various ethno-linguistic groups after imperial disintegration and political transition. For this art piece, people from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia are asked to name their alphabets.
2. Opening of Aigerim Tumenbay's Project
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 9
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open entry
The presentation of a personal work, a triptych, using audio tracks of each recording, frequency, rhythm, and pauses between Aigerim's audios to create patterns/ornaments, on which the triptych is based.
September 28
1. Public Talk with InDrive about their Social Initiatives and Support for Culture
Start: 16:00
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open event
Start: 16:00
Location: Egin Art Space
Audience: Open event
Guests:
- McKinsey
- Esentai
- Glyph Creative
Business collaboration with the arts:
- Vlad Sludsky, Cultura x ARTBAT Fest
- Alexandra Kim, Aspan Gallery
- Jamila Nurkalieva, Tselinny
- Nazira, Zvuk
- McKinsey
- Esentai
- Glyph Creative
Business collaboration with the arts:
- Vlad Sludsky, Cultura x ARTBAT Fest
- Alexandra Kim, Aspan Gallery
- Jamila Nurkalieva, Tselinny
- Nazira, Zvuk
September 30
1. Open Curatorial Tour of Public Art Objects
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
2. Performance by Artist Antonin Brinda
Start: 11:00
Location: Gastronomiya Supermarket. Navoi, 37
Audience: open event
3. Revival pop-up
Start: 15:00
Location: Almaly Mall.
Audience: open event
4. Performances of artists Pavel Sterec, Heidi Hornáčková and Adam Parks.
Start: 18:00
Location: Almaly Mall.
Audience: open event
Start: 16:00
Location: Gathering at Saule Suleimenova's artwork behind the Pushkin Library
Audience: 20 people by prior registration
2. Performance by Artist Antonin Brinda
Start: 11:00
Location: Gastronomiya Supermarket. Navoi, 37
Audience: open event
3. Revival pop-up
Start: 15:00
Location: Almaly Mall.
Audience: open event
4. Performances of artists Pavel Sterec, Heidi Hornáčková and Adam Parks.
Start: 18:00
Location: Almaly Mall.
Audience: open event
October 6
1. Second Screening Series of Jetiqaraqshy
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
A series of screenings of local documentary films about nature and the Anthropocene, followed by discussions.
October 10
1. Opening of the Group Exhibition "Paxta"
Start: 18:00
Closing Date: January 14, 2024
Location: Aspan Gallery
Audience: Open entry
Start: 18:00
Closing Date: January 14, 2024
Location: Aspan Gallery
Audience: Open entry
The collective exhibition "Paxta" reflects the thoughts of artists and researchers from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan about the significance of cotton as an agricultural crop, which completely transformed the lifestyle, context, and landscape of Central Asia. It also reflects on how imperial ambitions turned cotton into the "white gold of Uzbekistan" and a tool of colonial exploitation.
Exhibition Curators:
Timur Karpov and Yana Kharasho
Exhibition Curators:
Timur Karpov and Yana Kharasho
October 11
1. Group Exhibition by Yemaa Art Space
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 22
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:00
Closing Date: October 22
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
From October 3 to October 20, a group exhibition by residents of Yemaa Art Space on the topic of ecology.
October 12
1. First Reading Seminar at Egin
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
October 13
1. Third Screening Series of Jetiqaraqshy
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
A series of screenings of local documentary films about nature and the Anthropocene, followed by discussions.
October 14
1. Lecture by Alexander Vileykis
Start: 14:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
Start: 14:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
October 18
1. Second Reading Seminar at Egin
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
October 20
1. Fourth Screening Series of Jetiqaraqshy
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
Start: 21:30
Location: Lumiere Hall, Al-Farabi 13k2B
Audience: Open event
A series of screenings of local documentary films about nature and the Anthropocene, followed by discussions.
October 25
1. Third Reading Seminar at Egin
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
Start: 19:30
Location: Egin
Audience: Open entry
November 14
1. The opening of the photo exhibition by Oksun Kim
Start: 18:00
Location: Kasteyev Museum
Audience: Open entry
Personal exhibition of works by Oksun Kim at the Kasteyev Museum.
Start: 18:00
Location: Kasteyev Museum
Audience: Open entry
Personal exhibition of works by Oksun Kim at the Kasteyev Museum.
Germany/Poland
Curator: Yulia Sorokina
August 24 - September 17
Space: Egin Art Space
August 24 - September 17
Space: Egin Art Space
Beginning of September - End of October
Location: Baiseitova Street
Location: Baiseitova Street
August 19 - August 30
Venue: Egin Art Space
Venue: Egin Art Space
Vargas-Suarez Universal
Special project for Esentai Mall as part of Artbat Fest 11
Special project for Esentai Mall as part of Artbat Fest 11
August 24 - September 17
Space: Egin Art Space
Space: Egin Art Space
Personal Exhibition of artist Renata Kaminska (Germany/Poland). Curator: Yulia Sorokina
On August 24th, as part of ARTBAT Fest, a solo exhibition by Renata Rara Kaminska, a renowned Polish artist based in Berlin, will open. The event will take place at Egin Art Space and start at 7:00 PM.
On August 26th, Kaminska will hold an artist talk with curator Julia Sorokina on the topic "Democracy for Fauna and Flora After Rosa Luxemburg?". The event will be hosted at Egin Art Space, starting at 2:00 PM.
Kaminska has participated in prestigious exhibitions at various museums and independent art events, including Franz Gertsch (Burgdorf/Bern), OP ENHEIM (Wroclaw), Museum of Paper (Berlin), Tres Chien, Esh (Luxembourg), Public sculpture at Tempelhof Feld (Kulturbüro, Berlin), and Benetton Collection (Venice). Her activist practices focus on political engagement, women's and minority rights, decolonization, and ecology.
Russia's colonial policies, the war in Ukraine, and the decolonial discourse in post-Soviet countries have led Kaminska to Central Asia. She sees Kazakhstan not only as a country preserving traditions but also continuing its modernization in its own direction. For her exhibition, the artist addresses the issue of coloniality, working with sculptural objects made from so-called "invasive" plants – thin strips of veneer from rare species of African relic trees. The metaphor of human-induced changes to ecosystems touches not only on issues of nature conservation inherent in the discourse of the Anthropocene but also on political strategies resisting the actions of empires.
The exhibition will be open until September 17th, from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Egin Art Space operates by appointment on Saturdays and Sundays, and Monday is a non-working day.
On August 26th, Kaminska will hold an artist talk with curator Julia Sorokina on the topic "Democracy for Fauna and Flora After Rosa Luxemburg?". The event will be hosted at Egin Art Space, starting at 2:00 PM.
Kaminska has participated in prestigious exhibitions at various museums and independent art events, including Franz Gertsch (Burgdorf/Bern), OP ENHEIM (Wroclaw), Museum of Paper (Berlin), Tres Chien, Esh (Luxembourg), Public sculpture at Tempelhof Feld (Kulturbüro, Berlin), and Benetton Collection (Venice). Her activist practices focus on political engagement, women's and minority rights, decolonization, and ecology.
Russia's colonial policies, the war in Ukraine, and the decolonial discourse in post-Soviet countries have led Kaminska to Central Asia. She sees Kazakhstan not only as a country preserving traditions but also continuing its modernization in its own direction. For her exhibition, the artist addresses the issue of coloniality, working with sculptural objects made from so-called "invasive" plants – thin strips of veneer from rare species of African relic trees. The metaphor of human-induced changes to ecosystems touches not only on issues of nature conservation inherent in the discourse of the Anthropocene but also on political strategies resisting the actions of empires.
The exhibition will be open until September 17th, from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Egin Art Space operates by appointment on Saturdays and Sundays, and Monday is a non-working day.
Beginning of September - End of October
Location: Baizetova Street
Location: Baizetova Street
Public Art Project on Baizetova Street
ARTBAT FEST 11 public art project is carried out in collaboration with inDrive, an organization promoting social projects in the field of culture and art. As part of the collaboration, 8 inDrive Public Art installations will be presented.
The overall program of the festival is coordinated by the administration of Almaty city. It encompasses various projects, including community art initiatives, murals, audio installations, film screenings, and a series of projects that will continue after the festival concludes.
As part of the public art project, various areas of the city will be enriched with artistic elements, with the main focus on Baizetova Street. The intersections of Abay and Tole bi streets will host a variety of murals, augmented reality works, graffiti, and temporary installations.
Participating in the festival are artists such as Suarez Vargas Universal (USA/Kyrgyzstan), Birender Kumar Yadav (India), Renata Kaminska (Germany/Poland), Brinda Antonin (Czech Republic), Oksun Kim (South Korea), Lauren Moffatt (Australia), Saule Suleimenova (Kazakhstan), Saken Narynov (Kazakhstan), Aika Akhmetova (USA, Kazakhstan), Said Atabekov (Kazakhstan), Saule Duisenbina (Kazakhstan), and others.
The overall program of the festival is coordinated by the administration of Almaty city. It encompasses various projects, including community art initiatives, murals, audio installations, film screenings, and a series of projects that will continue after the festival concludes.
As part of the public art project, various areas of the city will be enriched with artistic elements, with the main focus on Baizetova Street. The intersections of Abay and Tole bi streets will host a variety of murals, augmented reality works, graffiti, and temporary installations.
Participating in the festival are artists such as Suarez Vargas Universal (USA/Kyrgyzstan), Birender Kumar Yadav (India), Renata Kaminska (Germany/Poland), Brinda Antonin (Czech Republic), Oksun Kim (South Korea), Lauren Moffatt (Australia), Saule Suleimenova (Kazakhstan), Saken Narynov (Kazakhstan), Aika Akhmetova (USA, Kazakhstan), Said Atabekov (Kazakhstan), Saule Duisenbina (Kazakhstan), and others.
AR projects
South Korea
Personal exhibition of contemporary photography. Oksun Kim
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with K-Office, the equivalent of the Ministry of Culture of South Korea
Venue: Kasteev National Museum as part of the festival
Expected Opening: Late November
Venue: Kasteev National Museum as part of the festival
Expected Opening: Late November
Prague
Performance by artist Brinda Antonin
End of September
Location: National Library
Location: National Library
Final projects of Egin course graduates
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Chevron Kazakhstan, featuring works by young artists from Almaty who have completed a course on Imperialism and Colonialism. About 12 works will be exhibited indoors (Egin Space) and outdoors (part of the Public Art project).
Opening: Second half of August
Opening: Second half of August
Group exhibition at Yemaa Art Space
From October 11 to October 22
Partners
Akimat of the city of AlmatyPartner of the general program of the festival
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Central Asia (RLS)Partner of the educational program
InDrivePartner of the public art program ARTBAT FEST 11
ChevronEgin space partner
The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to KazakhstanEgin space partner
Esentai Mall
Tselinny
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