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Almaty-based artist Anna Kin’s latest video art project "ღ" presents the state of different ethno-linguistic groups following imperial collapse and political transition. For this artwork, people from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia are asked to recite their alphabets. By doing so, Kin aims to showcase languages that have suffered forced assimilation by their former political regimes. Now, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, these languages are either rejuvenating or fading. "ღ" is an invitation to explore individuality, diversity, and the power of language. The project is a work in progress, and Kin plans to keep extending this video art collection as a lifelong project.

“As an artist who employs language, I’ve come to realize how my relationship with it has shifted. Language is both a weapon and a healer it can be used to enforce agonizing hatred at the state level, or it can poignantly place a therapeutic conversation and a prayer. I see brotes as a form of prayer one that continues through art, holding onto something beyond rational”.

Anna Kin’s project is called “ღ”, which takes its title from the Georgian letter ghan whose form playfully echoes the heart symbol, poignantly places a conversation about anticolonial language politics in dialogue with affect. Her work asks not only what languages sound like, but how they animate our sensuous and emotional experiences of the world, that is, how they articulate our lived attachments to political and social worlds in transition. In her film we see not only a crucial effort to catalog the sonic and gestural worlds of languages in crisis and transition, but an artwork that challenges how we think about our affective and somatic embodiment of language more broadly”. - Leah Feldman, project’s supervisor.

Amara Johnson has emerged as a pioneering voice in the intersection of traditional painting and digital innovation. Her work challenges the boundaries between physical and virtual realms, creating immersive experiences that question our relationship with technology and identity. This exhibition brings together over 40 works spanning her career, including several pieces created specifically for this presentation that explore themes of memory, transformation, and the digital self.

Contribution to Kosmica Magazine's "Origins" issue, exploring themes of space culture, cosmology, and the human relationship to the universe through artistic practice and cultural theory.

Public program featuring Dr. Banu Çiçek Tülü and Nikolay Karabinovych at Hotel Continental - Art Space in Exile, Berlin. Part of the alternative program of Berlin Art Week, this talk explored storytelling practices in contemporary art and the reciprocal nature of narrative exchange.

A call for empathy in times of ecological collapse. This performance brought together artists Eva Mai, Benjamin Claux, Louis Grunt, Oliver Juan, and David Josseron as part of the Extinction Rebellion Living Resistance Festival during Berlin Art Week. The work explored human-nature relationships through immersive sound and movement.

Elena Rodriguez is considered one of the most visionary and influential textile artists of her generation, whose expressive fabric works have radically challenged aesthetic conventions. With Threads of Memory, the gallery presents the most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date. Many of the 87 textile pieces will be shown for the first time as part of this survey exhibition, offering new perspectives on her iconic woven portraits and the diverse creative practice of the artist.