Contemporary Art in Central Asia: A Spatial Perspective

During this seminar, Dilda Ramazan, PhD student in Slavic Studies at Sorbonne Université (Eur’Orbem, CNRS/IFÉAC), presented her research on the role of underground spaces in the development of contemporary art in Bishkek. Situating her analysis within the broader history of the emergence of contemporary art in Central Asia during the late Soviet period, the speaker highlighted the specificity of the Kyrgyz context, where spaces located below ground level such as basements, underground halls,...