Don't Miss The Cue
The Uzbekistan National Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale of Art
20/04/2024 - 25/11/2024
How do we perform belonging? How do we embody the character of a “foreigner”? Uzbek diaspora artist Aziza Kadyri, together with her collective Qizlar, explores the experiences of Central Asian women and how they reimagine their identities in the process of migration. In a deconstructed theatre backstage, costumes become sculptures alongside audiovisual work co-created with Tashkent-based Qizlar Collective, rooted in women’s narratives, exploring embodied memories and the relationship between the body and its environment. The installation links Uzbek Suzani embroidery and AI image generation, unveiling AI’s biases and its global impact on shared memories. While in the space, the viewer is invited to embody both the observer and the observed, shifting between states of exposure—changes perceptible only to the onlookers beyond this space of accidental performance.
Organiser: Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation
Special support: Saida Mirziyoyeva, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Commissioner: Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation
Curators: Institution of the Centre for Contemporary Art Tashkent
Artist: Aziza Kadyri
Associate artists: Qizlar Collective (Anastasia Sever, Sofia Seitkhalil, Gulnoza Irgasheva)
Suzani master: Madina Kasimbaeva
Conceptual development: Kamila Zakhidova
Soundscape: Fanis Sakellariou, Amalia Aibusheva
Project management: Laziza Akbarova, Bekzod Ulmasov, Malika Zayniddinova
Exhibition design and architecture: ADRA Studio, Sophia Bengebara, Pauline Ouazana, Othmane Bengebara
Artist’s assistant: Camilla Anvar
Studio coordinator: Denis Stolyarov
Graphic design: Studio Pupilla
Exhibition production: We Exhibit
Press
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e-flux announcements: Aziza Kadyri and Qizlar Collective: Don’t Miss The Cue
e-flux criticism: Kim Córdova on 60th Venice Biennale National Pavilions
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Pierre D'Alancaisez 4/5 stars review
Les Nouveaux Riches: Uzbekistan Pavilion 2024 Interview with Aziza Kadyri
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[RU]
Art of Her: The cue wasn’t missed: национальный павильон Узбекистана на 60-й Венецианской биеннале
The Blueprint: Глобальное потепление
Forbes: Сеанс коллективного покаяния: как проходит биеннале современного искусства в Венеции
Правила жизни: Все драгоценное хрупко: что смотреть на Венецианской биеннале современного искусства
Объединение: Foreigners Everywhere: Хайлайты Венецианской Биеннале 2024
[IT]
Il Manifesto: Tecnologia e tradizione per un ordito di genere
Il Giornale dell'Arte: Diario da Venezia terza parte | Reportage in aggiornamento dalla 60. Biennale
A Revolt: Guida Biennale di Venezia 2024 / Arsenale / Ɐlternativa
Il Giornale D'Italia: L'uzbekistan porta alla Biennale un progetto che accarezza passato e presente
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Kunstmagazin Parnass: Venedig: Unsere Pavillon-Favoriten
Kunstbulletin 6/2024: Pages 48, 51
stayinart: Don't Miss the Cue - Aziza Kadyri and Qizlar Collective
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RTVE: Venecia 2024 II: nuevos relatos, cuidados, resiliencia
RTVE: Metropolis ends its summer reissue cycle with the Venice Biennale
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