(ANSA) – ROMA, 16 MAG – The Ambassador of Italy to Kazakhstan Antonello De Riu and Deputy Minister of Culture Aibek Sizdikov inaugurated the exhibition ‘Post-Future/Astana-Venice/Gen 1’ on 16 May, hosted at the National Museum of Kazakhstan in Astana. The exhibition is part of the project ‘The Biennale travels to Kazakhstan’, supported by the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information, and born from the collaboration between the public and private sectors. The project included the first collective artists’ residency, the ‘Jeruiq Residence’, held between Venice and Astana. For three very intense months (14 workshops in Venice, the other 40 in Astana) a new generation of Kazakh artists and researchers, represented by 7 artists, met with their Italian counterparts under the banner of three guiding concepts: intercultural creativity, interdisciplinary approach, new technologies. Disparate fields were explored, from video art to media interactivity and museology.
The works of the seven artists will be exhibited at the national nuseum from 16 May until 11 June. While the Kazakhstan pavilion, Jeruiq, expressed a utopian vision rooted in Kazakh mythology, the Post Future exhibition, while moving from those suggestions, wanted to go beyond them: topical themes such as migration, biodiversity, decolonisation emerge.
“Today we are realising an ambitious dream: to connect Kazakhstan to the Venice Biennale in 2024, with the Post-Future/Astana-Venice exhibition at the National Museum in Astana, through a project that is not just an exhibition, but a bridge between cultures and artistic visions,” said the Italian Ambassador Antonello De Riu. ‘Thanks to scholarships funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and private partners, young Kazakh artists have experienced creative residencies in Venice, a melting pot of innovation and tradition,’ he added. ‘Today, their works are returning to their homeland, exhibiting first in Astana and then in Almaty, in a format of a diffuse exhibition that celebrates Kazakhstan’s geographical and cultural diversity, a model of collaboration that strengthens the dialogue between the cities and the world. This operation has fostered the creation of a network of exchange between the two countries, a bridge that unites curators, institutions and sponsors with a common goal: to promote creativity as an engine of diplomacy and innovation, enhancing both Kazakhstan’s cultural heritage and Italy’s experience in artistic innovation, for which I thank the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Almaty, Dr. Crisafulli. By enhancing both Kazakhstan’s cultural heritage and the Italian experience in contemporary art, consolidating a bond that transcends borders, we are proud to contribute to a future where culture and innovation unite our countries,’ Ambassador De Riu concluded.
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The works of the seven artists will be exhibited at the national nuseum from 16 May until 11 June. While the Kazakhstan pavilion, Jeruiq, expressed a utopian vision rooted in Kazakh mythology, the Post Future exhibition, while moving from those suggestions, wanted to go beyond them: topical themes such as migration, biodiversity, decolonisation emerge.
“Today we are realising an ambitious dream: to connect Kazakhstan to the Venice Biennale in 2024, with the Post-Future/Astana-Venice exhibition at the National Museum in Astana, through a project that is not just an exhibition, but a bridge between cultures and artistic visions,” said the Italian Ambassador Antonello De Riu. ‘Thanks to scholarships funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and private partners, young Kazakh artists have experienced creative residencies in Venice, a melting pot of innovation and tradition,’ he added. ‘Today, their works are returning to their homeland, exhibiting first in Astana and then in Almaty, in a format of a diffuse exhibition that celebrates Kazakhstan’s geographical and cultural diversity, a model of collaboration that strengthens the dialogue between the cities and the world. This operation has fostered the creation of a network of exchange between the two countries, a bridge that unites curators, institutions and sponsors with a common goal: to promote creativity as an engine of diplomacy and innovation, enhancing both Kazakhstan’s cultural heritage and Italy’s experience in artistic innovation, for which I thank the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Almaty, Dr. Crisafulli. By enhancing both Kazakhstan’s cultural heritage and the Italian experience in contemporary art, consolidating a bond that transcends borders, we are proud to contribute to a future where culture and innovation unite our countries,’ Ambassador De Riu concluded.
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