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Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities
- ARTISTS:Almagul Menlibayeva
Artcom Platform
Jatiwangi Art Factory
Khadim Ali
Omirkeldi Abeuov
Said Atabekov
Selbi Jumayeva and Alisa VerbinaCURATOR:Aigerim Kapar - OPENING:September 27, 6:00 PMPLACE:Aspan Gallery, Almaty
Villa Boutiques & Restaurants, Al-Farabi, 140А, minus 1st floor
hidrosocial dynamics
socio-ecologycal systems
water cultures
integrity
social-natural environments
water knowledges
equitable forms
Exhibition “Interweaving Climate, Water(s), and Communities”
"Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities" begins in the Steppes of Saryarka on the shores of Lake Balkhash, set within the nomadic cultural landscape. Originally part of the International Water and Climate Forum "Balkhash 2024: Challenges and Solutions" organised by Artcom Platform and Care for Balkhash. The exhibition now continues in Almaty in partnership with Aspan Gallery.
Recognizing the impact of the global climate crisis, the exhibition brings together artists from Central Asia, Indonesia, and Australia as another step toward global climate and ecological solidarity, and practices of care for the fragile ecosystems of the transboundary Lake Balkhash basin.
At the exhibition “Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities,” artists delve and reflect on the interconnections of local communities and biodiversity as keepers of collective memory. Bodies of water are reimagined as living archives, preserving the continuity of rituals and technologies amid shifting socio-economic and climatic realities.
By embracing diverse perspectives, knowledge systems, and historical contexts that shape the cultural landscape, the exhibition invites a rethinking of socio-natural interactions, a deeper understanding of aquatic spaces, and the evolving dynamics of hydro-social relationships. It calls for a revaluation of strategies through decolonial imagination, offering new paths forward for sustainable futures.
"Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities" begins in the Steppes of Saryarka on the shores of Lake Balkhash, set within the nomadic cultural landscape. Originally part of the International Water and Climate Forum "Balkhash 2024: Challenges and Solutions" organised by Artcom Platform and Care for Balkhash. The exhibition now continues in Almaty in partnership with Aspan Gallery.
Recognizing the impact of the global climate crisis, the exhibition brings together artists from Central Asia, Indonesia, and Australia as another step toward global climate and ecological solidarity, and practices of care for the fragile ecosystems of the transboundary Lake Balkhash basin.
At the exhibition “Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities,” artists delve and reflect on the interconnections of local communities and biodiversity as keepers of collective memory. Bodies of water are reimagined as living archives, preserving the continuity of rituals and technologies amid shifting socio-economic and climatic realities.
By embracing diverse perspectives, knowledge systems, and historical contexts that shape the cultural landscape, the exhibition invites a rethinking of socio-natural interactions, a deeper understanding of aquatic spaces, and the evolving dynamics of hydro-social relationships. It calls for a revaluation of strategies through decolonial imagination, offering new paths forward for sustainable futures.
