This exhibition is about a time that will forever remain in the past; about what happens to art before it enters history; about the artist’s journey from solitude to love, from the secluded to the institutional, from the experimental to the professional.

Interdisciplinary performance and installations 
Artists: Gulnur Mukazhanova, Dariya Temirkhan, qazaq indie, SAMRATTAMA 
Dariya Temirkhan (b. 2000, Oral, Kazakhstan), an artist creating digital and physical collages, sound art and video art. In her arts, Dariya discusses the phenomenon of urban life against a regular life of auls and small towns. The decentralisation of culture and art in Kazakhstan is a topical issue to her. 

This video depicts various types of dragons. They move through a water-like space, gathering for an important assembly. This aquatic realm represents another world — one that lies between reality and dream. The audio used in the video features sounds recorded on the banks of the Yaik River. 
The dragons protect the defenseless and give strength to the powerless. 

The HORIZON Anthology (since 2021) is an online collection of research and critical texts, video and multimedia works (including video essays and interactive timelines). The authors are contemporary artists, curators, academics, etc. A new issue comes out every autumn. The anthology is part of HORIZON, an online research platform of the Tselinny Center for Contemporary Art on the history and theory of Central Asia.