Journal
Threshhold
In her essay, Gabriela Adamczyk reflects on being locked outside a gallery, transforming the literal barrier into a metaphor for perception. Drawing on “threshold knowledge” and Georges Didi-Huberman, she explores how limitation redefines art engagement, revealing that ambiguity and restraint can sometimes offer deeper insights than exhaustive scrutiny.
Drawing a Preconscious Landscape
Delving into the themes of Ainalaiyn Space’s group exhibition, Preconscious Landscape, participating artist Holly Stevenson explores the connections between preconsciousness and her latest sketchbook drawings.
Between the Virtual and the Physical: A Review of Sophie Mars’ VR Experience Mirror Me
The Ainalaiyn Space curatorial team was kindly invited to experience Mirror Me. Now, curatorial assistant Phoebe Bradley-White reflects on her experience.
Painted Ladies
An Introduction to the Iconography of Identity, Memory and Metamorphosis in Aziza Shadenova: My Cocoon Tightens - Colours Tease -
An Interview with Nurbol Nurakhmet
After a residency in Paris with International Art Development Association (IADA), Ainalaiyn Space’s curatorial assistant Phoebe Bradley-White met virtually with artist Nurbol Nurakhmet to discuss his recent series, Panopticon.
Can One Mend Trauma with a Thread?
New exhibitions from Louise Bourgeois and Gulnur Mukazhanova can be disturbing, or they can be healing – depending on where you are at, emotionally and psychologically.
by Aliya de Tiesenhausen
@tiesennotes
Öliara: The Dark Moon
Öliara, in translation from Kazakh language, describes the moment of the last lunar phase, termed the “dark moon”. In conjunction with Gulnur Mukazhanova’s exhibition at Mimosa House (London), curator Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek explores the significance and poetry of Öliara, both historically and in our contemporary moment.