Project Description

Almagul Menlibayeva and Bahar Behbahani explore the dialogue between two
ancient cultures that border the Caspian Sea on the crossroads of the Middle East
and Central Asia. Their collaborative video probes the relationship between the
nomadic pagan traditions of the Turkic/Kazakh tribes apparent in the industrialized
Post-Soviet environment of Kazakhstan, and the Persian traditions of Iran’s
longstanding agricultural and urbanised civilisation.
Made possible with a grant from the Open Society Institute Budapest, Art and Culture Network Program and generous support from Priska C. Juschka Fine Art and Sharjah Art Foundation.

Sound artists: OMFO, Negar Behbahani

April 2011