About Aigerim Kapar and Lesson Overview

Aigerim Kapar, art curator and activist, discusses her platforms, art exhibits, and activism in an interview.

Lesson 1: Время и Астана после будущего

This lesson is based on four clips about Kapar’s platforms Artcom and Art-collider and about Astana as a new city, as well as an art exhibit dedicated to the city.

Lesson main author: Shannon Donnally Quinn, with Aselle Almuratova and Gulnara Glowacki
Project team members: Karen Evans-Romaine, Lidia Gault, Dianna Murphy

Lesson 2: Наследство политических репрессий

This lesson is based on three clips and focuses on an art exhibit about political repression, as well as nomadic life, the famine, language policy, and deportations.

Lesson main author: Shannon Donnally Quinn, with Aselle Almuratova
Project team members: Karen Evans-Romaine, Lidia Gault, Gulnara Glowacki, Dianna Murphy, Iuliia Raiklin

Lesson 3: Роль искусства в борьбе против экологических проблем в Казахстане

This lesson is based on four clips. It focuses on some ecological problems and the art activism that works to preserve natural resources such as the Taldykol lakes and Lake Balkhash.

Lesson main author: Shannon Donnally Quinn, with Aselle Almuratova and Gulnara Glowacki
Project team members: Karen Evans-Romaine, Lidia Gault, Dianna Murphy, Iuliia Raiklin