Uzbekistan (Republic of)

How do we perform belonging? How do we embody the character of a “foreigner”? Uzbek diaspora artist Aziza Kadyri explores the experiences of Central Asian women and how they reimagine their identities in the process of migration. In a deconstructed theatre backstage, costumes become sculptures alongside audiovisual work co-created with Tashkent-based Qizlar Collective, rooted in women’s narratives, exploring embodied memories and the relationship between the body and its environment. The installation links Uzbek Suzani embroidery and AI image generation, unveiling AI’s biases and its global impact on shared memories. While in the space, the viewer is invited to embody both the observer and the observed, shifting between states of exposure—changes perceptible only to the onlookers beyond this space of accidental performance.