"We didn't lose anything. We are astral nomads, and it is our thrill to wander through interstellar space, visiting unfamiliar planets", — Sergey Maslov, novel "Astral Nomads", 2002
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
Astral Nomads – gallery, library, mediateca of authors, institutions, events of contemporary art in Central Asia
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
"If earlier the artist's body was considered as a work of art, the "Lazy Project", following Michel Foucault, offers the very way of life of a nomad, that is, "stylization of his existence", to turn into a work of art. Thus, objectivist aspirations give way to the "aesthetics of existence"", — Rustam Khalfin
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
"Every shit (fignya) has a chance. Something contingent, something that can arise from unforeseen circumstances and cannot be reduced to them. But this is not just an accident; the accident has variable bases. Contingency can change the very foundations, change the rules of the game", — Meder Akhmetov
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
"In my selfmade books and notebooks, I drew and wrote notes on the drawings. Artistic expression is metaphorical, therefore it more accurately and quickly captures the feeling of time and more easily eludes censorship. It was convenient to archive them in this way. I called my combination of the artistic forms of western modernism and the narrative of socialist realism socialist modernism", — Vyacheslav Akhunov
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
"Lazy art, or Lazy... it's very similar to a change at school. Now we also constantly perform some exercises, solve puzzles... Over time, few people already remember what was decided and how, but the changes just helped to shape...", — Ulan Dzhaparov
astral nomads — digital archive of contemporary art of Central Asia
Uzbekistan, Tashkent
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Kazakhstan, Almaty
Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
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