Qonaqtar Exhibition - Almaty Museum of Arts - Kazakhstan

Drawing on the museum’s location on Al-Farabi Street, named after the 9th-century philosopher and author of The Great Book of Music, and on the tradition of the aqyns – Central Asia’s poet-storytellers – the programme unfolds as a layered composition, each event a distinct timbre within a shared rhythm. Performances, screenings, conversations and communal moments move from celebration to stillness, from public energy to attentive presence, opening space for altered tempos and listening that unsettles the familiar. Here begins a practice of imagination – an invitation to slow down, tune into subtle inflections and give form to what resists the scripted.

 As a gesture of hospitality to the city, this cross-cultural programme opens the museum to meaningful encounters, where enduring connections with its audiences can take root. Such shared moments weave the museum into Almaty’s cultural fabric – a fresh pulse amid the city’s evolving story. Go to Website

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