Notes to Editors 

 

Flow: Central Asian Video Art Programme runs from 28 November, 2025, to January 18, 2026. The programme is open on Thursday, Saturday 2 pm – 6 pm, and Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm, or by appointment. To book an appointment or for general and press enquiries, please contact  info@threehighgate.com or indira@ainalaiynspace.com

 

The exhibition is co-curated by Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek and Aliya de Tiesenhausen, and assistant curator Darya Kalembet, produced in collaboration with Three Highgate Gallery and Ainalaiyn Space.

 

About Three Highgate Gallery

Three Highgate is an art gallery and creative hub based in Highgate Village, an iconic part of London, perched at the top of Highgate Hill and teeming with history and culture. The gallery is run by the founder and director, Irina Johnstone, assisted on this project by Maria Lupashko. Three Highgate places special emphasis on development and promotion of modern and contemporary artists with a unique and poetic vision. In addition to art exhibitions, Three Highgate´s cultural programme further extends artists´ work and legacy through cinematography, book publishing, artists´ talks and residencies.  

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About Ainalaiyn Space

Established in 2022 by Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek, Ainalaiyn Space is a nomadic arts project that showcases contemporary art from an interdisciplinary perspective. The project is primarily based in London but works in collaboration with international organisations and a global community of artists, curators and researchers. With learning, research, and experimentation at the centre of its practice, Ainalaiyn Space develops exhibitions, residencies, and public programmes that explore the intersections between art and a range of other disciplines, including science, psychoanalysis, performance, and cultural studies.

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About Curators 

Dr Aliya de Tiesenhausen is a writer, curator and editor. She is the author of Central Asia in Art: from Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics published in 2016. Together with Indira Dyussebayeva-Ziyabek, she co-curated the exhibition Focus Kazakhstan: Post-Nomadic Mind in London in 2018 – the first major show of modern and contemporary art from the country in the UK. She regularly organises academic exchanges in her area of interest, including guest editing the Special Issue of Central Asian Survey entitled ‘The social role of art and culture in Central Asia’ in 2021. She writes art reviews for her blog
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