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Flow: Central Asian Video
Art Programme
28 November 2025 - 25 January 2026
Artists Talk & Screening – 22 January 2026, 7:00-8:30 PM
Participating Artists:
• Dina Baitassova
• Madina Joldybek
• Aziza Kadyri
• Sana Serkebaeva
• Aziza Shadenova
Programme Schedule:
19:00 — Screening of video works
19:30 — Discussion with the artists
20:00 — Q&A
Screening List:
• Red Scene, Dina Baitassova (2025)
• White Noise, Madina Joldybek (2021)
• Nuclear Dreams, Aziza Kadyri (2025)
• Aitys, Sana Serkebaeva (2022)
• The Disappearing City, Aziza Shadenova (2011)
Upcoming public events
Special Event: Artist Focus – 25 January 2026, 3:00-5:00 PM
Video Conference with Almagul Menlibayeva
Programme Schedule:
15:00 — Screening of video works
15:50 — Introductory talk by Darya Kalembet, Assistant Curator of FLOW
16:10 — Live discussion with Almagul Menlibayeva (via video conference) followed by Q&A
Screening List:
• Eternal Bride (2002, 11’29)
• Steppen Baroque (2003, 10’26)
• Transoxiana Dreams (2011, 23’20)
Born in Almaty and currently working between Germany and Kazakhstan, Menlibayeva’s work explores post-Soviet realities, decolonial feminist perspectives, ecology, and nomadic mythologies. Her works have been presented internationally, including at the Venice Biennale and the Sydney Biennale.
Notes to Editors
Flow: Central Asian Video Art Programme runs from 28 November, 2025, to January 25, 2026. The programme is open on Thursday, Saturday 2 pm – 6 pm, and Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm, or by appointment. Please note that we will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 15 December, 2025, to 7 January, 2026. 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.
ainalaiynspace.com⏐ @ainalaiynspace
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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