2025
This is a journey through the skies on a flying carpet with my grandmother who survived from a concentration camp in Xinjiang, China.
As we soar, the carpet transforms into a tapestry of Sumerian myths, dreams, and fragmented memories, intertwining the past with the present of maternal history in Turkestan.
Behind each language, it’s not only an army but also a choice of a mother. Where are the 'mothers' when the 'tongues' are being erased? How are they passing on the knowledge without the 'tongue'?
This is a research project of searching motherly figures in the Turkestan history and myths, and trying to generate 'half-myth' based on the 'half-true' history of colonisation.
Screenings:
2025
Nomsiz central asian experimental film festival, Uzbekistan
Asian Movie Night x Qyzqaras Autumn
Public screening "With and Through" as part of Lab Week of EYE Museum with Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Qyzqaras Film Festival, Kazakhstan
Festival L'Europe autour de l’Europe, France
2024
BYOF LI-MA New Art On Screen, Netherlands (Darya.G WIP)