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Hotel Continental – Art Space in Exile invites art enthusiasts to the opening of the total installation titled "ღ"(pronounced: ghani), created by Kazakh artist Anna Kin, Azernews reports.

The exhibition will take place on September 9 at 19:00 . The project has been curated by Zuleykha Ibad, the curator from Azerbaijan.

The project features multi-channel videos of alphabets from various regions and explores how language triggers our emotional and bodily experiences. Set in a dimly lit space, the installation invites the audience into a thoughtful environment where themes of memory, language, and historical trauma are explored through sound, movement, and form. Drawing from personal histories and oral memory, the project turns diasporic experiences into a broader cultural conversation.

The public program titled "Narratives that Listen Back" will also be held alongside the exhibition:

• September 11, 19:00 — Dr. Banu Çiçek Tülü (Turkiye): "Queering the Voice: Language Beyond Words and Body"
• September 13, 18:00 — Nikolay Karabinovych (Ukraine): "Golden Piece Area: L – Labubu, C – Curtis Yarvin, and Hidden Storage in the Work Center"

Anna Kin is a research-driven artist from Almaty, Kazakhstan. She works in new media, socially oriented art, and performative formats. Her practice investigates post-colonial changes in languages across Central Asia and Eastern Europe, offering radical means for collective healing.

Zuleykha Ibad is an international curator and cultural manager who focuses on the intersection of contemporary art practices with cultural, ecological, and historical contexts.

She has organized exhibitions, seminars, and public programs across Europe, the Caucasus, and the USA, collaborating with various institutions.

The project will run until September 16.

Producer: Lev Tarikov