Her Stage

'Her Stage' (2024-ongoing) is an installation series that engages with the concept of he body in space is a vessel for memories and unfulfilled dreams. It centres the story of the artist’s grandmother, who, in the 1950s, sacrificed her dream of becoming a traditional folk dancer in Uzbekistan to meet societal expectations, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and the constraints of the patriarchal and socialist structures of that era. Through digital technologies such as machine learning, AI, and pose tracking, Kadyri intertwines her grandmother’s gestures with traditional Uzbek dance movements, creating a speculative digital choreography that reflects the possibilities and limitations of her grandmother’s life. The work invites viewers to consider the transience of movement, the de/reconstruction of memories, and the profound personal and collective histories of Soviet-era Uzbekistan.

The accompanying two-channel video showcases the digital analysis and research behind the sculptural work, as well as manipulated archival imagery and the generated a speculative choreography 'that never happened’.

Collaborators: 

Digital support: AVA Research
Choreography expert, performer: Shirin Jalilova


Edition of 3 + AP