Leeza Ahmady organised an exhibition and symposium entitled "The Taste of Others: Contemporary Art in Central Asia" in New York in March 2005, with the aim of closing the gap that exists between the international and Central Asian art communities.

With the support of AAA Martell Contemporary Asian Art Research Grant, Ahmady travelled to Central Asia in August and September 2005 to further conduct interviews with artists and curators, and collect up-to-date materials of the developing art scene.

"The Taste of Others" is an on-going project, which aims to close the gap that exists in the international art community by connecting the scattered and unidentified artists and art practitioners of Central Asia with art professionals in other parts of Asia and the world. This project includes a series of lectures, screenings, artist talks, essays, and articles, as well as a proposed exhibition of works to travel through university museums in the United States and abroad.

Contents:

1) 1 Report Essay based on this project. It is also available for downloading from here.

2) 1 List of collected material regarding the artscene of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Please click here to view the document online.

3) 1 Object: A calendar of 2004 designed with images of teapots created by artists. It is based on the cultural event "International Competition of Teaports" held in April 2003.

4) 1 Bulletin titled "±@b" bulletin #2 initiated by Kurama Art Gallery and studio "Museum" (written in Kyrgyz and English)

Leeza Ahmady had given a talk about her curatorial project on 19th April 2007, the video tape is located at the Audio-Visual Collection (Location code: VT.EV.HGK.TOC)

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