YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites you to join the Performance Week taking place from July 15 to 19!
The Performance Week examines the body's entanglement with the Caspian Sea in light of its rapidly declining water levels and the ecological and human consequences that might follow. The title references Stacy Alaimo's concept of transcorporeality, which aligns with the New Materialist view that matter, including water, possesses its own agency and actively shapes reality. Through performances and participatory works by local and international artists, Caspian Corporealities offers a space for reflection on ological interdependence, embodied experience, and the significance of Caspian waters in their specific geopolitical context today. Echoing Rasul Rza’s poetic vision of water as a mirror of inner states, the programme invites audiences to consider water as a reflective, expressive presence shaped by human and more-than-human narratives.
Curated by Anna Fech
July 15
Ramil Aliev’s live performance titled “What Is Told to Water by Water”
Curated by: Mansura Mammadaliyeva
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area
Age restriction: 16+
Darya Safarova’s performance/video documentation titled “Salt Water”
Curated by: Mansura Mammadaliyeva
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area, near the Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the 20th–21st Centuries (LED Screen)
Age restriction: 16+
Ongoing Exhibitions (July 15–19):
Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Taghiyev’s Interactive installation titled “Carried by the Receding Tide”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Gaini Sagidullayeva-Abay’s 3D animated installation titled “Iceless Horizons”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Jeyran Musayeva’s interactive installation titled “The Senses of the Caspian”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education Center
Workshop titled “Painting with Words” with Said Rzayev
Time: 16:00–20:00
Location: Yarat Contemporary ARt Space (Baku Boulevard area)
Age restriction: 6+
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Rovshan Guliyev’s performance titled “Be Silent, Watch, Act”
Time: 19:00–20:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area
Age restriction: 16+
Zarif Bakirova’s performance titled “Caspian, remember Me”
Time: 20:00-21:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area
Age restriction: 16+
Curatorial talk: “Ecology and Performance: From Physical to Digital” with Anna Fech, Farah Alakbarli, and moderator Atika Aliyeva
Language: English, with consecutive translation into Azerbaijani Time: 18:00 – 19:00 Location: Baku Boulevard area (in front of the LED screen) Age restriction: 16+
Ongoing Exhibitions (July 15–19):
Pozdnyakova and Eldar Taghiyev’s interactive installation titled “Carried by the Receding Tide”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Gaini Sagidullayeva-Abay’s 3D animated installation
titled “Iceless Horizons”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Jeyran Musayeva’s interactive installation titled “The Senses of the Caspian”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education Center
Workshop titled “Painting with Words” with Said Rzayev
Time: 16:00–20:00
Location: Yarat Contemporary ARt Space (Baku Boulevard area)
Age restriction: 6+
July 17
Performance Program:
Aliya Gadirova (Aliya The Mushroom)’s performance titled “AWAKEN, UNAWARE!”
Time: 19:40-20:30
Location: Baku Boulevard area (in front of the LED screen)
Age restriction: 16+
Javid Hasanli’s live performance titled “Make Peace Between Us”
Time: 20:40
Location: Baku Boulevard area
Age restriction: 16+
Aytan Zeynalli’s discussion titled “A View from Space”
Discussion’s language: Azerbaijani
Time: 19:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area, (in front of LED screen)
Age restriction: 16+
Ongoing Exhibitions (July 15–19):
Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Taghiyev’s interactive installation titled “Carried by the Receding Tide”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Gaini Sagidullayeva-Abay’s 3D animated installation titled “Iceless Horizons”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Jeyran Musayeva’s interactive installation titled “The Senses of the Caspian”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education Center
A workshop titled “Painting with Words” with Said Rzayev
Time: 16:00–20:00
Location: Yarat Contemporary ARt Space (Baku Boulevard area)
Age restriction: 6+
Workshop titled “Artefacts from the Future”
Time: 17:00-18:30
Location: Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the 20th–21st Centuries
Age restriction: 6+
July 18
Inga Allakova’s performance titled “Turtle’s Dream”
Time: 19:00-20:00
Location: Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the 20th–21st Centuries (1st floor)
Age restriction: 16+
Nigar Ibrahimbayli’s multimedia performance titled “Beneath the Surface: The Caspian as Witness and Memory”
Curated by: Aynur Abutalibova
Time: 20:00-21:00
Location: Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the 20th–21st Centuries (2nd floor)
Age restriction: 16+
Ongoing Exhibitions (July 15–19):
Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Taghiyev’s interactive installation titled “Carried by the Receding Tide”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Gaini Sagidullayeva-Abay’s 3D animated installation titled “Iceless Horizons”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education
Jeyran Musayeva’s interactive installation titled “The Senses of the Caspian”
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Location: YARAT Education Center
Workshop titled “Painting with Words” with Said Rzayev
Time: 16:00–20:00
Location: Yarat Contemporary ARt Space (Baku Boulevard area)
Age restriction: 6+
July 19
Workshop titled “Attention Environments” with Lena Pozdnyakova & Eldar Taghiyev
Time: 17:00-18:30/19:00
Location: YARAT Centre (MFR)
Age restriction: 16+
Panel discussion with international artists: Reflections on the performances with artists / Moderator: Anna Fech
Language: English, with consecutive translation into Azerbaijani
Time: 17:00 – 18:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area (in front of the LED screen)
Age restriction: 16+
Panel discussion with local artists: Reflections on the performances with artists
Moderator: Atika Aliyeva
Language: English, with consecutive translation into Azerbaijani
Time: 18:00 – 19:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area (in front of the LED screen)
Age restriction: 16+
Ongoing Exhibitions
Large wall projection showcasing performances recorded throughout the week
DJ Performance by Elvin Novruzlu
Time: 20:00–21:00
Location: Baku Boulevard area (in front of LED screen)
Entry to the events is free of charge. Registration is available through iTicket. For additional information: 050 246 92 92
