CENTRAL ASIA Georgy Mamedov

Published: June 1, 2011, 5:10 p.m.

b'Interview with Georgy Mamedov, curator of Lingua Franca/\\u0424\\u0440\\u0430\\u043d\\u043a \\u0442\\u0438\\u043b\\u0438 \\u2013 Central Asia Pavilion \\u2013 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
The exhibition presents the works of contemporary artists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as well as a video-retrospective of Central Asian avant-garde. \\u201c\\u0424\\u0440\\u0430\\u043d\\u043a\\u0430 \\u0422\\u0438\\u043b\\u0438 \\u2013 Foreign Affairs\\u201d examines lingua franca from the aspect of dominating / non-native language. Intercultural contact is established through the antithesis, We and They.'