Kamila Narysheva

Artist, Curator
Almaty, Kazakhstan
 

Kamila Narysheva is a curator and researcher based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her work focuses on decolonial narratives, memory, and alternative historiographies in Central Asia. She has curated exhibitions and cultural projects both in Kazakhstan and internationally.

She leads t 1⁄2, a sound art and research initiative that explores the nuclear legacy of the Semipalatinsk Test Site through sonic and sensory experiences. Additionally, she organizes music events under the platform known as DBAD, supporting groups marginalized by patriarchy in dance music, solidarity in dance music, and hosts a radio show on Berlin’s Refuge Worldwide, highlighting Central Asian music. Narysheva holds a master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from Bard College and Smolny College. She currently manages projects at the Batyrkhan Shukenov Foundation, promoting Kazakhstan’s cultural and music landscape.

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Prometheus Brought Fire

Prometheus Brought Fire is an interactive art installation that explores digital isolation, misinformation, and the breakdown of online communication. Through a custom-built chatbot, fed by spam and fear, real conversations are hijacked and distorted – broadcast live for audiences to witness or join. The result is a poetic but unsettling meditation on sincerity in the age of surveillance.