Shakhrizoda Ergasheva
Multidisciplinary Artist and Researcher
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
She is a member of Maqaal Collective, an independent feminist research group, and Soup Collective, a network of women filmmakers. Through these collaborations, she explores questions of gender, history, and cultural continuity in Central Asia.
Selected Works
- Umrbahori (2024, Venice Biennale): A video performance centered on the daily rituals of a girl whose boundless love transforms her environment. Love here is not just an emotion, but a generative force that imbues everyday actions with meaning.
- Candy is Crushed: An archival collage composed of animated films from her childhood. Fragmented visuals are layered to explore personal and collective memory.
- Untitled (work in progress): A collaborative video project examining how food functions as a language of care within communities.
- Audio Work: A co-created audio interview with her grandmother. Produced together with her sister, it reflects on Islamic practices during the Soviet era.
- Shajara: An audio essay based on intergenerational conversations about ancestral memory, challenging the historical erasure of women in family genealogies.
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How to Turn a Sea into Qum: A research paper (translated into Uzbek and Russian) tracing the ecological and economic devastation of the Aral Sea, linking Soviet and imperial legacies of exploitation in Central Asia.
Loneliness of Women in Uzbekistan
