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Kamila Narysheva. Photo: © Albina Arbuzova Kamila Narysheva. Photo: © Albina Arbuzova

Kamila Narysheva

Kamila Narysheva is a sound and media artist based in Almaty. Working with spatial sound, field recording and rule-based systems, she creates installations and performances that examine nuclear legacy, digital infrastructure and cultural memory in Central Asia.

Recent work includes T1/2 (Half-Life) (2024–2025), a collaborative sound installation with Vicky Clarke responding to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, and Prometheus Brought Fire (2024–2025), a multi-channel installation with scripted chatbot developed for the Goethe-Institut’s SOLITUDE platform. 

She holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from Bard College and Smolny College.


Exhibitions


Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities. Graphic design by Ayym Zhaishylyk.

Exhibition: Between Fires – Irradiated Imaginations & Anti-Nuclear Solidarities

Curated by Fabienne Rachmadiev, the exhibition traces the intertwined histories of nuclear infrastructures, colonialism and resistance, presented in collaboration with Sonic Acts

Agenda


Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities. Graphic design by Ayym Zhaishylyk.

Opening Between Fires: Irradiated Imaginations and Anti-Nuclear Solidarities

Opening of Between Fires, featuring a performance by buulbuul