Chilltan: Shapeshifting Eternal Spirits from Central Asia
Kassel: Documenta Fifteen,
- Artist
- Saodat Ismailova
- Curator
- Gertrude Flentge, Ayse Güleç, Frederikke Hansen, Lara Khaldi, Andrea Linnenholk
- Contributor
- Aïda Adilbek, Benazir Ibraimova, Dana Iskakova, Madina Joldybek, Munis Jurayeva, Tokzhan Karatai, Nazira Karimi, Daria Kim, Jazgul Madazimova, Zumrad Mirzalieva, Tillaniso Nuregdi
- Book design
- Metodo Studio
- Translator
- Tereza Charlus, Anaf Strogalova
- Abstract
- Publication of DAVRA, a research collective of artists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, founded by Saodat Ismailova and initiated through her participation in documenta fifteen (Kassel, 2022). Presents research on chilltans — shapeshifting sacred spirits rooted in syncretic shamanic, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, and Islamic belief — through academic texts, prose, poetry, photographs, illustrations, and collages. Organized so that each page corresponds to one of the collective's participants or invited guests, the publication accompanied a 41-day public program of ritual gatherings, music, clay sculpture, and film at the Fridericianum.
- Language
- en
- Format
- Book
- Geography
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Subject
- Art, Ethnography
- Exhibition
- Documenta Fifteen, Kassel (2022)