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All Projects

2025

The New Genius Experience of The Great Atomic Bombreflector — Berlin Iteration

VOICES Berlin Festival, Berlin, DE

A performative collective algorithm and the 4th stage of the Planetary sci-fi project The Great Atomic Bombreflector

Performance

The New Genius Temple of The Great Atomic Bombreflector

The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul, KR

An immersive installation and the 3rd stage of the Planetary sci-fi project The Great Atomic Bombreflector

Exhibition

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The New Genius Experience of The Great Atomic Bombreflector — Seoul Iteration

The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul, KR

A performative collective algorithm and the 3rd stage of the Planetary sci-fi project The Great Atomic Bombreflector

Performance

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2024

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Spectacular Experiments on The Great Atomic Bombreflector

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York, US

A series of immersive performative events in the frame of the Planetary sci-fi project

The Great Atomic Bombreflector

Performance

 

MASTERPIECE: The video-manifesto of the 8 laws of Sergey Kalmykov

Almaty, KZ

A film device developed within ORTA’s New Genius methodology.

Film

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2022​​

LAI-PI-CHU-PLEE-LAPA Centre for the New Genius

59th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT

Audiovisual installation developed as Kazakhstan’s first national pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale

Exhibition, architecture, performative environment

 

The first New Genius Book "Sacred expositions of the Great and Immortal Lai-Pi-Chu-Plee-Lapa"

Milan, IT

Catalogue for the Kazakhstan's pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale 

Book

 

A Guide to Sergey Kalmykov

Almaty, KZ

The first English-language publication of Sergey Kalmykov’s texts

Book

 

Temporary Temple of the New Genius

59th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT

An adaptive performative and architectural environment developed for Kazakhstan’s first national pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, conceived in response to disrupted logistics caused by the war of Russia against Ukraine

Exhibition, architecture, performative environment

 

Spectacular Experiments in the Temporary Temple of the New Genius

59th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT

A series of experimental participatory New Genius rituals developed within an adaptive performative space created for Kazakhstan’s first national pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale

Performance

2021

 

Theory of New Genius

Almaty, KZ

A documentary film developed within ORTA’s New Genius methodology about ORTA’s launch of the First Atomic Bombreflector

Film

 

New Genius Kazakhstan

Meyerhold Center, Moscow, RU

An exhibition developed within ORTA’s New Genius artistic program

Exhibition

 

Zen-extravaganza "The First Atomic Bombreflector"

Meyerhold Center, Moscow, RU

Launch of the first ever Atomic Bombreflector—a performative device transforming the negative energy into creative energy created for NONAME international decolonial festival

Performance

 

First International Congress on the New Genius

Stanislavsky Electrotheater, Moscow, RU

Public roundtable on the perspectives and challenges of the emerging New Genius Theory with the participation of ORTA, Uri Gershovich, Dmitriy Melkin, moderated by Maria Kirdan

Roundtable

 

7,000 Pyramids of Beuys

Online

Performative podcast for the international project "Radio Beuys"

Audio-art

 

The First Visible Phenomena Reactor 

Aspan Gallery, Almaty, KZ

Performative experiments on the sub-visible dimension based on the text "Communication" by American composer John Cage

Performance

 

The First Visible Phenomena Reactor

Aspan Gallery, Almaty, KZ

An installation conceived as a speculative exhibition developed within ORTA’s New Genius artistic framework

Exhibition

 

 

2020

New Geniuses of the First Rank at Tselinny Center

Tselinny Center, Almaty, KZ

A series of public performative lectures on contemporary art

Performative lecture

 

Open Experiments of Fragile Orchestra

bULt, Almaty, KZ

Performative collective musical practice called "Fragile Orchestra"

Participatory concert

 

 

2019

 

The appearance of the First Volume of the Novel in a Thousand of Volumes

Almaty, KZ

Performative presentation of the book "The First Volume of the Novel in a Thousand of Volumes" in the marble room of the House of Officers

Performance

 

The First Volume of the Novel in a Thousand of Volumes

Almaty, KZ

The first book of Sergey Kalmykov’s texts published in Kazakhstan

Book

 

 

2018

Svetoprestavleniye Sergey Kalmykov

The Meyerhold Center, Moscow, RU

An exhibition presenting documentation and installations developed within ORTA’s New Genius artistic framework

Exhibition

Svetoprestavleniye Sergey Kalmykov

Almaty, Kazakhstan/Moscow, RU

A large-scale performative device in the form of technological mystery

Performance

 

Month of Sergey Kalmykov

Almaty, KZ

Media-project in the form of a series of online publications of Sergey Kalmykov's texts at Vlast.kz website

Media-project

 

Art and Madness

Almaty, KZ

Public roundtable on the topic of mental health issues and art in the context of Sergey Kalmykov's life and art

Roundtable

 

Week of Heiner Goebbels

Almaty, KZ

The first video festival in Central Asia of the outstanding contemporary director and composer, with his visit and public lecture

Video-festival

 

 

2017

 

New Geniuses of the First Rank

Almaty, KZ

Radio-show on Kazakhstani radio "Classic" about outstanding art-makers of the 20 and 21 centuries. Aired from 2017 to 2020

Radio-show

 

 

2016

Pop-mechanical performance "Medea.Material"

Almaty, KZ

The interdisciplinary stage project for 16 models, 6 musicians, 4 screens, 3 cameras, and 2 voices based on the texts by Heiner Muller and Olzhas Suleimenov

Performance

 

The New Place of Power

Almaty, KZ

A public conversation with Elena Kovalskaya and Kristina Matvienko, moderated by Rustem Begenov

Public talk

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