The project developed by ORTA for the first-ever Kazakhstan National Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale was conceived as a long-term artistic and research framework dedicated to the legacy of Kazakhstani artist, writer, inventor, and visionary Sergey Kalmykov (1891–1967).

The pavilion was transformed into the Centre for the New Genius — an immersive environment articulating ORTA’s ongoing exploration of artistic practice beyond disciplinary boundaries, combining performative installations, experimental structures, and speculative systems.

Rather than presenting individual artworks, the project unfolded as a unified spatial and conceptual organism developed within ORTA’s artistic framework, with contributions by collaborators working across different media and fields.

The exhibition included a series of interconnected installations developed within the project’s overarching structure, exploring Kalmykov’s cosmology, speculative thinking, and radical imagination.

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Concept, framework and artistic direction
Alexandra Morozova, Rustem Begenov

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Collective composition developed with
Alexandr Bakanov
Darya Jumelya
Sabina Kuangaliyeva

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Performative and exhibition environment
ORTA

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Commissioned by
Meruyert Kaliyeva​

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