“Bishkek Lab”

PAPA-Lab Bishkek Kyrgystan took place from 3rd till 17 th of April 2011. The hosting organisation is ArtEast. PAPA-Lab Bishkek worked with a group of their art students. Participating artists are Nellya Dzhamanbaeva, Angelina Mokh,Sapargul Turdubekova, Elena Chigibaeva, Nargiz Chynalieva,Raisat Musaeva, Tatyana Zelenskaja, Samat Mambetshaev, Anastasia Slastnikova, Tatyana Mihnevich, Meka Muratova. This project has been made possible with the kind support of Artscollaboratory. 

Bishkek -  He lives in down town of Bishkek. And feels himself happy.…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

Bishkek -  Right at the start of our first wild walk we find this group of men in this little house. Apparently it is a stage as well. Several rows of benches…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

How could such peaceful, contemplative people get involved in two recent revolutions (2005 and 2010) and ethnic riots (2010)? I began to understand the mechanism a little after I…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Old almost destroyed house, where still somebody lives and new one on the back under the construction. Bishkek is the city of undone constructions and destroyed houses.…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

People in Kyrgyzstan who live in the old buildings have storehouses of their own. And if you look on the picture you can see different doors of their storehouses. It…
Elena Chigibaeva – Bishkek Lab

In many single houses the toilet is outside. Because it was very cold the girl uses the easy way to donate her water to the earth.…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

“Fashionable ART” There is café named “ART cafe” in center of the city. There was time of fashionable “lounge” bars in Bishkek. Every new bar had “lounge”…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

These girls looking like little women just returned from school. One of them has rollerskates and now they all want to try. Education is in Kyrgyz nowadays and not any…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

In Kyrgyzstan men prefer sport outfit 24/7 even if they are going to work.…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

Public advertising on the bridge, which says “JOB!!!“ and cell-phone number. In Kyrgyzstan there is a big lack of jobs. Usually in this kind of ads people are…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

In many old onefloor houses usually toilets are separated from them. This small building, with one door from this looking side and the second on the other, is the “Double…
Elena Chigibaeva – Bishkek Lab

Kyrgyzstan is a country of electricity. But 2009 and 2010 when the president K.Bakiev was in power  our country suffered of cuts in electricity because the electricity was…
Angelina Mokh – Bishkek Lab

The frames from the hospital beds used as a fence. The loveliness doesn’t have to be expensive. This is an example of the cheapest way of “recycling”, the…
Samat Mambetshaev – Bishkek Lab

The students and I have discussions about whether we do not give a to negative image of Kyrgystan. We picture what catches our eye on the doorstep of where we…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Here in Kyrgyzstan cell phone connection is pretty cheap. So you can always see somebody who is talking and talking and talking and talking...…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

A lot of old stuff has its “second life” and still gives us pleasure. The dog enjoys the dreams in old chair.…
Tatyana Mihnevich – Bishkek Lab

The man who raises doves at his house. This is his hobby. There are a lot of regions in Bishkek full of this kind of people and houses. I found…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

Each year Kyrgyz people spend about 2 billion dollars for observance traditions: a wedding is very expensive event. Another expensive tradition concerned with commemoration. If men died his family should…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

One of the many football pitches now being built in Bishkek. And this is often the case when girls are playing boys are staring at them. …
Tatyana Zelenskaja – Bishkek Lab

Hydro Electro Stations produce enough volume of energy to cover all population necessity and sell vestige of it to other countries. But the way of consumption of energy in Kyrgyzstan…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

Lock the door and calm down.  But today I’m afraid such a lock will not be safe enough. Public space is filled with storerooms. Every person living in one…
Angelina Mokh – Bishkek Lab

In between the flatbuildings there are a lot of playgrounds. All iron equipments bit rusty but painted in all the colours of the rainbow as well. It reminds of the…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Many people engage in extreme sports. People experience it every day and everywhere. This way extreme sports are for free. Break the rules by crossing the street and you will…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

You can find a lot of things on the balconies. It can be broken chairs or other unnecessary stuff. Some people store it for black day. Black day is the…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab