“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 -  In recent years there has been unmanaged growth of the city of Bishkek at the expense of new areas of private buildings, which are chaotic and unplanned nature. In addition…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

Bishkek -  In Bishkek you often see drunken people lying on the roadside. Passers-by will only help if the person is well dressed. Even this happens rarely. …
Tatyana Zelenskaja – Bishkek Lab

Life is all about hierarchy - in animal life and in human life, somebody stronger and have more power and somebody stays on the lower part of the ladder.…
Nellya Dzhamanbaeva – Bishkek Lab

Old house - new fashion. The same decoration on our roads everywhere.…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

Many elderly people spend most of their time looking out of the window.
The day goes by while they watch what is happening around them.
And today a pigeon has…
Tatyana Mihnevich – Bishkek Lab

The Kyrgyz have been nomads since ancient times and therefore the food was kind of One of the features of Kyrgyz cuisine has become KURUT. It’s dried balls syuzme…
Nargiz Chynalieva – Bishkek Lab

The men in the Christmas stall eat molded bread and uncooked noodles. Wodka is the main menu, starter and dessert. They are from a lot of different countries so they…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Tokio Hotel LOOSERS (noxu) 100 % is read on one of the storehouses. Does the fact that I can only read the English texts make me connect to the underground…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Sheep are favorite food of Kirghiz and sheep’s head (it calls BASH) outstanding national delicatessen.…
Raisat Musaeva – Bishkek Lab

Waiting for his boss who is smoking and who is waiting for his child to enjoy the snow.…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Today it is impossibe to imagine our lives without electricity. It's the modern miracle for all of us!…
Angelina Mokh – Bishkek Lab

On this picture you can see a Kyrgyz young woman. In her pose, the way she carries her baby and in her shy smile you can see Asian wisdom.…
Tatyana Zelenskaja – Bishkek Lab

The father with the son have gone out for a walk. They are happy together. They have a very warm relationship, and tender feelings for each other.…
Tatyana Mihnevich – Bishkek Lab

On my first round in Bishkek on Saturday morning I found these children playing a game I did play in my youth as well. You draw a pattern with chalk…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

You see job offers everywhere in the street. Mostly to sell cosmetics (such as Oriflame or Avon) via direct selling. Body building courses and business classes and everywhere the pink…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

On the left side is a shoe repair and on the other side is vegetables and fruit shop. Both types are widly represents in Bishkek. Man in the shoe repair…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

Woman was staying behind the fence next to her house and looking at the street. Walking by neighbors could stop and talk to her for hours. It is kind of…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

On the picture you can see a Kyrgyz girl, Meka. She looks like a foreigner because her pose is free. That is not common for Asian women. Her body language…
Tatyana Zelenskaja – Bishkek Lab

Do you remember times when people wrote letters to each other and waited for it for a long time? Today letter boxes used mainly for municipal receipts and advertisements. Sometimes…
Nellya Dzhamanbaeva – Bishkek Lab

’Hot’ understood like it would be understood everywhere in the world. Written on the building where the actual lessons take place. This writer can use an extra lesson...........…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

cheap looking car with a rich looking interiors. Car owners always try to dress up their car and put there a lot of accessorise-talismans like a frog with coins in…
Meka Muratova – Bishkek Lab

It’s a sign that says” “To every person in Kyrgyzstan - worthy work and worthy salary! Trade Unions Federation of Kyrgyzstan" P.S. The number of unemployment in Kyrgyzstan is…
Nellya Dzhamanbaeva – Bishkek Lab

People in Bishkek loves simplicity and practicality, for example the useless stone turns to a new decorative element in the garden.…
Samat Mambetshaev – Bishkek Lab

I came, I saw, I called!…
Angelina Mokh – Bishkek Lab