Tacit Tongues Group Exhibition at NIKA Project Space Paris
There's an upcoming exhibition called Tacit Tongues, curated by Timur Zolotoev, set to open on May 25, 2025, at NIKA Project Space in Paris. It will showcase 15 works from artists like Mila Balzhieva, Natalia Papaeva, and Nomin Zezegmaa, who hail from Buryatia and Mongolia, as well as the Berlin-based collective Slavs and Tatars. This exhibit delves into how language plays a vital role in preserving cultural identity, especially in light of the 20th-century cultural losses in Mongolia and Buryatia. Zolotoev, who participated in a residency with Slavs and Tatars in 2024, emphasizes the importance of language in cultural memory. The opening will include a performance by Buryat countertenor Aldar Dashiev, blending traditional Buryat Mongolian and Baroque music.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled Tacit Tongues curated by Timur Zolotoev
- Opens 25 May 2025 at NIKA Project Space Paris
- Features 15 works by Mila Balzhieva, Natalia Papaeva, Nomin Zezegmaa, and Slavs and Tatars
- Includes painting, textile, video, mixed media, performance, and installation
- Focuses on language fragility and resilience in Mongolia and Buryatia
- Zolotoev participated in Slavs and Tatars' 2024 residency-mentorship programme
- Balzhieva's Glossopteris and Latex series uses extinct plant imagery
- Papaeva's Let me think (2025) is laser-cut text on Mongolian silk
- Zezegmaa's Body Soul Thought (2024) inspired by shamanic teaching
- Slavs and Tatars present Kitab Kebab and Szpagat installations
- Opening performance by Buryat countertenor Aldar Dashiev
- Press release from NIKA Project Space
Entities
Artists
- Timur Zolotoev
- Mila Balzhieva
- Natalia Papaeva
- Nomin Zezegmaa
- Slavs and Tatars
- Aldar Dashiev
- Vsevolod Nekrasov
- Veronika Berezina
Institutions
- NIKA Project Space
- Slavs and Tatars
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- Mongolia
- Republic of Buryatia
- Eastern Siberia
- Central Asia