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Tag archive for ‘art’

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  From Akmola to Astana

  Ran across a great series of photographs by Manuel Capurso called From Akmola to Astana, which documents Astana capturing both the old and the new. It’s an interesting set. Anyone who has lived in Astana for some time will have noticed the sharp contrasts between the two cities and the surrealism of new modern buildings […]

  3/24/11 • (Comments Off on From Akmola to Astana)

• Eagle Hunters

  Looking around Redbubble, I discovered an Australian artist/graphic designer with some nice paintings of Kazakh eagle hunters. Check out Gerard Mignot‘s portfolio. It’s also interesting to Search for Kazakhstan (NSFW) on redbubble. I seem to be the major contributor now but there are some great landscapes and also a few pictures of naked people bathing […]

  9/29/10 • (1)

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  Movie Review: Tulpan

  A review of Tulpan, a great look at life on the steppes of Kazakhstan and a light-hearted drama with bits of comedy mixed in. Incidentally, also the film from Kazakhstan that has won the most international awards!

  2/26/10 • (1)

• Cvet, Kamera, Motor!

  Or Lights, Camera, Action! Is this what they say in Russian when they film a movie? Just an interesting article I came across the other day, Nazarbayev tries to set an example by personally taking an interest in Kazakhstani films [RU]. The President plans to visit movie theaters and watch Kazakh movies in order to […]

  12/12/09 • (4)

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  My Yurt or Yours?

  A new flirtatious T-shirt from KZBlog. It reads “My Yurt or Yours” in Russian with a yurt badge-style emblem. Perfect Christmas gift and a definite conversation starter in Almaty or Albequerque.

  12/05/09 • (Comments Off on My Yurt or Yours?)

• Foreign Fonts

  I’m working on a new T-shirt idea as a Christmas present for a friend–we’ll see if I can pull it off well enough to try to sell to the general public–and was looking for cool Cyrillic fonts. I thought my discoveries might be useful. Dafont has some awesome fonts in Russian Orthodox Church style, propaganda […]

  11/29/09 • (3)

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  Jumyr Kylysh or Two Warriors

  Chris Merriman was kind enough to lend me Ulytau’s most recent album, Jumyr Kylysh which is being released in English as Two Warriors. I suppose the name change is because Jumyr Kylysh seems to mean “round ball” in Kazakh. Non-Kazakhs, who have never heard of Ulytau, would not expect an album called Round Ball to […]

  11/07/09 • (Comments Off on Jumyr Kylysh or Two Warriors)

• NSFW in Russian-speaking offices

  Some creative photography used in a park in Karaganda via NewEurasia. It’s pretty clever and also funny, but definitely not to be opened with Russian speaking colleagues looking over your shoulder. So when you’re alone, click here! Even though jokes aren’t funny when you have to explain them, I will say that the word in […]

  10/11/09 • (Comments Off on NSFW in Russian-speaking offices)

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  Blues Explosion was not number one in Astana. Ace of Base was number one in Astana!

  According to a sign outside of Congress Hall, the local concert hall, Ace of Base is playing Astana! The big bands usually go to Almaty. Most recently the Scorpions did Almaty. But big Russian bands like Chaif and Time Machine, not to mention pop stars like Zhanna Friske come to Almaty with some regularity. Astana’s […]

  2/06/08 • (Comments Off on Blues Explosion was not number one in Astana. Ace of Base was number one in Astana!)

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  Fashion Week in Almaty: Photos

  Overall more diversity I think than before. The show featured mostly Central Asian designers and in the past there was a lot of blending of traditional patterns and materials like felt and fur with haute-coutre. I think this time around it was more haute-coutre. Little to clearly distinguish this show as Kazakhstany: Transparent thin dress […]

  11/28/06 • (Comments Off on Fashion Week in Almaty: Photos)