«Авангард приветствует Ленина» 
(“The Avant-Garde
Welcomes Lenin”)

Kanat Ibragimov

Новое поколение № 15, 
April 16, 1999
p. 7

From the archive of SCCA
Digital collection 
Documentation, “Tselinny” 
Center of Contemporary Culture

We stand for a revolution of consciousness. We are against Kazakhstan and Central Asia sliding into an archaic collapse. We are against “elitism” and “exclusivity.” We don’t even understand what these words are supposed to mean in a country living in poverty.

We don’t care how new or not-new an artistic product is. What matters is how relevant it is, and how well it works.