Opening Day Programme

We welcome everyone. All events are free and for everyone. The Bukhara Biennial opens with three days of city-wide events blending contemporary art, performances, culinary experiences, workshops and public talks.
 

18:30 – 19:00 Chanting ritual led by the Director of the Bukhara Philharmonic Rauf Avezov at Magoki Attori

18:30 – 19:00 Food Meditations with Jeong Kwan at Khoja Kalon. Limited capacities, please register here: rsvp@bukharabiennial.uz 

18:30 – 21:30 Abru Bahor (ebru) workshops with Davlat Toshev and his students in The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
 

18:30 – 22:00 Performances, Workshops & Culinary Activations:

– Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov) starting from the gates of Caravanserai
– Shiru-Shakar Performance at Olimjon Caravanserai.
– Through Bloom and Decay at Gavkushon Madrasa (Munisa Kholkhujaeva in collaboration with Anton Nozhenko)
– Bukhara Peace Agency Sozandas Performance (Anna Lublina in collaboration with Feruza Asatova, Gulrukh Norkulova, Mehriniso Samieva and Roziya Sharipova) at Caravanserai. 
– Silk Roads–inspired snack bar activation at Subodh Gupta’s Installation Salt Carried by the Wind created in collaboration with Baxtiyor Nazirov
– Al Musalla Prize: On Weaving by EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and artist Rayyane Tabet at West gate of The Kalyan Mosque

19:00 – 20:30 Food Meditations with Jeong Kwan at Khoja Kalon. Limited capacities, please register here: rsvp@bukharabiennial.uz
19:30 – 20:00 Open-air performance of traditional Bukhara Mavrigi music at Hauz led by the Director of the Bukhara Philharmonic Rauf Avezov
20:00 – 22:00 Public feast and party at Hauz by chef Pavel Georganov