Homepage Programme Dossiers Shop Press Archive     deutsche Version Home/Virtual HKW/Dossiers/Details Dossier Off the Silk Road Art and Culture from Central Asia Title Culture or Business changed on 01.06.2002 crossroads post-colonialism, desert, transformation, tradition, beauty, post modernity, nature, myth, modernity, marginalisation, power, emptiness, Islam, identity, borderline experience, globalisation, history, remembrance, movement for democracy, bureaucracy, anxiety Additional themes Introduction Attempts at Orientation Artists and Personalities Symbols of Power Aktan Abdykalykov, Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) Dareshan Omirbaev, Killer Omirbaev Aktan Abdykalykov, Beshkempir (The Adopted Son) Which are the economic condition artists are facing in Central Asia now? Sven Arnold und Katharina Narbutovic Invisible Authors Herbert Krill Endless Land, Small Budgets Herbert Krill Alexander Djumaev The Legacy of Two Worlds