Oceans of Time

Oceans of Time is a duo exhibition of contemporary art presenting works by Firouz FarmanFarmaian and Stefano Cagol, created during their separate travels in Kyrgyzstan.

Time can be envisioned as a vast, uncharted ocean, its depths teeming with layers of history, culture and memory. Like the ocean’s ever-shifting tides, time is in constant flux – fluid, cyclical and elusive. As we navigate this boundless sea, we rely on the work of explorers such as archaeologists, biologists and artists, who act as tidal currents, stirring the waters and revealing the hidden treasures of the past. Two such currents are Firouz FarmanFarmaian and Stefano Cagol, whose work, while exploring seemingly unconnected topics in the same land, travels through oceans of time.

FarmanFarmaian’s Gates of Turan bring us on an ancient journey with the Kyrgiz nomadic tribes, deeply rooted in spirituality and semiotics; while Cagol’s We are the Flood invites to embark on an even more ancient journey to the time of the creation of the Kyrgiz mountains, based on geological research and poetic intuition.

As we ride their tidal currents through this ocean, we are both observers and participants, watching the currents shift and change, while also contributing to them. Our travels, whether to ancient ruins or uncharted landscapes, are not just physical journeys but voyages through oceans of time itself.