Transformation of Space in Almaty, Kazakhstan - Multimedia Art Exhibit in Residency

It is a place of divided loyalties,

where hankering for the past disquiets

and eagerness for the future overawes

both strangers and old hands.

Here, we cobble together

a realm of ambitions .

yours, one of constancy;

mine, of hope – far from

where I was blown out

thousands of sand dunes away.

Where I come from,

we speak of movement

in hushed tones.

Where I come from,

we like to  keep still.

I look around

this city of fit and frenzy,

the stony assemblages

rising from the restless land.

And I realize

we are the same,

together

in this bold pastiche,

appropriated as if unalive.

A. V.

15 August 2007

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