décembre 2025 | Chargé production | Concepteur
Direction technique du projet, modélisation et impression 3D du moule
Photos © DR
Saodat Ismailova, Amanat, entrusted, 2026. 18K gold.
Saodat Ismailova, Amanat, received, 2024. 18K gold.
Saodat Ismailova, Amanat, held, 2026. 18K gold, walnut.
Swiss Institute, New-York, USA
Wed Jan 21—Sun Apr 12 2026
Through the prism of its cosmologies and ecologies, Amanat considers how memory is metabolized in moments of profound cultural and political change, asking what becomes (un)speakable when the very conditions of belief come under pressure.
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Accompanying the film are three sculptural objects that distill its temporal and metaphysical dimensions: a date pit cast in gold, a walnut gathered from the forest, and a hybrid, imagined seed made from gold, gesturing towards the possibility of myth to create new realities. In the gallery nearby, an immersive sound installation composed with Paris-based field recordist Mélia Roger engulfs audiences in the sensorial presence of Arslanbob.
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In the exhibition, reality is processed somatically, foregrounding how we sense and articulate truth under complex political conditions. When cultural and ecological landscapes shift — or come under assault — do we stay bound or leave, hold on to past certainties or change? Probing the role of myth, dreams, and the sensorium in shaping our sense of self, Amanat explores what can be sensed and spoken, what is transplanted across space and transmuted across time, and what eventually fades away.
Amanat is co-commissioned by Swiss Institute, LUMA Foundation, and Kunsthalle Bern.
Following the presentation at SI, the exhibition will travel in an expanded form to LUMA Arles and conclude at Kunsthalle Bern.
The exhibition is curated by Stefanie Hessler, Director of SI.