Location: Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Baku, AZ

Date: 10-14.06.2026

Curator: Sofiya Frank

Coordinator: Agnessa Tariverdiyeva

Mentor: Sabina Shikhlinskaya

Artworks by artists Ramil Aliev, Emin Mathers, Nargiz Ramizgizi, Ramil Mammadli, and Lenay Seidali-zade. Developed within the field of science art, the exhibition explores the intersection of contemporary art, science, and technology.
The project examines the impact of technological progress, the digital environment, and global ecological change on contemporary patterns of human thought. The exhibition focuses on memory, attention, perception, humanity’s relationship with the environment, and the gradual distancing from physical reality and cultural roots in the age of digitalisation.

A special place within the project is given to the Azerbaijani carpet as a carrier of memory, symbols, and cultural codes. The artists reinterpret this ancient art form through the lens of contemporary social, technological, and environmental processes.
Highlighting the interaction between science and art, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on how the relationships between humans and nature, the human body, technology, and cultural heritage continue to evolve.

The exhibition is presented with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, and the YARADICI Creative Centre.
The project, implemented by the Atesh Hub platform, is a winner of the Azad Mirzajanzada Development Program. The founder and mentor of Atesh Hub is Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan and curator Sabina Shikhlinskaya. The project curator is Sofiya Frank, and the coordinator is Agnessa Tariverdiyeva.

Ramil Aliev

His practice engages with video art, site-specific installation, performance, focusing on themes of visibility, vulnerability, and the human body within political and social contexts shaped by prolonged conflict and systemic pressure. He is a graduate of the Contemporary Art School in Baku and a member of AteshHub, an independent artist union for emerging practitioners in Azerbaijan. His work explores how bodies, environments, and power structures intersect, using artistic research as a tool for critical reflection and collective inquiry. 

Emin Mathers

In this exposition, the viewer was placed into the perspective of the central star of NØVA III, surrounded by exoplanets as if they were moving along their own orbital paths. From this position, the exhibition space transformed into a alternative stellar system, inviting the audience to observe the worlds of NØVA III not from the outside, but from within its cosmic heart.At the center of the installation, a museum vitrine contained several newly discovered minerals brought from the fractal exoplanetary system A0 - 3, a model of a capsule residency orbiting ANNA — one of the satellites of A0 - 3 — and four slide-movies documenting expeditions and missions to the exoplanets A1 - 1, A2 - 1, A2 - 2, and A3 - 1.The ambient presence of Aphex Twin’s 'Stone in Focus' which has become an anthem of the project, deepened the immersion into the world of the NØVA III stellar system, turning the exposition into a meditative encounter with imagined exoplanetary environments, scientific speculation, and cosmic consciousness.

Nargiz Ramizgizi

is a digital Azerbaijani artist engaged in nano-art. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Restoration and Expertise of Artworks from the Faculty of Art Studies at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. She also completed professional development in “Photographic Art” at the St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television in Russia and studied at the YARAT-Modern Art School.
Nanoart is a form of digital art that makes the invisible visible. In this approach, the primary tool is the electron microscope, which reveals nano-level structures, forms, and details that exist beyond the limits of human perception. For me, this invisible world becomes a visual language where beauty, color, and form are rediscovered. The digital images obtained through the electron microscope are processed using specialized software to create photographic-like visuals. These images are not scientific documentation but serve as raw visual material for creative exploration. I approach this practice not as a biologist or chemist, but solely as an artist. My goal is to take viewers on a visual journey into a world that is usually accessible only in laboratories-a world invisible to most-and transform it into an artistic experience that everyone can understand. In my works, I explore the nano-life of the bio-world we encounter in our daily lives, transforming familiar elements into extraordinary visual forms. My focus is not on the objects themselves under the microscope, but on how I perceive them, how they take shape in my imagination, and how I transform them into a visual image.

Ramil Mammadli

is a digital and conceptual artist from Baku, Azerbaijan. Before entering the visual art world, he was deeply involved in hip-hop culture as a dancer, where he developed a strong sense of rhythm, movement, and spatial awareness — elements that now define his artistic language. His works explore the intersection of technology, faith, memory, and the human soul through abstract cyber-futuristic compositions. He is the creator of the “Soul System” and “SF (Synaptic Faith)” collections, in which the circle symbolizes the soul navigating digital structures.

Lenay Seidali-zade

is a contemporary performance artist, choreographer, researcher, and founder of independent dance schools. Her work explores the relationship between body, text, and collective experience. With an initial academic background in law, she brings analytical structure and conceptual precision into her artistic practice. She graduated from the Faculty of Law in Moscow in 2016 and has been working in the legal field for over 12 years. In 2022, she completed her second higher education degree as a choreographer. In 2024, she defended her Master’s thesis in History and Theory of Choreographic Art. Her research focuses on the philosophy of dance and dance as a therapeutic practice, particularly the influence of movement on human consciousness and psychological well-being. In 2022–2023, she completed the YARAT Contemporary Art School under the mentorship of Honored Artist Sabina Shixlinskaya. In her performative and choreographic works, the body becomes text and text transforms into movement. She approaches the audience not as passive observers, but as participants and carriers of meaning.