Women from the interview: Albina, Asal, Nafis, Nurangiz, Amina, Munavvara, Asalya, Nigora, Nasiba, Dasha, Madina, Nilufar, Nasiba, Zinnura, Dilnavoz, Nafisa / Production: Shahrizoda, Nigora, Madina, Denis, Ibrohim / Sound: Amalia / Sound Edit: Vova / Special thanks for support: Barbara, Xamroxon, Gulnoza, das Team des Goethe-Instituts Uzbekistan
Shahrizoda Ergasheva
Solid Knot
- Film
- Installation
English /
With English surtitles /
Russian /
Uzbek /
“Solid Knot” explores loneliness as both a deeply personal and universally shared experience. Through conversations with women across Uzbekistan, Shahrizoda Ergasheva discovered that while moments of solitude are individual, they are tied together by a ‘solid knot’ of common feeling. The installation examines how loneliness exists in the in-between spaces of daily lives: in the quiet moments before sleep, during mundane tasks, and in the constant interruption between caring for others and being alone with oneself.
Shahrizoda Ergasheva is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher from Namangan, currently based in Tashkent (both in Uzbekistan). Her work spans visual, sonic, and textual media, exploring themes of memory, inheritance, and care. Drawing on family traditions of sewing, knitting, and embroidery, she reimagines domestic practices as acts of resistance and storytelling. She is a member of Maqaal Collective, an independent feminist research group, and Soup Collective, a network of women filmmakers. Through these collaborations, Sharhrizoda Ergasheva explores questions of gender, history, and cultural continuity in Central Asia.
Team
Dates
Credits
Part of ”Being Alone - Artistic Perspectives from Central and East Asia and Beyond“, a project within “Solitude: Loneliness & Freedom,” an initiative of the Goethe-Institutes in East and Central Asia in cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Production: Shahrizoda Ergasheva, Goethe-Institut Uzbekistan.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
