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Sunday, November 22, 2025
Ka Mate: Chronicles of the Sun
15:00 – Performance by Ilkhom Theatre
“A meditation on creation and control — when humanity’s attempt to harness the sun awakens something older than civilization.”
14:30 – Lecture (prior to performance)
Steve Woolgar “From Laboratory Life to Solar Furnace”: How STS makes question what we take for granted about science and technology
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Sunday, November 23, 2025
Ka Mate: Chronicles of the Sun
15:00 – Performance by Ilkhom Theatre
“A meditation on creation and control — when humanity’s attempt to harness the sun awakens something older than civilization.”
14:30 – Lecture (prior to performance)
Steve Woolgar “From Laboratory Life to Solar Furnace”: How STS makes question what we take for granted about science and technology
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Past
Thursday, May 8th, 2025 Inauguration day
A Matter of Radiance
Uzbekistan National Pavilion
19th International Architeture Exhibition 2025
La Biennale di Venezia
May 10 – November 23, 2025
Friday, May 9, 16:00–17:30
Palazzo Van Axel | Curatorial Talk
A deep dive into the pavilion’s concept
and the role of the Big Solar Furnace in material science, culture and architecture.
Saturday, May 10, 14:00–15:00
Palazzo Van Axel | Book Presentation:
‘Tashkent Modernism’
A presentation of the new Rizzoli/Lars
Müller publication on Tashkent’s modernist architecture.
Saturday, May 10
‘A Place of Possibilities’ Conference
15:00–16:00 Palazzo Van Axel
Session 1: “Science as Culture”
How can culture inspire innovation in
industry, production and research? Is science a product of its cultural context, and what role do cultural institutions play?
Saturday, May 10
‘A Place of Possibilities’ Conference
16:00–17:00 Palazzo Van Axel Session 2: “Towards Solar Material Futures”
This panel explores which futures can be imagined with the sun as transformer or creator of materials — discussing the full spectrum of solar potentials rather than focusing on isolated aspects.
Uzbekistan National Pavilion