PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) is a monthly peer-discussion group for creative people, offering a friendly, informal hub for practitioners to meet, share and discuss works in progress.

In PDF #58, artist Yaniya Mikhalina will introduce the ongoing research that underpins Appeal to All Western Countries, a sound sculpture originally inspired by a Soviet archive document dealing with the status of Tatar and Bashqort indigenous languages. Drawing on her artistic and personal experience, Mikhalina will explore themes of form, context, production and temporality.

This session will be especially relevant for artists and others who are exploring translocality or time-based, decolonial archival and listening practices. It will be of interest to anyone engaged in long-term creative processes and the sharing of knowledge across geographical boundaries.

Image credit: From Mansur Möhammatshin’s archive. Courtesy the artist