Al–yené is an artist who was born and raised in the Sakha republic. She works across different media, but mostly with video and poetry. Her practice is focused on continuity, displacement, gaps and absences within cultural memory.
During her residency, she will work on a project that interacts with official archives, focusing on counter-archiving practices to question and redefine dominant narratives.The film she is developing features a series of recollections from the Sakha Republic—either heard or dreamt—creating a kaleidoscope of the protagonist’s reality. Footage filmed in the region is interwoven with archival recordings and characters who engage in discussions about history and cultural memory amid ongoing militarization. The film explores themes of memory, archives, indigenous identity, and the politics of (mis)recognition.
