ORTA explores the possibilities of human creativity through the creation of Universal Projects, including theatre, visual arts and new media art, video and film, technology, social research and philosophy, as well as robotic, computer, electronic engineering and applied arts.

Kazakhstan will present its first national pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 23 April to 27 November 2022. For its inaugural presentation, Kazakhstan will be represented by transdisciplinary collective ORTA, founded in 2015 by director Rustem Begenov and actress Alexandra Morozova. Their project for the Kazakhstan Pavilion is based on the ideas of the avant-garde Almaty artist, inventor and writer Sergey Kalmykov (1891-1967), who died in complete obscurity, but who inspired generations of contemporary artists in the region.

Transdisciplinary collective ORTA was founded in 2015 by director Rustem Begenov and actress Alexandra Morozova. Since 2017, the group also includes artist Alexander Bakanov, photo and video designer Daria Dzhumelya and artist Sabina Kuangalieva. ORTA explores the possibilities of human creativity through the creation of Universal Projects, including theatre, visual arts and new media art, video and film, technology, social research and philosophy, as well as robotic, computer, electronic engineering and applied arts. Since 2017, their projects have been mainly focused on the New Genius Theory of the artist Sergey Kalmykov (1891-1967).