ELEMENT / Audiovisual show by Nargiz Asgarova and Ganzee
Date: 23 May
Time: 20:30
Venue: Goethe Zentrum Baku
Address: 35, 28 May street, Kapellhaus Garden
“Element” is a nano-video art piece by artist Nargiz Asgarova, delving into a close, emotional relationship with nature. Through abstract and poetic visuals, the work invites the audience to reconnect with the raw elements of the natural world. The screening will be accompanied by live experimental house music from DJ Ganzee, performed during the event, creating an immersive atmosphere where sound and image continuously interact, blurring the line between visual art and live performance.
The visuals were captured using an electron microscope.
Nargiz Asgarova, nano-artist
Nargiz Asgarova is a digital Azerbaijani artist engaged in nano-art. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Restoration and Expertise of Artworks from the Faculty of Art Studies at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. She also completed professional development in “Photographic Art” at the St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television in Russia and studied at the YARAT — Modern Art School. She has participated in various international festivals and exhibitions, including the Empow’Her project, the International Nanoart Festival, the Istanbul Digital Art Festival, the International Gurama Festival, the 10th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Arts (2nd place), and the 2nd Saudi International Handcrafts Week (Banana), among others.
At the International Carpet Festival, the curator of the “Time” digital exhibition and the author of the “Invisible Threads” digital performance, 2025.
“In her works, she discovers the nano life of the bio-world that we see and touch every day, or the elements that we are used to seeing, the miraculous colors and the beauty of forms that we do not see, mainly small plants.”
Nanoart — is a form of digital art. The nano that surrounds us is a means of describing the beauty, colors and shapes of life that we have never seen. Nano images created with the help of an electron microscope are processed by a computer using special graphic editors.
Ganzee
Originally from Baku—Lachin, Azerbaijan, Ganzee started her music career back in 2018 as a young producer. While learning music production DJ’ing already got her attention. Starting by self-learning in 2023, later in beginning of 2024 went into local authentic DJ School — “Headroom”, graduated 2 months after.
Ganzee has performed in several clubs across city, like The Cocktail Kigin, 4Loft, AkBar, Labyrinth, performed in several private events, and had been invited by Extreme Hangout to perform at COP29, as well as experimenting with genres and being open to collaborations and innovation.
While being genrefluid, her heart belongs to electronica, hypnotic raw techno, hard-groovy and electro house. Starting with tech house and electronic beats, she crafted a distinctive style, mixing early 2000’s synths with techno and hard house rhythms and modern sounds.