Аннотация
The article examines the transformation of the traditional Kazakh wall hanging tuskiiz within the context of contemporary artistic practice in Kazakhstan. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that, in the post-Soviet period, textile forms acquire new significance: they transcend ethnographic and decorative – applied frameworks to become a medium of cultural memory and critical reflection. Despite the existence of ethnographic and historical research, the potential of tuskiiz as a conceptual artistic instrument remains insufficiently explored, which determines the scholarly novelty of this investigation. The aim of the study is to analyze strategies of reinterpreting tuskiiz in contemporary artistic practice in Kazakhstan. The research tasks include: considering tuskiiz as a phenomenon of nomadic material culture and identifying semantic and symbolic transformation of traditional motifs. Drawing on the projects of Gulnur Mukazhanova and Fatima Omir, the article analyzes various strategies of engaging with cultural memory and identity through textile art. Both visual and semantic transformations of traditional forms are examined as they unfold under the influence of globalization, post-Soviet identities, and metamodernist worldviews. Special attention. Is given to the shifting sacred and symbolic codes within contemporary art.