Til (Tongue) — Tuerhong Guliniali

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Tuerhong Guliniali (گۈلنىھال) is a creative producer, designer, and researcher based in Brooklyn (2024). Tuerhong applies her critical media studies research interest into the intersection of design and technology. Tuerhong’s design research focuses on technology & machine learning, race as technology, and poetic storytelling in understanding reclamation of self within and beyond digital media. As a radio producer and curator, Tuerhong interviews young emerging artists around the global internet through her show gtalks! radio, a bi-monthly interview program that shares stories to inspire and connect with like minded people, at dublab radio.

Til (Tongue)

Website Design, Research

2023 ~

Til traces the connection between Central Asian string instruments and one’s reunion with the knowledge of their indigenous past, which empower the possibility of (re)imaging the future through instrumental sound and video. The video collage unravels emotions that are triggered by Central Asian string instruments played in familiar environments for anyone from the Central Asian diaspora to reconnect with media representations that are away from Euro-centric or East-centric gazes. Til is composed from an archive of video found online with english search terms such as “Uzbek Dutar”, “Uyghur Rawap”, or “Krygyz Komuz” and so on. Supplementing the video collage are written and imagery elements that provide historical and cultural context for viewers of all backgrounds to understand the encoded social and visual language within the video art.