Furqat Palvan-Zade is an independent curator, researcher, and filmmaker from Uzbekistan. Since 2014 he has been leading the syg.ma project – a community-run platform and an expanding archive of texts on society and art. This platform serves as an engine and a tool for launching various collaborative projects mapping an international community of writers, activists, artists and designers. As a filmmaker and a researcher, he is working on a series of experimental projects investigating the transient geographies and overlapping cultures of Central Eurasia.