Time cannot be reversed. Some things are gone – and no one can do anything about this. But at least we can enjoy the pictures of the past – and imagine dozens of ways in which it could’ve gone. Today’s photoreporting is dedicated to this. I wanted to compare Alma-Ata with Almaty – and return…
Author: niksonsham
Help the helpless
Two days ago, Assylai came into the University with huge bouquet of flowers, which was shimmering in all colours. It was not a gift of a mysterious fan – but a good existential reminder for any journalist. On this day she went into the city – to buy a case for her mobile phone. It…
Personal opinion on news
Exploring the newspaper was quite an experience for me. I expected something very old and boring, but now believe that newspapers are still competitive in some aspects. At least on a local level. “Vecherniy Almaty”, for example, is much better than any other local Internet newspaper. While Internet newspapers write only about something big, viewing…
Conversation with taxi driver
…late evening. The debates are over – and now I need to find myself at home. Not an easy task though. All marshrutkas are gone – and I have to catch a taxi… An old minivan stops near me – and the driver permits me to enter, arguing “Sairan 200” tradition. He looks tough and…
Me and my blog
Having a blog sometimes can be very interesting, sometimes – difficult, and sometimes – very exhausting. But what about two blogs at the same time? This is what happened to me. One day in winter holidays I was sitting at home – the weather outside was horrible – and scrolled my Instagram. Suddenly, my ex-classmate’s…
Slowpoke news №1
Hello-hello-hello, dear readers. The Hell is freaking back! We are ready to feed you by best news from all over the world – but we are not ready to decide our format. Last time we had a digest every two days – but our chief editor suddenly changed his mood – so here we are,…
Time to say good bye – my thoughts about Infomatrix
Hello everyone again. Since this is our last assignment, this would be the last post in my blog – and it makes me very happy. And yeah, you are right – it’s not connected with art. Because if you create art blog – you must write there random staff, aren’t you? Why write about art…
Should art try to make society better?
Often we see some movie or book praised for “social statements”. Such movies and books have clear political and social message – claiming that they are trying to make society “better”. Are they? And should they? Well, actually no, please, no – go to hell with such proposals. We’ve already reached the point where we have “left”…
Newsletter №2
ut Donald Trump officially banned the flights of Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 in USA. After that, Boeing recommended everyone in the world to temporarily stop expluatation too. What happened? Few days ago the plane (Boeing 737) crashed in Ethiopia. 157 people died. Before that, in October 29, there was a crash in…
Newsletter №1
As usual, nothing important happened here in Kazakhstan, in the last two days. But we should justify the subtopic name, aren’t we? Luckily for us, there was a protest meeting in Russia this Sunday What actually happened? Protest meeting in Moscow, coordinated with authorities and organized by Libertarian party. Telegram also helped in organization. Pavel Durov’s social…
ARTillery 