Humanitarian Theater
Study the taboo areas of culture with the help of art
ART PROJECTS
2019 - 2021
Study the taboo areas of culture with the help of art
Main results
Two all-Russian open calls were held (for curators and playwrights) and about 200 applications for participation in the project were received.
Within the framework of the two seasons of the project, there were four premiere performances (“Mommy. Instruction”, “Rage”) and the opening of one exhibition project (“Alternative Reality”), two more projects are under development (Performance “18%”, the exhibition project “Conscious decay")
13 events were organized within the framework of the parallel programs of the projects of the first and second seasons (performances, round table, curatorial excursions, discussions with the audience)
One special project was organized with the media - "Taboo on dislike" (together with the "Teatraly"). Six pieces written by critics, journalists and playwrights have been published, as well as two plays by open call finalists
More about the project on the website (in Russian)
All project participants:
Independent curators (season I): Katya Finkelstein, Maria Sviridova, Lyudmila Kirsanova, Elvira Khusainova.
Experts (Season I): Elena Alexandrova (culturologist, anthropologist, specialist in intercultural communication), Boris Klyushnikov (art critic and contemporary art theorist), Andrey Parshchikov (curator).
External audience (Season I): visitors to the exhibition "Alternative Reality" in the Rehabilitation Center "Nochlezhka".
Playwrights and theater and performance artists (season II): Elena Shchetinina, Polina Kolmakova, Artem Maternalsky, Sergey Medvedev, Marina Shamova, Elina Kulikova, Dmitry Efremov.
