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Roman Minin
is best known for his iconic work “Homer” (Perm) and “SnowDen” (Re-Public/Re-Aligned, Helsinki). He works in many genres, from graphic works lamenting the disappearance of his native Donetsk mining culture to street art and oils. /////////////////////// Roman Minin (b. 1981) … Continue reading
Mykola Ridnyi
is a co-founder of the SOSka group in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and has participated in and co-curated significant exhibitions of oppositional art in Ukraine. //////////////////// Mykola Ridnyi was born in Kharkiv (UA) in 1985. Lives in Kharkiv. 2008 – graduated from … Continue reading
Petersburg Street University
Founded due to the temporary closure of the European University in Saint Petersburg in 2008, the SU has lived on as an autonomous initiative dealing with issues such as runaway urban development, activist interaction with the police, art and democracy, … Continue reading
Arkhangelsk Assembly
In Arkhangelsk, the Re-Aligned project held an assembly including local artists, curators, thinkers and representatives of several independent and state art institutions. Interestingly, it was a rare occasion for the local scene to be gathered in one space. The event … Continue reading
Ekaterina Samutsevich (Pussy Riot)
Ekaterina Samutsevic had experience at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and a defense enterprise behind her, when she decided to study art. Joining the actionist current in autumn 2011, she was a core co-founder of Pussy Riot. Of the three … Continue reading
SOSka Group
was founded by Mykola Ridnyi, Serhiy Popov and Ganna Kriventsova in 2005, and has pushed the boundaries of curatorial and artistic practice of what is considered acceptable in the Ukrainian context. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SOSka group was found in 2005 by Mykola … Continue reading
Curatorial Research – Kyiv Biennale and Around
The first Ukrainian biennial in the capital of Kyiv (Kiev) provided an opportunity to get to know a wide cross-section of the Russian and Ukrainian artistic scene. Alongside the impressive international exhibition curated by David Eliott, they exhibited in multiple … Continue reading
Timofey Radya
creates at times small-scale, at times monumental street art works. These urban interventions, which started in his native Ekaterinburg, range from “improvements in the hood” to highly critical works. His motto is “anyone who makes street art is a friend … Continue reading
Nikolay Oleynikov
Works: For TO THE SQUARE 2 (Checkpoint Helsinki, 2014): Radio Pravda For RE-ALIGNED ART from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (Tromso Kunstforening, Norway): VillmarksLiv (a brief comment on 22 July, media-memory, visual neoconservatism and the oil-welfare-state) For RE-PUBLIC: A Comment on … Continue reading
Pyotr Pavlensky
Works in the Re-Aligned Project: Carcass See also the brief excerpt from an extensive interview (the first video, below) with Ivor Stodolsky, Curator of the Re-Aligned Project, on the streets of St. Petersburg in 2013. Pyotr Pavlensky’s public art actions … Continue reading
