"Place of Art" team
Natalia Smolianskaia
Artist, curator and philosopher of art specializing in the problems of institutional critique, the role of avant-garde in the era of “surpassing art”, and the issues of actualizing art in modern condition.
Together with a group of curators, she runs research projects Vojti I razreshit (To Enter and Permit) and Mesto iskusstva (The Place of Art). From 2007 to 2013 she was the head of the research program dedicated to avant-garde theories and practices and the languages of art at the International College of Philosophy in Paris
Polina Lukina
Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Place of Art”. Ph.D in Art and Design, Senior Lecturer at the School of Design of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, author of research on contemporary art, curatorial and museum practices, Executive Secretary of the Higher School of Economics Journal of Art and Design.
Kristina Pestova
Christina Pestova — independent researcher, curator, and writer currently based in Stockholm. Her practice focuses on the exploration of space and territories, reflecting on the multiplicity of urban and rural narratives. From 2016 to 2024, she held the position of curator at the Center for Creative Industries ‘Fabrika’. In 2023–2024, she held the position of fellow researcher at the University of Gothenburg.
Stanislav Milovidov
PhD in art and design, media researcher, lecturer at the Institute of Media and School of Design of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, works in various creative fields, including transmedia storytelling and experimental media art. Her research focuses on artistic practices using machine learning technologies, aesthetic potential of digital technologies and artificial intelligence technologies. Participant of the AI LAB (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) at the School of Design, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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Alyona Gerasimchuk
Coordinator of archival directions and curator of the archive of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, independent curator, researcher of mail-art.
Vera Zamyslova
Art historian, researcher, graduate student of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Research interests: contemporary art, theory and history of performance.