Welcome and Introduction to the Program
Curators of the “Uncanny Dream” exhibition will present the project, introducing young Russian new media artists and sharing their curatorial perspectives on digital art in times of the pandemic.
Helena Nikonole: New media artist, independent curator and educator. Ars Electronica 2019, CTM, Mutek, «Open Codes» at ZKM Museum etc. participant. Teaches Art & Science and AI & art at ITMO University, Innopolis University and Rodchenko Art School. As a curator, she focuses on critical approaches to technology. This includes the exhibitions Learning Machines (with Alexey Shulgin) and Datasets vs Mindsets (Ars Electronica Festival 2020) which she curated together with Olga Vad. (nikonole.com)
Oxana Chvyakina: Art historian, curator, online exhibitions’ researcher and educator. Curator of the online pavilions of III and IV editions of The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale. Curator of exhibitions of the parallel and special programs of the 6th and 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art.
Credits
Curators: Helena Nikonole, Oxana Chvyakina Artists: Fedor Balashov aka wasdswag, Katya Galitskaya, Mitry Grankov, Gray cake, Anastasia Koroleva, Yuliya Kozhemyako aka supr, Ivan Netkachev, Xenia Obukhovskaya, Rona Peshekhonova, Alexey Ryabov, Eugene Kruglov, Pavel Seldemirov, Vladimir Sheshak, Anna Shustikova, Roman Solodkov.