an investigation into friendship through personal experience, academic knowledge, and performance

We've started our third season and are looking for projects that reflect on the connections and ruptures caused by Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine. Deadline: May 30th.

audio series about russian couples separated by war

performative lecture in 3D space on the link between time and identity within the temporal regime created by war

documentary perfomance on the use of water and access to water as a tool of warfare

webzine about experiencing hegemonic masculinity during wartime

the play performatizes the situation of a film screening, inviting a collaborative exploration of how identity persists beyond familiar, local contexts

series of digital performances as a part of the psychogenealogy lab

performative film screening exploring the buryat migration to mongolia amidst the war

conversation with Madina Tlostanova on identities and creative practices in the context of Russian imperialism and Russia's war in Ukraine. Part 2

Online labs where participants discuss decoloniality and envision the future

conversation with Madina Tlostanova on identities and creative practices in the context of Russian imperialism and Russia's war in Ukraine. Part 1

Roman Osminkin on the transition of actionism and art activism in the 2010s from isolated heroic gestures and masculine subjectivity to feminist strategies of "distributed performativity."

webzine exploring the impact of trauma on the brain and human behavior

cycle of audio dramas about young women from Ukraine

discussion between Alexandra Dunaeva and Valery Zolotukhin on the necessity of rethinking theater in light of the onset of war.

a nail artist from ukraine creates manicures with anti-war symbolism and discusses freedom with clients

lesson of russenorsk and school of good-neighborliness

audio drama based on eyewitness accounts of the war in ukraine

laboratory based on practices of space appropriation and nostalgia

How do you accept the terrifying aspects of a beloved person? Is it possible to reject both the terrifying and the familiar? This memory-performance created by Alexander Kudryashov explores these questions through the story of his father who fought in Chechnya