Exploring the Intersection of Art and Technology: Three Exhibitions in Moscow
Digital route ‘Meeting Place with Art’ along the New Tretyakov Gallery
Until 31 December
The exhibition ‘Meeting Place with Art’ is a joint project between the New Tretyakov Gallery and VK that allows users to explore the artworks of the New Tretyakov Gallery using the social media network’s technologies.
Users can activate a virtual explorer by posting a ‘Hello’ message in the Tretyakov Gallery VK community and follow an introductory online route that can be completed from anywhere in the world. There is also an interactive route that requires scanning a QR code using VK’s camer
a feature when visiting the gallery. The digital route includes 11 masterpieces, each with a QR code that provides access to information and unique content about the work. Visitors can watch short videos, read educational articles, and listen to a special playlist from VK Music to enhance their experience. Unique stickers and collectible clothes are also available for users who complete the route. In addition, visitors can learn about the paintings from the permanent exhibition of the New Tretyakov Gallery online at any time. The interactive route will be available until the end of 2023.
How to get there:
The New Tretyakov Gallery is located near Oktyabrskaya and Park Kultury metro station. It is about a 10-minute walk from Oktyabrskaya and 15–20 minutes’ walk from Park Kultury station.
Address: 10 Krymsky Val
Opening hours: Tue, Wed, Sun: 10 am–6 pm; Thu, Fri, Sat: 10 am–9 pm
Tickets: 250–300 roubles
‘Alexander Grigoriev. On Transparency: Optical Media’
Until 11 June
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is showcasing an exhibition called ‘On Transparency: Optical Media’, which is the first comprehensive display of Alexander Grigoriev's works. The exhibition features over 150 works created by Grigoriev from 1960 to 2022, including paintings, graphic sheets, photographs, collages, and objects from the collection of Roman Babichev, as well as selected works from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Grigoriev's creative method dates back to the early experimental developments of Soviet kineticism, and he joined the Movement group in the second half of the 1960s, which played a key role in the development of the kinetic movement. After the breakup of the group in the 1970s, Grigoriev focused more on painting and explored the expressive possibilities of the picture space and the psychophysiological features of visual perception. The exhibition showcases Grigoriev's polyphonic systems of geometric ornament, which are similar to classical Western op art, and his detailed consideration of the key laws of the visual effect. The exhibition highlights the fundamental principles of eye structure and the artist's practice through a kaleidoscope of dynamic and continuous movement.
How to get there:
There are two ways to get to MMOMA on Petrovka street: by bus (M9 or M2) or by metro. The museum is located about 10–13 minutes’ walk from Pushkinskaya station (exit 11) and Trubnaya station (exit 2).
Address: 25 Petrovka Street
Opening hours: Tue–Sun: 12 pm–9 pm
Tickets: 350 roubles
‘Roman Golovko. Hidden Categories’
Until 11 June
Additionally, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art is presenting Roman Golovko's exhibition ‘Hidden Categories’—a site-specific installation for the space of the Vadim Sidur Museum. By transforming the real natural environment into a digital space of sculptural and auditory forms, Roman Golovko creates a pulsating effect, exploring the impact of modern civilisation's technogenic intervention on the natural landscape by creating a dialogue between objectivity, sound, and moving images. The artist tries to imagine how the voice of the earth would sound if it had a special organ that allowed it to speak or sing. The project highlights how historical and social processes are encrypted in the concept of landscape today, continuing the discussions started by Soviet sculptor Vadim Sidur in the 1970s about the problems that arise between humanity and the environment due to scientific and technological progress.
How to get there:
The Vadim Sidur State Museum is located about 10 minutes’ walk from Perovo metro station (Exit 2).
Address: 37А Novogireyevskaya Ulitsa
Opening hours: Tue–Sun: 12 pm–9 pm
Tickets: 150 roubles
Text by Lý Trang, second-year master’s student of Critical Media Studies, intern at the HSE University English website team