Techniques and Traditions: When a Place Suggests the Language to Speak About It

A conversation with artists about how traditional techniques can help us get to know a place and how artist residencies can contribute to this process.

Moderator: Sergey Danilin, member of the Board of the Association of Art Residencies of Russia, Siyanie Center for Contemporary Art

Participants:

Ulyana Podkorytova, artist working with folk traditions, crafts and artefacts

Artyom Lyapin, artist

Polina Dmitrieva, SILNO Art Residency, Derbent

Yura Kuzmenko, artist, resident at the Samara Branch of the Tretyakov Gallery

Marie Sokol, artist, curator, textile collector and fashion researcher