PUBLIC TALK: Victor Misiano and Daria Pyrkina talk about archives

On December 22, at 17:00, a meeting and dialogue between curator and theorist Victor Misiano and curator and art critic Daria Pyrkina will take place in the Vintage Hall. During the meeting, the speakers will build a dialogue around the current state of the archive, its place in the practice of contemporary art and personal experience working with archives. Admission is free upon registration. About the speakers Victor Misiano Curator, founder and editor-in-chief of the Art Magazine, author of international projects. In 1996, he joined the curatorial team of the Manifesta International Festival, then supervised the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale (in 1995 and 2003), the Sao Paulo Biennale (2002, 2004) and other projects. Founder and first editor-in-chief of the international publication on the theory and practice of curation Manifesta Journal. Among Misiano's Russian projects, the most significant is the exhibition series "Human Destiny", which began in 2015 and currently consists of seven thematic sessions. Twice winner of the Innovation Award in the Curatorial Project nomination, winner of the Kandinsky Prize in the Scientific Work nomination. History and theory of modern art". He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki University of Art and Design. Daria Pyrkina Curator, researcher, teacher of curatorial practices in the field of "Contemporary Art" at the HSE School of Design, PhD in Art History. Co-founder of the Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Winner of the Innovation Award in the Educational Project nomination. Member of the Expert Council of the Archive Research Institute.