The Benoit Mandelbrot’s fractal geometry and parasitic tree fungi inspired Sergey Katran to dive into studying self-similarity and creating a series of sculptures “Mandelbrot’s Fungi”. Katran’s “1:30” project represents a full scale fungal network with its underground and above-ground components (fruiting body and mycelium).
A silent exhibition is an installation that occupies almost the entire space of the Zverev Center’s gallery, wrapping the room with a…
When writing this text, I deliberately did not set myself the task of answering the standard art critic’s question “what did the artist want to say”, rather I was interested in the position of…
The exhibition took place on November 4th, 2016 at Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia, where two years ago the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky laid the foundation for the new building of the National Museum and Exhibition Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)…
This multimedia project, which combines various forms and genres of contemporary art: audio and video art along with vocal and dance-based performances. The theme surrounds a key concept in contemporary culture: that of the word, which…
The interactive installation “Garden of Unearthly Delights” correlates with the triptych of Hieronymus Bosch “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, where the…
The installation “The Saga of Tin Soldiers” refers to the theme of the absurdity of war and the illusory necessity of destroying a huge number of…
In his work, the artist and inventor of compound mechanisms Sergey Katran develops ideas of the integral integrity of our civilization, the tools of which are…
Italy, where Futurism and Fascism were born, being the successor of Ancient Greece and Rome, bound itself with tight and horrifying ties with Nazi Germany. After going through world triumph…
Of all living creatures inhabiting the planet Earth, the Kombucha-Dostoevsky fungus is the least studied and the most…
Installation “Penetration” is devoted to the ambiguity of the process of destruction in society and culture. The main elements of this work are the old window frames found by the…
The interest to muchrooms is rooted in its dual position in the systematization of living beings inhabiting the planet Earth. Scientists are still arguing about the place of Fungi in the classification – plants or animals, or can be…
Within the core of the thoughts about seeds lies the idea of a paradoxical natural substance, which strength equals the strength of a…
