Round table

NCCA Nizhny Novgorod, 20 November, 15:00

Main topics of discussion:

1. Mutual influence of architecture and public art

2. Attraction of the artists to the formation of the cities’ new look

3. Architecture, street art and land art – crossing points

4. Gentrification as one of the ways of development of city space

5. Influence of art events on the active involvement of the city population into the process of formation of local environment

6. Discussion of necessity of interaction of city authorities and cultural institutions

7. Presentation of the festival “Art Ovrag 2013. Garden city

Functionality of architecture in different times was hiding in different ways behind the aesthetics of façade. Stripping the constructive elements of their creations, architects were reaching the new perception of the cities, cultivating the open method of working with space. Things created in absolutely utilitarian direction compose considerable part of contemporary city space and need applying some effort to reveal the possible aesthetic side. Work of artists, architects, sculptors over the creation of new spatial check points and transformation of its specialties obtains not only aesthetical, but functional necessity, being the supplement of unimplemented details of construction. And this endeavor is becoming not only the endeavor of creators of the cities.

In the process of development, the society becomes mature and gains necessity of active participation in formation of environment. The phenomenon of street art, born in spontaneous wish to express the own view of the world and bring it to the greatest possible amount of people, is transforming our view on the usual architectural surfaces. Now they are not only the walls, but also the canvas, and method of dialogue with the space.

Creation of the events which are able to provoke the artistic discussion, involving into the creative process a wide circle of population, – is one of possible ways of reconstruction of the dialogue between a human and an environment.

For discussion of the topics there are invited:

Irina Sedykh, chairman of the trustees council of the Charity foundation “OMK-Uchastie”

Larisa Orlovskaya, director of the Charity foundation “OMK-Uchastie”

Anna Gor, director of the NCCA Nizhny Novgorod

Representatives of administration of Nizhny Novgorod and the region

Konstantin Grouss, director of International cultural project “Art-Residence”, choreographer. Curator of the “Art-Ovrag” festival

Dmitry Alexeev, architect, artist. Curator of the “Art-Ovrag” festival

Anastasia Grigoryan, Schusev State Museum of Architecture

Mike Hentz, artist (Berlin)

Dmitry Parkhunov, artist

Nikita Nomerz, street artist

Marina Ignatushko, critic, journalist, curator