Lectures are available only for participants of the School for Young Artists program 

Daria Demekhina will discuss a variety of performance art forms, their connection to art institutions, and theoretical issues. Is it possible to make a clear definition of performance art, or is there an open-ended definition for performance? Does performance have a "hidden nature"? Did we know performance before the second half of the 20th century? What role does an audience have in a performance? Can a performance take place without an audience? Is there a specific territory for performance to take place? 

Daria Demekhina is a Moscow-based performance researcher, curator, and artist of the Bureau of Performative Rituals together with Katya Ganyushina. 

Image: Olya Kroytor, Aleksey Kokhanov. Adaptation. Performance. 2019
Light: Alena Osina
Director, camera: Philip Yakushin
Curator: Daria Demekhina
Supported by the Timiryazevs State Biological Museum and the GROUND Solyanka Gallery