Chto Delat? (art collective) explained

Chto Delat (What Is to Be Done?)
Birth Date:Founded in 2003
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality:Russian
Occupation:Art collective

Chto Delat?, now known as Chto Delat (without the question mark), is a collective of artists, critics, philosophers and writers. Its name refers to Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel Chto Delat'? (Russian: Что делать?, lit. What to Do?, English: What Is to Be Done?, 1863) and Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet of the same title (1902).[1] [2]

The collective was founded in 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where it is still currently based. There are nine core members, coming from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and Saint Petersburg: Olga Egorova aka Tsaplya (artist), Nina Gasteva (choreographer), (philosopher), Nikolay Oleynikov (artist), Alexei Penzin (philosopher), Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya aka Gluklya (artist), Aleksandr Skidan (poet and critic), (philosopher), and Dmitry Vilensky (artist).

Work

Chto Delat promotes the integration and blending of art, activism, and political theory. The collective's activities include educating the public on the post-socialist condition and focusing on commemoration and educating of the lost or repressed past of the Soviet Union. Chto Delat's practice is at the crossroads of theatre, video, broadcasts, murals, installations, public campaigns and seminars.

Exhibitions

The collective's artworks have been shown at Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2010 and 2014);[3] [4] Mudam, Luxembourg (2010 and 2011–2012);[5] [6] New Museum, New York (2011);[7] MUAC, Mexico City (2012 and 2017);[8] [9] Kadist, San Francisco (2013);[10] Secession, Vienna (2014-2015);[11] [12] Centre Pompidou, Paris (2017);[13] Open Space of Experimental Art, Tbilisi (2019);[14] and State of Concept, Athens (2020).[15]

Collections

Notes and References

  1. News: Cullinan. Nicholas. 2011-02-01. Group Think: The Collaborative Art of Slavs and Tatars and Chto Delat?. en. Artforum. February 2011, Vol. 49, No. 6. 2021-08-08. 0004-3532.
  2. News: 2017-10-07. Chto Delat. 2021-08-08. Wall Street International Magazine. en.
  3. Web site: The Potosí Principle. live. 2021-08-08. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411233348/http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/exhibitions/potosi-principle-how-shall-we-sing-lords-song-strange-land . 2015-04-11 .
  4. Web site: Really Useful Knowledge. live. 2021-08-08. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502063219/http://www.museoreinasofia.es:80/en/exhibitions/really-useful-knowledge . 2014-05-02 .
  5. Web site: Mudam Collection: Of our faces (and our bodies). Of our artificiality. live. 2021-08-08. Mudam. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200224104449/https://archive1018.mudam.lu/en/expositions/details/exposition/mudam-collection/ . 2020-02-24 .
  6. Web site: I've Dreamt About. live. 2021-08-08. Mudam. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200224101734/https://archive1018.mudam.lu/en/expositions/details/exposition/ive-dreamt-about/ . 2020-02-24 .
  7. Web site: Ostalgia. live. 2021-08-08. New Museum. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917122757/http://www.newmuseum.org:80/exhibitions/view/ostalgia . 2012-09-17 .
  8. Web site: Moving forward, counting backwards. 2021-08-08. MUAC. en.
  9. Web site: Chto Delat. 2021-08-08. MUAC. en.
  10. Web site: Fault Lines. live. 2021-08-08. Kadist. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201205055152/https://kadist.org/program/fault-lines/ . 2020-12-05 .
  11. Web site: Chto Delat:Time Capsule. Artistic Report on Catastrophes and Utopia. live. 2021-08-08. Secession. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810192339/https://www.secession.at/en/exhibition/chto-delat-2/ . 2020-08-10 .
  12. News: Muller. Robert-Jan. 2015-01-13. Critic's Picks – Vienna: Chto Delat. en. Artforum. 2021-08-08. 0004-3532.
  13. Web site: Cosmopolis #1. live. 2021-08-08. Centre Pompidou. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123113007/https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/programme/agenda/evenement/cyEXyLg . 2021-01-23 .
  14. Web site: 2019-05-07. Tbilisi Art Fair 2019: About the Fair. live. 2021-08-08. Artsy. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210612093905/https://www.artsy.net/article/tbilisi-art-fair-tbilisi-art-fair-2019-fair . 2021-06-12 .
  15. Web site: Chto Delat: When the roots start to move and get lost. live. 2021-08-08. State of Concept Athens. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918195503/https://stateofconcept.org/exhibition/chto-delat-solo-show/ . 2020-09-18 .
  16. Web site: 2020-08-28. Chto Delat. Perestroïka Songspiel. Victoire contre le putsch. 2021-02-23. Centre Pompidou. fr.
  17. Web site: Chto Delat?. live. 2021-02-23. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906140450/http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/coleccion/autor/chto-delat . 2015-09-06 .
  18. Web site: Chto Delat (What is to be done?). live. 2021-02-23. The Museum of Modern Art. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506235439/https://www.moma.org/artists/49220 . 2017-05-06 .

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