Music

Michael Wertmüller

Michael Wertmüller, a composer and percussionist, he works in the field of new music and jazz. The musician has an experience of artistic collaboration with his Russian colleagues. The residency is an opportunity for Michael to continue exploring Russian cultural context. He will work over the creation of the new composition for the piano, organ …

Country of residency: Russia

Literature

Marina Skalova

Marina Skalova is a poet, translator, and playwright. She lives and works in Geneva. Marina has already participated in our art-residency programme and visited Moscow in 2019 to collect materials for her trilogy “Russia Has an Unwomanly Face”. In 2022, the author will continue her work over the project, which explores the place of women in …

Country of residency: Russia

Literature

Boris Siemaszko

Boris Siemaszko, Swiss researcher, literary editor and translator, descendant of the Russian and Polish immigrants. Together with the Geneva publishing house La Baconnière, he works on the Sergey Dovlatov complete edition. In Russia, Boris will work on the archives related to the life and work of Dovlatov and explore young literary scene of Russia for …

Country of residency: Russia

Sound Art

Stas Sharifullin (aka HMOT)

Stas Sharifullin (also knows as HMOT) is a musician and a researcher of sound from Moscow. He is a winner of Sergey Kuryokhin Award and co-leader of the Klammlklang label; he has a PhD in Philology and curates “Sound Art and Sound Studies” Master’s track at the Higher School of Economics. In Switzerland, Stas will continue his …

Country of residency: Switzerland

Visual Arts

Valeria Kuznetsova (aka Matiush First)

Valeria Kuznetsova (also known as Matiush First), is an artist from Yekaterinburg, currently working in St. Petersburg. In her artwork, she explores practices and nature of the painting, and graphic traces left by human in the urban and digital space. She combines scientific, historic and performative approaches. In Switzerland, Valeria will continue to immerse into the …

Country of residency: Switzerland

Dance

Nurbek Batulla

Nurbek Batulla, a choreographer and dancer from Kazan, a performer and the laureate of the “Golden Mask” award in the nomination “Contemporary Dance. The Best Male Role”, the contest finalist of the Context festival. In his artwork, Nurbek makes special accent on the theme of borders. In Switzerland, he will work over the performance “24-hour improvisation,” …

Country of residency: Switzerland

Visual Arts

Irina Aksenova

Irina Aksenova, a curator from St. Petersburg and co-founder of the independent space FFTN. She combines museum projects and independent practices in Russia and abroad. Irina is the nominee for the Sergey Kuryokhin Award for her exhibition “Melioration”. She is also a co-curator of the Special Project of the V Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Within her …

Country of residency: Switzerland