LAB

ASTRA LABORATORY is a two-week art platform that took place from January 26 to February 10, 2019 in the Art Basement space at Tsvetnoy Department Store.

For two weeks of ASTRA LAB operation, the multifunctional space was visited by more than 6 thousand people. An exhibition and sale of works by contemporary artists, a discussion platform and an open studio, where young artists created their works in real time, worked daily.

As part of the work of the art platform, public-talk about art, fashion, design, gallery business, and collecting were held with the participation of well-known art experts, artists and journalists.

Among the speakers of ASTRA LAB were: Alexander Zhuravlev, Marine Biro, Georgy Shorgin, Jurate Gurauskaite, Igor Chapurin, Vladimir Glynin, Lydia Alexandrova, Natela Potskhveriya, Svetlana Tegin, Anastasia Tsayder, Petr Antonov, Sergey Novikov, Evgeny Ivanov, Oksana Butman, Yulia , Natalia Eliseeva, Anton and Marina Fruktova, Elena Kurbatskaya, Alexander Blanar, Daria Sabelnikova, Daria Gorshkova, Diana Kazanchyan, Anastasia Shavlokhova, Alena Kurmasheva, Dishon Yuldash, Olga Popova, Irina Markman, Alina Kryukova, Georgy Masilia Ivanova , Olga Fleur, Elena Zhukova, Alexandra Ionova, Evgenia Popova, Katerina Dukhina, Alexander von Busch and many others.

For two weeks there were also screenings of films by Gregory Colbert and Evgeny Granilshchikov, performances by the APXIV, YRA! (Young Russian Artists), the She We Are Initiative, Evgenia Makarova (Jolie Alien) and Alexandra Var. In addition, visitors could come to the days of the Cosmoscow Foundation, MHPI (Moscow Institute of Art and Industry) and ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art of Joseph Backstein).

Artists Taus Makhacheva, Ilmira Bolotyan, Natalya Alfutova, Maxim Kostenko, Sergey Dorokhov, Evgeny Nakonechny, Natalya Frolova, Evgenia Sterlyagova, Maria Cohen, Asya Voronova, Ziliya Kanchurina, Anastasia Sukhareva-Morozova took part in the ASTRA LAB public program.

The exhibition of the www.astra.com project featured works by such artists as Andrey Andreev, Sasha Berg, Sergey Dorokhov, Anastasia Kopytseva, Ivan Korshunov, Stepan Krasnov, Vladimir Martirosov, Anastasia Miro, Maria Safronova, Fedor Petrik, Timofey Smirnov, Evgeny Teterin, Kirill Chizhov and others.

The ASTRA LAB exhibition, for which the artists were selected by a special open-call (more than 300 applications were received), were attended by: Veronika Aktanova, Natalia Alfutova, Yulia Vergazova, Liza Veselova, Polina Glukhova, Daria Gorshkova, Vlad Zorin, Yaroslav Kravtsov, Evgeny Nakonechny, Olga Ornata, Vera Reiner, Valeria Titova, Alexander Usanov, Andronic Khachiyan, Dmitry Shabalin, Liza Shtormit.

The work of the ASTRA LAB project ended with the ASTRA Experience weekend, during which young artists made presentations of their projects.

The ASTRA LAB project was supported by MHPI, InStyle, Kommersant Style, Radio Business FM, Radio Chocolate.