“EcoArt: between human and non-human agencies” is a cooperative project initiated by the Goethe-Institut in St. Petersburg and the French Institute in St. Petersburg, in cooperation with the Museumof Nonconformist Art, supported by the Norwegian Consulate General in St. Petersburg 

artists: Club Real (Georg Reinhardt, Marianna Sonneck), LATERNA (Marianne Skjeldal, Inger-Reidun Olsen), varialambo (Varia Sjöström and Hatz Lambo), Wagtailfilms (Dmitry Zhukov& Oksana Bronevitskaya), Suus Agnes, Karine Bonneval, Lidia Gordeenko, Maria Danilovskaya, Marie de la ville Bauge, Kostya Diachkov, Aurélien Jeanney, Irina Korotkaya, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, Ekaterina Lazareva, Lera Lerner, Ksenia Markelova, Maya Minder, Alexandr Nikolskiy, Elena Sokolova, Tanja Thorjussen, Thale Fastvold, Alexey Khamkin, Julia Chaicyna

curators — Lidia Gumenyuk, Anastasia Patsey

The exhibition «EcoArt» addresses the relationships between humans and so-called non-human agents. Twenty-eight contemporary artists from six countries — Russia, Germany, France, Norway, the Netherlands, and Switzerland — present works in various media, from paintings to interactive installations. Viewers are invited to step beyond the familiar anthropocentric perspective and see the world through the eyes of other beings. The works focus on the relationships between humans, plants, animals, and insects; their social and creative potential; emotional connections with the elements; the lives of non-human agents in urban environments and mythological contexts. A large part of the works was cerated in a virtual residency where artists exchanged and cooperated with scientists from different fields. The participants have chosen a variety of approaches to working with scientific data, ranging from traditional science-art and engineering methods to philosophical reflections and spiritual experience. The exhibition addresses several themes related to human interconnections with representatives of the plant and animal worlds and draws attention to what unites humans and non-human agents: soil as the foundation of life, connections with (un)similar beings, crossings in time and space. This project is a collection of ideas about humanity's place in the global ecosystem, reconnection with nature, and scenarios for the future of the Anthropocene era.

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