2011—2015 
Moscow

Partizaning is a movement, a collective, and a website. We document examples of art-based activism, interventions, and urban replanning from around the world. We believe that increasingly shared sociopolitical realities and dissatisfaction can be strategically addressed using art-based ‘partizaning’ tactics.

Our aim is to explore the role of art as a practical tool for inclusive city regeneration and social activism. It evolves out of the cultural, political and social crisis facing contemporary Russia. We provide documentation and analysis of the role of art in reshaping public spaces, cities and human interactions – globally.

The website in Russian was launched in November 2011. Apart from running the website, we collectively organize projects, events, and publish an occassional bulletin. 

In collaboration with Anton Make, Sonia Polskaya, Shriya Malhotra and Dmitro Zaietc.

Parts of the project were presented on shows and festivals: Sobyanin, baby, c’mon! show at the Vostochnaya Gallery in Moscow (2012); Art-Ovrag Festival in Vyksa (2013); The 10th Sao Paulo Architecture Biennale at the SESC in Sao-Paolo, Brazil (2013); KUNSTFORUM: Urban Performance magazine, Berlin, Germany (2013); global aCtIVISm group show curated by Peter Weibel at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany (2014); 2nd International Award for Public Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki in Auckland, New Zealand (2015); Global Activism: Art and Conflict in the 21st Century book by Peter Weibel (Ed.), The MIT Press, Karlsruhe, Germany (2015); New Urban Reality, a group show at the CLB Gallery in Berlin, Germany (2017); Partizaning: Participatory Urban Replanning at the Nosna Gallery in Krakow, Poland (2018).