An artist duo working at the intersection of art, science and research.
Our practice operates between artistic and scientific fields, including neuroaesthetics, perception studies and biotechnology. We combine research-based approaches with intuitive and experiential methods to develop artistic solutions that are both aesthetic and designed to be used, experienced and shared.
Her practice focuses on living systems and interspecies processes, exploring how perception and behavior emerge within complex relations between organisms, technologies and environments. Working with biotechnological processes as active material, Polina creates situations in which scientific knowledge becomes operative rather than descriptive. Her work is shaped by an interest in self-organizing systems, autonomy and the redistribution of control, questioning the human position within these networks.
POLINA PAKHOMOVA
Her practice focuses on living systems and interspecies processes, exploring how perception and behavior emerge within complex relations between organisms, technologies and environments. Working with biotechnological processes as active material, Polina creates situations in which scientific knowledge becomes operative rather than descriptive. Her work is shaped by an interest in self-organizing systems, autonomy and the redistribution of control, questioning the human position within these networks.
ANASTASIIA KOLESNIK
Her practice focuses on research and the experience of the human body, exploring how physical and emotional states are perceived, shaped and shared. Anastasiia develops participatory objects and situations that function as tools - structures designed to be used, to engage and to respond to specific needs or conditions. Through these formats, Anastasiia investigates how individual experience can shift through interaction, and how simple actions can open space for reflection, connection and transformation.
Selected Exhibitions
Noise Media Art Fair / Istanbul, Turkey
Group exhibition / Le B.A.R. Bureau d'art et de Recherche, Roubaix, France
Waterfront / Denmark, Finland, Sweden & Russia gallery & pop up locations
“Longevity according to Pavlov” / Science on the Arrow Festival, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS
Luminum Sensory Festival / Vladivostok, Russia
“Non-Parallel Lines” / Art & Science Center ITMO
Thought 688: In Memoriam, Per Forfor vol.2 / Bolshoi Drama Theater
1703 Contemporary Art Fair / Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Once Upon a Time: The Realm of Russian Fairy Tales” / Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
Interpretation possibilities / Gallery Unsubdued, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selected Talks & Lectures
“Art & Science & Insects”, Organic Punk, Russia
Lecture and presentation, BIOTECH FORUM, Almetyevsk, Russia
“Digital Art and Neurobiology”, Play DigitalArt Festival, Yekaterinburg, Russia
“Visualizing the Brain: Art & Science Projects”, Sevkabel Port, Rusiia
“Immortality and Neuro Art”, Zero Room, Samara, Russia
Panel discussion, GREENLAB 5.0, Russia
Workshops
“Transparent Gardens” (plant decellularization), Halo Art Residency
“Transparent Gardens”, Createch Forum
“Sound from Hands”, Yandex Museum, Moscow, Russia
“Sound from Hands”, NUR Festival, Kazan, Russia
Residences
Uncapitals Art Residences / Haparanda, Sweden
NCCA Art Residence / Kronstadt, Russia
Vodlozerie Art Residence / Russia
Curatorial & Organizational Pracice
Organizer, Medical Humanities Forum / Samara, Russia
Curator, Let’s Art & Science! student club / Russia
Assistant curator, Video Studies (Alexandrinsky Theatre × ITMO)
Education
M.A. Art & Science, ITMO University, St. Petersburg / Russia
B.A. Theory and History of Art, St. Petersburg Academy of Arts / St. Petersburg, Russia
MA Biodesign, Bio-inspired Textile/ University of th Arts / London / England
IED Istituto Europeo di Design / Milan/, Italy
Contemporary Art/ Contemporary Art School within PRO ARTE Foundation / St. Petersburg / Russia
Fine Art / Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design / St. Petersburg / Russia
A participatory, research-based and site-specific art practice engaging with science and neuroaesthetics
An artist duo working at the intersection of art, science and research.
Our practice operates between artistic and scientific fields, including neuroaesthetics, perception studies and biotechnology. We combine research-based approaches with intuitive and experiential methods to develop artistic solutions that are both aesthetic and designed to be used, experienced and shared.
POLINA PAKHOMOVA
Her practice focuses on living systems and interspecies processes, exploring how perception and behavior emerge within complex relations between organisms, technologies and environments. Working with biotechnological processes as active material, Polina creates situations in which scientific knowledge becomes operative rather than descriptive. Her work is shaped by an interest in self-organizing systems, autonomy and the redistribution of control, questioning the human position within these networks.
ANASTASIIA KOLESNIK
Her practice focuses on research and the experience of the human body, exploring how physical and emotional states are perceived, shaped and shared. Anastasiia develops participatory objects and situations that function as tools - structures designed to be used, to engage and to respond to specific needs or conditions. Through these formats, Anastasiia investigates how individual experience can shift through interaction, and how simple actions can open space for reflection, connection and transformation.
Selected Exhibitions
Noise Media Art Fair / Istanbul, Turkey
Group exhibition / Le B.A.R. Bureau d'art et de Recherche, Roubaix, France
Waterfront / Denmark, Finland, Sweden & Russia gallery & pop up locations
“Longevity according to Pavlov” / Science on the Arrow Festival, Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS
Luminum Sensory Festival / Vladivostok, Russia
“Non-Parallel Lines” / Art & Science Center ITMO
Thought 688: In Memoriam, Per Forfor vol.2 / Bolshoi Drama Theater
1703 Contemporary Art Fair / Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Once Upon a Time: The Realm of Russian Fairy Tales” / Winzavod CCA, Moscow, Russia
Interpretation possibilities / Gallery Unsubdued, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selected Talks & Lectures
“Art & Science & Insects”, Organic Punk, Russia
Lecture and presentation, BIOTECH FORUM, Almetyevsk, Russia
“Digital Art and Neurobiology”, Play DigitalArt Festival, Yekaterinburg, Russia
“Visualizing the Brain: Art & Science Projects”, Sevkabel Port, Rusiia
“Immortality and Neuro Art”, Zero Room, Samara, Russia
Panel discussion, GREENLAB 5.0, Russia
Workshops
“Transparent Gardens” (plant decellularization), Halo Art Residency
“Transparent Gardens”, Createch Forum
“Sound from Hands”, Yandex Museum, Moscow, Russia
“Sound from Hands”, NUR Festival, Kazan, Russia
Residences
Uncapitals Art Residences / Haparanda, Sweden
NCCA Art Residence / Kronstadt, Russia
Vodlozerie Art Residence / Russia
Curatorial & Organizational Pracice
Organizer, Medical Humanities Forum / Samara, Russia
Curator, Let’s Art & Science! student club / Russia
Assistant curator, Video Studies (Alexandrinsky Theatre × ITMO)
Education
M.A. Art & Science, ITMO University, St. Petersburg / Russia
B.A. Theory and History of Art, St. Petersburg Academy of Arts / St. Petersburg, Russia
MA Biodesign, Bio-inspired Textile/ University of th Arts / London / England
IED Istituto Europeo di Design / Milan/, Italy
Contemporary Art/ Contemporary Art School within PRO ARTE Foundation / St. Petersburg / Russia
Fine Art / Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design / St. Petersburg / Russia
A participatory, research-based and site-specific
art practice engaging with science and neuroaesthetics