The Tretyakov Gallery on the Move is a project aimed at introducing the Tretyakov Gallery to the residents of Vladivostok. A flexible variant of an interactive museum project, without the direct involvement of artworks, allowed for engaging in dialogue with the inhabitants of Vladivostok in an unexpected format, creating a hospitable public space in the familiar urban environment for conversations about the Tretyakov Gallery collection, Russian art, and the essence of a museum.

For the exhibition, a large pavilion was constructed, divided internally into thematic zones, through which visitors gained a metaphorical experience of visiting a museum. The journey began with an audio installation, gathering the voices of citizens and their impressions of the museum. Next, visitors entered a hall with a model of the museum building and a historical overview of the Tretyakov collection and legacy. The path then led through the "behind the scenes" of the painter, a zone with miniature museum halls, to a meditative room with a video installation based on the sea from Aivazovsky's works. Subsequently, visitors found themselves in a completely black space, where they sought interpretations of Malevich's famous Black Square. The exhibition concluded with a hall dedicated to 20th-century art—a mirrored labyrinth showcasing works as reflections of the symbols of their time and the viewer who observes them.

area: 600 m2

multimedia complex installation

exhibition concept, design and architecture

The framed 'painting' and the labels changes as the viewer stands before them.

The viewer finds themselves as if 'behind' the canvas. In this space, some fragments of the 'canvas' are movable, while others are lightboxes or screens.