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Performance by the art group "Provmyza" Oratorium SARXSOMA

SDG Arts & Science Foundation and Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation supported a new project of the art group <...>

This Is Not a Book: Dmitry Volkov's collection

SDG Arts & Science Foundation presented works of contemporary artists and rare editions of philosophical treatises <...>

FACED2FACED project presentation at the 58th Venice Biennale

Dmitry Volkov acted as a promoter of the FACED2FACED project and became a guide for followers of the new digital twins <...>

The Book on Trial performance

Pavel Pepperstein and Dmitry Volkov held a performance called People against the book under the title “Freedom of Will. <...>

Dmitry Volkov and Artists performance

Dmitry Volkov and Artists performance was a part of the Small Button, a project by Fedor Pavlov-Andreevich. It <...>

OracleTang's journey to the desert

In 2015, along with the SDGroup team, Dmitry Volkov became a participant of the Burning Man Festival, an international <...>

Grant to the young artist Appolinaria Brochet

Grant to the young artist Appolinaria Brochet In 2018, the Foundation supported the artist Appolinary Brosche and will <...>

SUPERCONDUCTION

The SUPERCONDUCTION pop-up exhibition, an exhibition of modern technological art, was organized in the SDGroup office <...>

Aliens? Yes! Procession at the Burning Man Festival 2017

Late August, 2017, Dmitry Volkov invited his companions from venture business and partners to take part in an art camp <...>

"Revelations" by Aidan Salakhova

Aidan's works are part of the Foundations' collection. To support the artist the foundation became a partner of her <...>

Transcendental Piano Festival

The second street festival organized by SDG Arts & Science Foundation together with LABORATORIA Art & Science brought <...>

Development of the professional philosophical community

Philosophical lectures at MMOMA

Philosophical lectures as part of the educational program for the exhibition “This Is Not a Book: Collection of Dmitry <...>

Summer Philosophy School

The Summer School of Philosophy is an international program offering intensive lectures and seminars with the <...>

The Greenland Conference

In June 2014, Dmitry Volkov initiated a scientific conference, which took form of a regatta. For a week the <...>

Lectures by the world's leading philosophers

The Center for Consciousness Research (CCS) organizes regular lectures by leading experts in the field of analytical <...>

Collection of books on philosophy in rare editions

First edition. Published anonymously, this title is better known as “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” and is <...>

Fundamental Knowledge: Dialogues between Russian and Buddhist Scholars.

The first meeting of scientists and Dalai Lama on the topic of studying consciousness took place in August 2017 in New <...>

News

SEP '2015

Dmitry Volkov and Oleg Kulik brought to the extremely popular Burning Man Festival the OraculeTang monkey-prophet

Dmitry Volkov and the SDGroup International Internet-Holding team participated in the Burning Man Festival of modern art and music in the U.S. Specially for the event an OraculeTang interactive art object was created together with an artist Oleg Kulik. For the whole week the OraculeTang became the main symbol of the SDGroup camp in the Mirage-City in the Blue Rock desert.

SEP '2015

International Music Festival comes to Russia

For the first time the Street Piano Festival will take place in Russia upon Dmitry Volkov's initiative, and straight away in two cities, Moscow and Sochi.

SEP '2015

OracleTang's journey to the desert

Buro 24/7 reporting on how Dmitry Volkov and Oleg Kulik created an art object for the Burning Man Festival.

Collection

THE GREETING

This piece presents the issue of interaction between modern and classical mythology. Bright red colours that fill the background of the painting come out from Pokémon’s burning tail. More pixels fly from the top of the painting – they are a symbol of continuation of modern mankind, whereas the baroque angel does not have continuation as it belongs in the past. This is how the artist accentuates the meeting of two worlds: analog and digital. Here the baroque infant accepts the imminence of the new digital epoch and passes the baton to the Millennial Generation.

Painter: ANASTASIA RUSSA

DMITRY GUTOV

Exhibition “Portraits of composers”. This art object was created in 2010 from metal (welding). It represents not only a portrait, but a recreation of some author notation pieces. “Very expressive eyes, mimics, chevelure – with light touches of notes. Maestro obviously listens to himself.

Painter: DMITRIY GUTOV

CORE # 4

The work CORE № 4 is part of the series combining three sculptures named «paleomorphological cores». In the heart of the series is the intention to dissect the human and cultural evolutions and present the result as a mined formation sourced from the earth. This dissected fossil illustrates the chronological development of the modern society, turning from amorphous yet structural layers of industrial humus and alternating hollows that are gradually absorbing the human figurines. The visual realisation of the origins and nature of civilisation in Kawarga's art stems from metaphysical philosophy, at the same time it takes on defined shapes provoked by chemical reactions.

Painter: DMITRIY KAVARGA

BIT-COIN SILK

The installation is tracking the real time changes in the market activities related to cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Litecoin – independent and uncontrolled by any state peer-to-peer payment systems. Constantly changing currency rate of of Bitcoin against major world currencies is influencing the strain of strings in installation and the way the picks are hitting them. The robotic system of the artwork is directed by a computer algorithm: influenced by dynamic changes of data, the installation sounds like a complex sound instrument. Technically, the installation consists of two poles of 2 meters height. Each stand sprouts 5 diagonal strings which correspond to 5 currencies (US dollar, Yuan, Euro, Canadian dollar and Russian ruble). These strings are pulled on special automatic tuners moved by stepper motors directed by computer algorithm. Each motor features high precision of movement, which allows very precise tuning of string even with quite insignificant changes of parameters.

Painter: DMITRIY MOROZOV

WINTER FROM THE SERIES ‘SEASONS OF THE YEAR’

Dubosarskiy and Vinogradov demonstrate the age-old confrontation of Russia and USA in a twisted and playful manner using a Russian bear and an American doll. On one hand, such a scene represents activities enjoyed by adults while showing aspects of life that are usually hidden from children. On the other hand, children’s toys can touch upon the territory of ideological conflict and geopolitical problems, matters that one usually takes very seriously. In the end, everything turns out to be just a game.

Painter: DUBOSSARSKY AND VINOGRADOV

HAIRCUT FOR A FRIEND

The artist’s painting, ironically entitled “Haircut for a friend”, was created in 2008, and is one of his most ambitious large-scale early works. The composition puzzles the audience with its phantasmagoric plot: two young men dressed in loose streetwear are clipping a blue griffon. It is impossible not to notice the graffiti-style inscription «ТРУДЪ» (“LABOUR”) shaved into the side of the fairytale animal by the skillful hands of the freestyle-hairdressers. Koshelev strives to demonstrate the significance of the everyday life, similar to the artists of the “Severe style” in the 1950-1960s. However, in front of us is the everyday reality of the dawn of the third Millennium, as transformed by the screenwriters and directors of incredible blockbusters.

Painter: EGOR KOSHELEV