Innovation as Method
St.Petersburg, RUS, 2018
Exhibited Works: CAS_04 Parthenon_South_XI_3, CAS_03 Lucius_Verus, CAS_V1 Parthenon Frieze Latent Space
Duration: 25 March – 3 June 2018
Event type: Group show
Curators: Dmitry Ozerkov, Victoria Kondrashova
Organizer: The State Hermitage, RDI. Creative
Venue: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The exhibition Innovation as Method explored the intersections of contemporary art, technological experimentation, and scientific inquiry. Featuring works that span Art & Science collaborations, generative art, AI, and other emergent practices, the show highlighted how artists use technology not merely as a tool but as a framework for critical reflection, ethical inquiry, and aesthetic exploration.
Among the presentations were projects realised in collaboration with scientific institutions: Dmitry Gutov’s work in partnership with the Russian Quantum Centre invited visitors to envision themselves as an ultra-cold atom within a quantum simulator, while Pavel Pepperstein collaborated with the KhimRar Centre of High Technologies to examine the interplay of advanced physics and artistic imagination. Victoria Kondrashova, CEO of RDI. Creative, emphasised that artists are uniquely attuned to societal and technological shifts. She remarked, “Artists can ‘tame’ innovations and ‘domesticate’ technologies. Responding to the questions and challenges of the day, they employ innovative technological approaches as tools for ethical reflection and for creating a space of communication with the viewer.” Dmitry Ozerkov, Head of the Hermitage’s Department of Contemporary Art, framed the exhibition within a historical lineage, referencing Victor Shklovsky’s centennial article Art as Technique. He observed, “Shklovsky introduced key concepts—technique, defamiliarization, and automatisation - central to Russian formalism. This exhibition asks how these ideas translate into contemporary art today and what new terms we need to articulate the relationship between artistic practice and technological innovation.”
The Hermitage’s presentation of these works invited audiences to consider not only the formal qualities of the artworks but also the broader epistemological and ethical implications of art operating in a landscape shaped by advanced technology, AI, and experimental research.
'Content Aware Studies' installation
On the left: CAS_04 Parthenon_South_XI_3; on the right: CAS_03 Lucius_Verus
Innovation as Method
St.Petersburg, RUS, 2018
Exhibited Works: CAS_04 Parthenon_South_XI_3, CAS_03 Lucius_Verus, CAS_V1 Parthenon Frieze Latent Space
Duration: 25 March – 3 June 2018
Event type: Group show
Curators: Dmitry Ozerkov, Victoria Kondrashova
Organizer: The State Hermitage, RDI. Creative
Venue: The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The exhibition Innovation as Method explored the intersections of contemporary art, technological experimentation, and scientific inquiry. Featuring works that span Art & Science collaborations, generative art, AI, and other emergent practices, the show highlighted how artists use technology not merely as a tool but as a framework for critical reflection, ethical inquiry, and aesthetic exploration.
Among the presentations were projects realised in collaboration with scientific institutions: Dmitry Gutov’s work in partnership with the Russian Quantum Centre invited visitors to envision themselves as an ultra-cold atom within a quantum simulator, while Pavel Pepperstein collaborated with the KhimRar Centre of High Technologies to examine the interplay of advanced physics and artistic imagination. Victoria Kondrashova, CEO of RDI. Creative, emphasised that artists are uniquely attuned to societal and technological shifts. She remarked, “Artists can ‘tame’ innovations and ‘domesticate’ technologies. Responding to the questions and challenges of the day, they employ innovative technological approaches as tools for ethical reflection and for creating a space of communication with the viewer.” Dmitry Ozerkov, Head of the Hermitage’s Department of Contemporary Art, framed the exhibition within a historical lineage, referencing Victor Shklovsky’s centennial article Art as Technique. He observed, “Shklovsky introduced key concepts—technique, defamiliarization, and automatisation - central to Russian formalism. This exhibition asks how these ideas translate into contemporary art today and what new terms we need to articulate the relationship between artistic practice and technological innovation.”
The Hermitage’s presentation of these works invited audiences to consider not only the formal qualities of the artworks but also the broader epistemological and ethical implications of art operating in a landscape shaped by advanced technology, AI, and experimental research.
'Content Aware Studies' installation
On the left: CAS_04 Parthenon_South_XI_3; on the right: CAS_03 Lucius_Verus
Studio Addresses
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Studio
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
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Studio Addresses
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Contact
mail[at]kraft.studio
Downloads
Studio
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
