What is WWW art? Is it public art? Is it advertising? Or just more data noise? Does it have anything to do with galleries and critics? Do we want it?
We give it to web-pages that are created not as art works but that give us a definite "art" feeling. It may help art to be noticed on the net. We also have attached found criticism to the found sites in order to test the old hierarchical sign systems and language against the new.
1988 Founded the "Immediate Photography" group.
1994-95 Taught photography/contemporary art at United Art Workshops, Moscow.
1994 Created electronic photography gallery "Hot Pictures" on the Internet.
1995 Founded the Moscow WWWArt Centre.
1995-96 Seminars on Internet/WWW at Moscow WWWArt Centre.
Curator of five exhibitions in reality and a number of exhibitions in the cyberspace. Since 1984 participant in 12 solo and about 60 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Russia, USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Estonia, Switzerland, Denmark, and in cyberspace.
Lecturer at University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki; Royal College of Art and Westminster University, London; High School of Photography, Stockholm, etc.
Participant of a number of symposia on photography / contemporary art / new media / communications.