Estate, Dacha, Residency: Local Crafts as Symbolic Capital

Projects focused on the restoration of architectural heritage sites and their adaptation to contemporary life increasingly turn to the search for or creation of a “local identity” that enhances recognition and builds symbolic capital. The revival of craft workshops, engagement with historical context and the memory of a place, the collection of tangible heritage and preservation of intangible heritage, and the organisation of art residencies are among the many issues facing the teams behind such projects.

Moderator: Nikita Petrov, anthropologist

Participants:
Ekaterina Solovyova, photographer, Director of the House of Smodor Center for Photography and Visual Heritage in Galich
Elena Kamenskaya, curator at Astashovo Terem
Aleksandra Falishtynskaya, philanthropist, founder of the POLE Foundation for the Development of National Culture and Crafts
Maria Salina, collector, founder and Director of Shirota creative bureau, co-founder of Kultpohod agency and Proun Gallery at Winzavod, Deputy Director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts from 2013 to 2023