Booth of Silence
conceived and developed by Anvar Kadyrov & Petr Bystrov
Anvar Kadyrov
graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2000), worked on development and production of a Taikon construction set series (2001); founded Brainmade, agency for creative development.
He participated to various artistic projects amongst which there are Fashion control by Radek Community, Guelman gallery, Moscow, 2003; Theater of Homeless Youth by Elena Kovylina, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, 2003; Inhabitants by Petr Bystrov, ArtKljazma festival, 2003, and more.
In 2008, he co-founded darudar , a virtual gift makers community
Lives and works in Moscow.
Petr Bystrov
studied philosophy at the Russian State University for Humanities of Moscow, from which graduated in 2002.
Since then he also works as an individual artist, as well as curates other artist’s projects, and teaches.
1999 to 2005 was member of Radek Community, a group of artists, authors and cultural activists.
In 2005-2006 he collaborated Elena Kovylina for publishing Stone Milk, a conceptual magazine and was invited as visiting professor at the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA) in Milan.
He co-founded Cheremushki apartment gallery in Moscow, in which was involved as an artist, producer and curator.
He is a “Media-art project of the year” selection of the Kandinsky-prize nominee (2007), and “Young artist” of the Innovation prize nominee (2007).
Artistic projects (selection): Territory festival, Fabrika art center, Moscow, 2008; Istanbul biennial X, Istanbul, 2007; On Geekdom, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2007; People’s Choice, Art Isola Center, Milan, 2006; Radek Invasion, Associazione Prometeo, Lucca, 2005
