At AORTA, an exhibition by Boris Grebenshikov opens — a rare event that is difficult to fit into the usual idea of an exhibition. Boris Grebenshikov is known as the founder of the Aquarium, as a poet and a philosopher. Perhaps this is why his painting is not perceived as simply a visual language. These are not paintings in the usual sense, but artefacts, each with its own inner space. “Nebesny Tikhohod” is not structured as an exhibition, but as an environment — something further deepened by a virtual layer. Through VR, it becomes possible to literally enter the worlds of Boris Grebenshikov, to find yourself inside the states from which his texts and music may emerge, and to experience the... more