Curatorial strategies in contemporary fine arts (on the example of the project «High Hopes Museum»)

Abstract

The article deals with the contemporary art exhibition “High Hopes Museum” realised in the Volga-Vyatka branch of National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) in 2015. As a result of thoughtful curatorial strategies tasks of mainstreaming, interpretation, personalization and transcoding of local history through contemporary art and contemporary art practices were solved; algorithms of cooperation built museums and collections of various kinds were formed; a model of an alternative museum was created.