The viewer sees the artwork in the gallery—only one snapshot of its life. BACKSTAGE showcases the materials, solutions, and people behind the creation before it reaches the public, and then tracks its subsequent trajectory.

The first season focuses on installations, media art, and works utilizing mutable materials. The publications are connected into a physical biography: one can revisit a piece even after it has been deinstalled or at a subsequent exhibition.

The media is geared toward Russian-speaking exhibition visitors, students in creative fields, and emerging artists and designers. For the visitor, it offers an opportunity to deepen their engagement with the artwork. For those who create their own projects, it provides verifiable examples of working with material and space.

The main platform is a Telegram channel. All editions are published here in full: texts, photos, carousels, short videos, and polls. A pinned table of contents brings together the «before, ” „during, ” and „after the exhibition“ sections. The website archives materials into a history of works.

The tone of BACKSTAGE is attentive and accessible. Terminology is explained through specific details. Facts are based on primary sources, while questions and hypotheses are noted separately. Documented museum case studies are used for the pilot editions.

The plan spans from November 2026 to April 2027. The semester is divided into six thematic blocks corresponding to the life stages of an artwork: emergence, transport, exhibition, closing the show, material aging, and return.

The plan includes 48 independent publications—eight per month. Ten finished samples from the following section are included in this count and are noted in the tables.