A performance of a laptop orchestra is based on the research and artistic reflection of the underground world's sonic nature. Acoustic material of the work consists of sounds recorded using contact microphones attached to the ground, trees, rocks. In addition, performers use musical expression interface and sound synthesis engine, specifically developed for this performance. Every performer plays a specific part, and then all parts are combined into a complex spatial sound field. The work is a part of a laptop orchestra performance series devoted to different forms of life and human influence on nature.

Chudo-polyana 2.0 Interactive installation BIOROBOTY 019 (Alena Koroleva, Marta Mikhailova, Svetlana Sidorova, Viktoria Romanova) Scientific supervisor: Ekaterina Nikitina Scientific advisor: Galina Konechnaya Sound designer: Anton Shchegolev Live Streaming Engineer: Anton Shchegolev Engineers: Aleksey Feskov, Rostislav Shchtennikov Illustrators: Maria Ovsyannikova, Maria Ivleva, Ksenia Gorlanova, Igor Belov, Vitana Makovskaya, Anastasia Sizova, Uliana Marinova, Ekaterina Popovich, Ekaterina Lipavskaya, Elena Isho, Julia Kuzmina, Anastasia Zolina supported by Kvadrat It is a free space for the interaction between people and five Chudo-polyana’s inhabitants: Valeriana dioica, Sesleria caerulea, Ajuga reptans, Сirsium rivulare, and Primula elatior. Plants integrate into the gallery space, become residents, cease to be the Red Data Book’s representatives, and interact with the visitors, who can choose the mode of interconnection: observation, self-removal, tactile contact, verbal appeal, expansive actions, chilling etc. Чудо-поляна 2.0 Интерактивная инсталляция Это свободное пространство для взаимодействия людей и пяти редких растений, произрастающих на Чудо-поляне в Гатчине: Valeriana dioica, Sesleria caerulea, Ajuga reptans, Сirsium rivulare и Primula elatior. Здесь растения являются резидентами, отказываются от формальной роли представителей Красной книги и открываются к взаимодействию с посетителями, вольными выбирать подходящий им способ интеракции: наблюдение, отстранение, прикосновение, вербальное общение, совместный отдых и т.д.

Anton Shchegolev L_imitation, zoom-online-video-art, 2020 When conclusion of the academic semester becomes zoom-conference, where everybody should present their projects in certain amount of time, the most natural desire is to quit the meeting. But since you are part of the system and should follow the rules not to be left behind, you have to imitate involvement and effectiveness, making it preposterous being productive not only in the strictly limited amount of time but from the beginning to the end, not missing an opportunity to draw attention to yourself. To do something “outside the frame” and then be judged in that frames. There is no time for deep understanding. Make presentation. Make project. Be louder-faster-stronger-higher. Stamp trends. Adapt to the format. Go online. Follow the rules of the community by doing what is said, respecting the authority and not interrupting any of the speakers.

Bioroboty 019 (Russia) Physarum-fortune teller interactive installation, 2019 Participants: Alena Koroleva, Marta Mikhailova,Victoria Romanova, Svetlana Sydorova The need to believe in a higher plane is part of human nature, but if the guides used to be fortune tellers and astrologists, they have now been replaced by computer technology. The physarum-performer is a brand-new prophet in tune with the spirit of the times, on the boundary between biology and informational technologies. In the installation, the “rational” eukaryote is united with machine intelligence, so that everything beyond consciousness can reach us in a brief and clear reply. Through palm lines, the physarum finds the shortest ways to the truth, predicting fate effectively and promptly. Its capacious solutions are transmitted to the computer which encodes its messages into letters and punctuation marks, and acts as a reliable mediator with a familiar interface.